Where does Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust ranks #47,113 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 Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust hold?

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2023, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's Innovation Score?

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has an Innovation Score of 37.7 out of 100 (top 43% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust focus on?

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 2 patents, ranking #2,845 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust'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 Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's patents?

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's patents average 12.6 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Q: How is the Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 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 - 5 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2023. 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Gloucestershire ranks #47,113 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 9 technology areas.

#47,113
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 43%
by Innovation Score (37.7/100): 12.6
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R47113 · Foreign Corporation #47,113 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #47,113/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Globe Biomedical
CPC-NARROW G02B · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Globe Biomedical, 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 Gloucestershire’s 37.7 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 (16%) Velocity 13.3 pts (35%) Breadth 10.6 pts (28%) Claim depth 7.6 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Gloucestershire's Innovation Score is 37.7/100 (top 43% 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 Gloucestershire?

Each dot is one of Gloucestershire’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). Gloucestershire’s own 12.6 claims/patent is at or below the 15.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Gloucestershire's grants concentrate

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 40% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Gloucestershire sits between Globe Biomedical, Inc. and GoPlug Inc..

Gloucestershire's three-year grant acceleration

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Globe Biomedical

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What this shows Gloucestershire holds 5 patents at rank #47,204, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Gloucestershire

By rank, the assignees closest to #47,204 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Gloucestershire's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 43% higher than 57% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2023

Grants by year

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

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Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	20.0%
2018	1	20.0%
2019	1	20.0%
2023	2	40.0%

Which technologies does Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 2

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 2

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 1

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 1

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

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 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 40% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #47,113 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust against Globe Biomedical, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.7/100 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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