Where does Gearbox, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Gearbox, Inc. ranks #6,150 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 Gearbox, Inc. hold?

Gearbox, Inc. holds 55 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 41 technology areas.

What is Gearbox, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Gearbox, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 52.1 out of 100 (top 11% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Gearbox, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -92% 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 Gearbox, Inc.'s patents?

Gearbox, Inc.'s patents average 30.5 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 Gearbox, 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

Gearbox, Inc.

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

Gearbox, Inc.'s top technology area is G16H (Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data) with 25 patents, ranking #192 of 3,149 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 41 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 55 granted patents across 41 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: G16H (Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Gearbox ranks #6,150 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 55 patents across 41 technology areas.

#6,150
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (52.1/100): 30.5
avg claims per patent: -92%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6150 · US Corporation #6,150 · 55 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 55 grants
UPPER-Q #6,150/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Florida A&M University
CPC-WIDE G16H · 41 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 30.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -92% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Florida A&M University (±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 Gearbox’s 52.1 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 13.9 pts (27%) Velocity 0.6 pts (1%) Breadth 22.6 pts (43%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Berry Plastics · near

52
Haemonetics · near

52
Koninklijke Philips · near

52
Gearbox · this assignee

52
Hangzhou Glority… · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Gearbox's Innovation Score is 52.1/100 (top 11% 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 Gearbox?

Each dot is one of Gearbox’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). Gearbox’s own 30.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Gearbox's grants concentrate

Gearbox, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 41 CPC subclasses with 45.5% of grants classified under G16H (Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (15 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Gearbox sits between Florida A&M University and Inscape Data, Inc..

Gearbox's three-year grant acceleration

Gearbox, Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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.

Florida A&M Unive…

55
Foundation for Re…

55
Fujifilm Manufact…

55
Grail

55
George Mason Univ…

55
Hexcel Composites

55
Ibis Biosciences

55
Inscape Data

55
Gearbox ◀

55

What this shows Gearbox holds 55 patents at rank #6,151, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Gearbox

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,151 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G16H (Healthcare Informatics)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Gearbox, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G16H (Healthcare Informatics), Gearbox ranks #192 of 3,149 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

Hangzhou Glority Software Limited 52 Haemonetics Corporation 52 Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV 52 Berry Plastics Corporation 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (30.5 here).

Tanium Inc. 30.4 avg Reservoir Labs, Inc. 30.3 avg SAS Institute, Inc. 30.3 avg Clearsign Combustion Corporation 30.3 avg

Gearbox's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 11% higher than 89% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Gearbox, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	12	21.8%
2017	15	27.3%
2018	15	27.3%
2019	9	16.4%
2020	2	3.6%
2021	1	1.8%
2023	1	1.8%

Which technologies does Gearbox, Inc. patent most?

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 25

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 22

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 15

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 13

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 9

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 5

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

G16Z - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Specific Application Fields, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 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

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 3

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 3

Top 15 of 41 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

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

Gearbox, Inc.'s lead technology class is G16H (Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data), 45.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G16H
Ranked #6,150 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Gearbox, Inc. against Florida A&M University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.1/100 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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