Where does Hancock Medical, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hancock Medical, Inc. ranks #40,611 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 Hancock Medical, Inc. hold?

Hancock Medical, Inc. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Hancock Medical, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Hancock Medical, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 19.9 out of 100 (6th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Hancock Medical, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -80% 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 Hancock Medical, Inc.'s patents?

Hancock Medical, Inc.'s patents average 11.7 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 Hancock Medical, 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

Hancock Medical, Inc.

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

Hancock Medical, Inc.'s top technology area is 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) with 5 patents, ranking #1,311 of 3,490 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hancock ranks #40,611 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 3 technology areas.

#40,611
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 6th percentile
by Innovation Score (19.9/100): 11.7
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R40611 · US Corporation #40,611 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #40,611/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Haltian OY
CPC-NARROW A61M · 3 areas
INNOV-LOW 19.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Haltian OY (±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 Hancock’s 19.9 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 6.7 pts (34%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 6.1 pts (31%) Claim depth 7.0 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hancock Medical · this assignee

20
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hancock's Innovation Score is 19.9/100 (6th 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 Hancock?

Each dot is one of Hancock’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). Hancock’s own 11.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Hancock's grants concentrate

Hancock Medical, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Hancock sits between Haltian OY and Hangzhou Leaderway Electronics Co., Ltd.

Haltian OY

6
Halton OY

6
HAN Sheng Biotech

6
Hana Technology

6
Hangzhou Canaan I…

6
Hangzhou Fujia Ga…

6
Hangzhou Jingchen…

6
Hangzhou Leaderway

6
Hancock Medical ◀

6

What this shows Hancock holds 6 patents at rank #40,593, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hancock

By rank, the assignees closest to #40,593 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into)

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

Hancock's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

20 6th percentile higher than 6% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Hancock Medical, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	33.3%
2017	1	16.7%
2018	1	16.7%
2019	1	16.7%
2020	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Hancock Medical, Inc. patent most?

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 5

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

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 3 of 3 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

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

Hancock Medical, Inc.'s lead technology class is 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), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61M
Ranked #40,611 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hancock Medical, Inc. against Haltian OY, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 19.9/100 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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