Where does Incept, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Incept, LLC ranks #4,671 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 Incept, LLC hold?

Incept, LLC holds 75 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Incept, LLC's Innovation Score?

Incept, LLC has an Innovation Score of 46.7 out of 100 (top 20% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Incept, LLC focus on?

Incept, LLC's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 45 patents, ranking #425 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is Incept, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Incept, LLC's recent grant velocity is +45% 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 Incept, LLC's patents?

Incept, LLC's patents average 20.9 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 Incept, LLC 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

Incept, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 75 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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, Incept ranks #4,671 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 75 patents across 14 technology areas.

#4,671
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 20%
by Innovation Score (46.7/100): 20.9
avg claims per patent: +45%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4671 · US Corporation #4,671 · 75 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 75 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,671/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hefei Reliance Memory
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 14 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +45% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hefei Reliance Memory 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 Incept’s 46.7 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 15.0 pts (32%) Velocity 5.9 pts (13%) Breadth 13.2 pts (28%) Claim depth 12.6 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Empower Semiconductor · near

47
The Western Union · near

47
Cytec Technology · near

47
Incept · this assignee

47
X-fab Semiconductor… · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Incept's Innovation Score is 46.7/100 (top 20% 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 Incept?

Each dot is one of Incept’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). Incept’s own 20.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Incept's grants concentrate

Incept, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (10 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2018. By volume, Incept sits between Hefei Reliance Memory Limited and Maquet Critical Care AB.

Incept's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Incept, LLC moved from 27 to 24 grants (0.89x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Hefei Reliance Me…

75
Hussmann

75
Hyundai Steel

75
Invensas Bonding

75
LDR Medical

75
Lifenet Health

75
MCS Industries

75
Maquet Critical C…

75
Incept ◀

75

What this shows Incept holds 75 patents at rank #4,672, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Incept

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,672 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Incept, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), Incept ranks #425 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

X-fab Semiconductor Foundries GMBH 47 Cytec Technology Corp. 47 The Western Union Company 47 Empower Semiconductor, Inc. 47

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.9 here).

British Columbia Cancer Agency Branch 20.9 avg Analog Photonics LLC 20.9 avg STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS 20.9 avg Earlens Corporation 20.9 avg

Incept's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 20% higher than 80% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Incept, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	8.0%
2016	8	10.7%
2017	4	5.3%
2018	2	2.7%
2019	9	12.0%
2020	10	13.3%
2021	8	10.7%
2022	9	12.0%
2023	6	8.0%
2024	9	12.0%
2025partial year	4	5.3%

Which technologies does Incept, LLC patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 45

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 36

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 33

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 33

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 29

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 21

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 12

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 10

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 9

C07K - Peptides 5

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 2

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 2

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 1

C08H - Derivatives OF Natural Macromolecular Compounds 1

Top 14 of 14 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

Incept, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Incept, LLC's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #4,671 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Incept, LLC against Hefei Reliance Memory Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.7/100 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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