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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Firefly Medical, Inc. ranks #46,737 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 Firefly Medical, Inc. hold?

Firefly Medical, Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 11 technology areas.

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

Firefly Medical, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 30.5 out of 100 (35th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Firefly Medical, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -33% 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 Firefly Medical, Inc.'s patents?

Firefly Medical, Inc.'s patents average 21.0 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 Firefly 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

Firefly Medical, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Firefly Medical, Inc. focus on?

Firefly Medical, Inc.'s top technology area is A61H (Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g. Devices FOR Locating OR Stimulating Reflex Points IN THE BODY; Artificial RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; Bathing Devices FOR Special Therapeutic OR Hygienic Purposes OR Specific Parts OF THE Body) with 4 patents, ranking #213 of 752 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 11 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: A61H (Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g. Devices FOR Locating OR Stimulating Reflex Points IN THE BODY; Artificial RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; Bathing Devices FOR Special Therapeutic OR Hygienic Purposes OR Specifi).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Firefly ranks #46,737 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 11 technology areas.

#46,737
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 35th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.5/100): 21.0
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R46737 · US Corporation #46,737 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #46,737/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Finishing Brands…
CPC-FOCUS A61H · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Finishing Brands Holdings 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 Firefly’s 30.5 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 6.2 pts (20%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.7 pts (38%) Claim depth 12.6 pts (41%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Firefly Medical · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Firefly's Innovation Score is 30.5/100 (35th 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 Firefly?

Each dot is one of Firefly’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). Firefly’s own 21.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Firefly's grants concentrate

Firefly Medical, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under A61H (Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g. Devices FOR Locating OR Stimulating Reflex Points IN THE BODY; Artificial RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; Bathing Devices FOR Special Therapeutic OR Hygienic Purposes OR Specifi). By volume, Firefly sits between Finishing Brands Holdings Inc. and FirstElement Fuel, Inc..

Finishing Brands…

5
Fino Follaje

5
Fire Innovations

5
Fireking Security…

5
Firehawk Aerospace

5
First Mode IPP

5
First Quality Tis…

5
Firstelement Fuel

5
Firefly Medical ◀

5

What this shows Firefly holds 5 patents at rank #46,853, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Firefly

By rank, the assignees closest to #46,853 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61H (Physical Therapy Apparatus)

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

Firefly's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 35th percentile higher than 35% 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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Firefly Medical, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	20.0%
2017	1	20.0%
2019	1	20.0%
2020	1	20.0%
2021	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Firefly Medical, Inc. patent most?

A61H - Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g. Devices FOR Locating OR Stimulating Reflex Points IN THE BODY; Artificial RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; Bathing Devices FOR Special Therapeutic OR Hygienic Purposes OR Specific Parts OF THE Body 4

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

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 3

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 2

B62B - Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges 2

A61G - Transport, Personal Conveyances, OR Accommodation Specially Adapted FOR Patients OR Disabled Persons ; Operating Tables OR CHAIRS; Chairs FOR DENTISTRY; Funeral Devices 2

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 1

A45B - Walking Sticks ; UMBRELLAS; Ladies' OR Like Fans 1

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 1

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 1

B60B - Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion 1

Top 11 of 11 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

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

Firefly Medical, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61H (Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g. Devices FOR Locating OR Stimulating Reflex Points IN THE BODY; Artificial RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; Bathing Devices FOR Special Therapeutic OR Hygienic Purposes OR Specifi), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61H
Ranked #46,737 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Firefly Medical, Inc. against Finishing Brands Holdings Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.5/100 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

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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