Where does Garwood Medical Devices, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Garwood Medical Devices, LLC ranks #24,382 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 Garwood Medical Devices, LLC hold?

Garwood Medical Devices, LLC holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Garwood Medical Devices, LLC's Innovation Score?

Garwood Medical Devices, LLC has an Innovation Score of 31.4 out of 100 (38th 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 Garwood Medical Devices, LLC focus on?

Garwood Medical Devices, LLC's top technology area is A61N (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy) with 7 patents, ranking #515 of 1,943 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Garwood Medical Devices, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Garwood Medical Devices, LLC's recent grant velocity is +800% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Garwood Medical Devices, LLC's patents?

Garwood Medical Devices, LLC's patents average 11.0 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 Garwood Medical Devices, LLC 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

Garwood Medical Devices, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: A61N (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Garwood ranks #24,382 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 5 technology areas.

#24,382
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 38th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.4/100): 11.0
avg claims per patent: +800%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24382 · US Corporation #24,382 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,382/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Galvion Soldier Power
CPC-NARROW A61N · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.4/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +800% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Galvion Soldier Power, LLC (±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 Garwood’s 31.4 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 8.6 pts (27%) Velocity 8.3 pts (26%) Breadth 7.9 pts (25%) Claim depth 6.6 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Garwood Medical… · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Garwood's Innovation Score is 31.4/100 (38th 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 Garwood?

Each dot is one of Garwood’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). Garwood’s own 11.0 claims/patent is at or below the 15.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Garwood's grants concentrate

Garwood Medical Devices, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 63.6% of grants classified under A61N (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Garwood sits between GVD Corporation and Generon IGS, Inc..

Garwood's three-year grant acceleration

Garwood Medical Devices, LLC shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

GVD

11
Galvion Soldier P…

11
Gaocheng

11
Gardner Denver

11
Gelsight

11
Gene Pool

11
Genefrontier

11
Generon IGS

11
Garwood Medical D… ◀

11

What this shows Garwood holds 11 patents at rank #24,404, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Garwood

By rank, the assignees closest to #24,404 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61N (Electrotherapy)

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

Garwood's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 38th percentile higher than 38% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

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

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Garwood Medical Devices, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	9.1%
2020	3	27.3%
2021	1	9.1%
2023	1	9.1%
2024	4	36.4%
2025partial year	1	9.1%

Which technologies does Garwood Medical Devices, LLC patent most?

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 7

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

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 4

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 3

C25F - Processes FOR THE Electrolytic Removal OF Materials From OBJECTS; Apparatus Therefor 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Garwood Medical Devices, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Garwood Medical Devices, LLC's lead technology class is A61N (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy), 63.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61N
Ranked #24,382 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Garwood Medical Devices, LLC against GVD Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.4/100 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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