Where does Fractyl Health, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Fractyl Health, Inc. ranks #14,626 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 Fractyl Health, Inc. hold?

Fractyl Health, Inc. holds 20 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Fractyl Health, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Fractyl Health, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 54.3 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Fractyl Health, Inc. focus on?

Fractyl Health, Inc.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 19 patents, ranking #930 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Fractyl Health, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Fractyl Health, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Fractyl Health, Inc.'s patents?

Fractyl Health, Inc.'s patents average 24.1 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 Fractyl Health, 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

Fractyl Health, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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, Fractyl ranks #14,626 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 7 technology areas.

#14,626
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.3/100): 24.1
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14626 · US Corporation #14,626 · 20 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 20 grants
MID-PACK #14,626/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Flash Networks
CPC-NARROW A61B · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Flash Networks, Ltd (±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 Fractyl’s 54.3 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 10.5 pts (19%) Velocity 20.0 pts (37%) Breadth 9.4 pts (17%) Claim depth 14.4 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Fractyl Health · this assignee

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Fractyl's Innovation Score is 54.3/100 (top 8% 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 Fractyl?

Each dot is one of Fractyl’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). Fractyl’s own 24.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Fractyl's grants concentrate

Fractyl Health, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 95% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (6 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2023. By volume, Fractyl sits between Flash Networks, Ltd and Gadget Software, Inc..

Fractyl's three-year grant acceleration

Fractyl Health, Inc. shows 12 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Flash Networks

20
Fornetix

20
Fortune Brands Wa…

20
Foveon

20
Fujian Landi Comm…

20
Fujikura Kasei

20
G B D

20
Gadget Software

20
Fractyl Health ◀

20

What this shows Fractyl holds 20 patents at rank #14,626, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Fractyl

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,626 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Fractyl's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 8% higher than 92% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Fractyl Health, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	3	15.0%
2022	4	20.0%
2023	2	10.0%
2024	6	30.0%
2025partial year	5	25.0%

Which technologies does Fractyl Health, Inc. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 19

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 15

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 8

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 4

F04C - Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps 2

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 1

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 1

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

Fractyl Health, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Fractyl Health, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 95% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #14,626 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Fractyl Health, Inc. against Flash Networks, Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.3/100 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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