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Faculty Physicians AND Surgeons OF Loma Linda University School OF Medicine

Q: Where does Faculty Physicians AND Surgeons OF Loma Linda University School OF Medicine rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Faculty Physicians AND Surgeons OF Loma Linda University School OF Medicine ranks #22,563 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Q: How is the Faculty Physicians AND Surgeons OF Loma Linda University School OF Medicine 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 PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Faculty ranks #22,563 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 7 technology areas.

#22,563
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 27th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.5/100): 17.2
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22563 · US Corporation #22,563 · 12 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,563/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Expander Energy
CPC-NARROW A61B · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Expander Energy, 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 Faculty’s 28.5 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 8.9 pts (31%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (33%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Faculty Physicians… · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Faculty's Innovation Score is 28.5/100 (27th 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 Faculty?

Each dot is one of Faculty’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). Faculty’s own 17.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Faculty's grants concentrate

Faculty Physicians AND Surgeons OF Loma Linda University School OF Medicine is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Faculty sits between Expander Energy, Inc. and FGX International Inc.

Expander Energy

12
Exsurco Medical

12
Extend Biosciences

12
Faber-castell

12
Fadu

12
Fatdoor

12
Feaam

12
FGX International

12
Faculty Physician… ◀

12

What this shows Faculty holds 12 patents at rank #22,561, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Faculty

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,561 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Faculty's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 27th percentile higher than 27% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Faculty Physicians AND Surgeons OF Loma Linda University School OF Medicine patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	25.0%
2017	1	8.3%
2018	1	8.3%
2019	3	25.0%
2020	3	25.0%
2021	1	8.3%

Which technologies does Faculty Physicians AND Surgeons OF Loma Linda University School OF Medicine patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 12

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 7

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

G05G - Control Devices OR Systems Insofar AS Characterised BY Mechanical Features Only 4

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 3

Top 7 of 7 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

Faculty Physicians AND Surgeons OF Loma Linda University School OF Medicine's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Faculty Physicians AND Surgeons OF Loma Linda University School OF Medicine's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #22,563 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Faculty Physicians AND Surgeons OF Loma Linda University School OF Medicine against Expander Energy, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.5/100 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

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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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