Where does Essential Medical, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Essential Medical, Inc. ranks #26,253 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Essential Medical, Inc. hold?

Essential Medical, Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2020, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Essential Medical, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Essential Medical, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 26.6 out of 100 (21st percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Essential Medical, Inc. focus on?

Essential Medical, Inc.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 10 patents, ranking #1,719 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is Essential Medical, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Essential Medical, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -89% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Essential Medical, Inc.'s patents?

Essential Medical, Inc.'s patents average 20.3 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the Essential Medical, Inc. patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Essential Medical, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2020. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Essential ranks #26,253 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 3 technology areas.

#26,253
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 21st percentile
by Innovation Score (26.6/100): 20.3
avg claims per patent: -89%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26253 · US Corporation #26,253 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,253/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ergon
CPC-NARROW A61B · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -89% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ergon, Inc. (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

How Essential’s 26.6 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 8.3 pts (31%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 6.1 pts (23%) Claim depth 12.2 pts (46%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Essential Medical · this assignee

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Essential's Innovation Score is 26.6/100 (21st percentile of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Essential?

Each dot is one of Essential’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). Essential’s own 20.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Essential vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Essential's grants concentrate

Essential Medical, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Essential sits between Ergon, Inc. and Evolution Lighting, LLC.

Ergon

10
Ernst & Young U S…

10
Escape Therapeuti…

10
Essence Smartcare

10
Essex Industries

10
Etherfax

10
Etherdyne

10
Evolution Lighting

10
Essential Medical ◀

10

What this shows Essential holds 10 patents at rank #26,266, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Essential

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,266 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Essential's primary technology class.

Essential's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

27 21st percentile higher than 21% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Essential Medical, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	3	30.0%
2018	1	10.0%
2019	5	50.0%
2020	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Essential Medical, Inc. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 10

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 3 of 3 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Essential Medical, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Essential Medical, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #26,253 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Essential Medical, Inc. against Ergon, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.6/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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