Where does Hugh Steeper Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hugh Steeper Limited ranks #40,768 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 Hugh Steeper Limited hold?

Hugh Steeper Limited holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Hugh Steeper Limited's Innovation Score?

Hugh Steeper Limited has an Innovation Score of 40.9 out of 100 (top 34% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Hugh Steeper Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hugh Steeper Limited's recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Hugh Steeper Limited's patents?

Hugh Steeper Limited's patents average 10.5 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 Hugh Steeper Limited 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

Hugh Steeper Limited

Q: What technology areas does Hugh Steeper Limited focus on?

Hugh Steeper Limited's top technology area is 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) with 6 patents, ranking #1,036 of 3,082 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: 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 Device).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hugh ranks #40,768 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 5 technology areas.

#40,768
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 34%
by Innovation Score (40.9/100): 10.5
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R40768 · Foreign Corporation #40,768 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #40,768/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hothouse Medical
CPC-NARROW A61F · 5 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hothouse Medical Limited (±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 Hugh’s 40.9 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 (16%) Velocity 20.0 pts (49%) Breadth 7.9 pts (19%) Claim depth 6.3 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hugh Steeper · this assignee

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hugh's Innovation Score is 40.9/100 (top 34% 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 Hugh?

Each dot is one of Hugh’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). Hugh’s own 10.5 claims/patent is at or below the 12.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Hugh's grants concentrate

Hugh Steeper Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under 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 Device). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Hugh sits between Hothouse Medical Limited and Human AI Labs, Inc..

Hugh's three-year grant acceleration

Hugh Steeper Limited shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Hothouse Medical

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What this shows Hugh holds 6 patents at rank #40,776, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hugh

By rank, the assignees closest to #40,776 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood Vessels)

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

Hugh's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 34% higher than 66% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Hugh Steeper Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	33.3%
2022	2	33.3%
2023	1	16.7%
2024	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Hugh Steeper Limited patent most?

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 6

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 2

F16H - Gearing 2

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 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

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Hugh Steeper Limited's lead technology class is 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 Device), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61F
Ranked #40,768 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hugh Steeper Limited against Hothouse Medical Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.9/100 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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