Where does Guy's & St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Guy's & St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust ranks #35,603 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 Guy's & St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust hold?

Guy's & St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Guy's & St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust's Innovation Score?

Guy's & St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust has an Innovation Score of 34.7 out of 100 (49th 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 Guy's & St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust focus on?

Guy's & St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 3 patents, ranking #4,165 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Guy's & St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Guy's & St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust's recent grant velocity is +0% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Guy's & St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust's patents?

Guy's & St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust's patents average 18.1 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 Guy's & St. Thomas' 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 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Guy's & St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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, Guy's ranks #35,603 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 8 technology areas.

#35,603
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 49th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.7/100): 18.1
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R35603 · Foreign Corporation #35,603 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #35,603/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Guccio Gucci s P a
CPC-NARROW A61B · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Guccio Gucci s.P.a. (±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 Guy's’s 34.7 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 7.2 pts (21%) Velocity 6.7 pts (19%) Breadth 10.0 pts (29%) Claim depth 10.9 pts (31%)

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What this shows Guy's's Innovation Score is 34.7/100 (49th 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 Guy's?

Each dot is one of Guy's’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). Guy's’s own 18.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Guy's's grants concentrate

Guy's & St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 42.9% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Guy's sits between Guccio Gucci s.P.a. and H Quest Vanguard, Inc..

Guy's's three-year grant acceleration

Guy's & St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

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What this shows Guy's holds 7 patents at rank #35,595, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Guy's

By rank, the assignees closest to #35,595 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Guy's's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 49th percentile higher than 49% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

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

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Guy's & St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	28.6%
2019	1	14.3%
2021	1	14.3%
2024	2	28.6%
2025partial year	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Guy's & St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 3

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

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 1

A61G - Transport, Personal Conveyances, OR Accommodation Specially Adapted FOR Patients OR Disabled Persons ; Operating Tables OR CHAIRS; Chairs FOR DENTISTRY; Funeral Devices 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Guy's & St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Guy's & St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 42.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #35,603 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Guy's & St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust against Guccio Gucci s.P.a., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.7/100 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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