Where does Katalyst Surgical, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Katalyst Surgical, LLC ranks #2,932 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 Katalyst Surgical, LLC hold?

Katalyst Surgical, LLC holds 130 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Katalyst Surgical, LLC's Innovation Score?

Katalyst Surgical, LLC has an Innovation Score of 39.4 out of 100 (top 38% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Katalyst Surgical, LLC focus on?

Katalyst Surgical, LLC's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 122 patents. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

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

Katalyst Surgical, LLC's recent grant velocity is -88% 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 Katalyst Surgical, LLC's patents?

Katalyst Surgical, LLC's patents average 18.6 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.

How is the Katalyst Surgical, 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

Katalyst Surgical, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 130 granted patents across 10 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Katalyst ranks #2,932 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 130 patents across 10 technology areas.

#2,932
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 38%
by Innovation Score (39.4/100): 18.6
avg claims per patent: -88%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2932 · US Corporation #2,932 · 130 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 130 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,932/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Dalian Institute OF…
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -88% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dalian Institute OF Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy OF Sciences (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AT&T Global Network… · near

39
D & D Group PTY · near

39
Katalyst Surgical · this assignee

39
Rethink Robotics · near

39
THL Holding · near

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Katalyst's Innovation Score is 39.4/100 (top 38% 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.

Where Katalyst's grants concentrate

Katalyst Surgical, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 93.8% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (33 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Katalyst sits between Dalian Institute OF Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy OF Sciences and Shanghai United Imaging Intelligence Co., Ltd..

Katalyst's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Katalyst Surgical, LLC moved from 26 to 1 grants (0.04x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #3,248. See the growth leaderboard.

Dalian Institute…

130
Glaxo Group

130
Husky Injection M…

130
Kansas State Univ…

130
MTU Friedrichshaf…

130
Munchkin

130
Self

130
Shanghai United I…

130
Katalyst Surgical ◀

130

What this shows Katalyst holds 130 patents at rank #2,932, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Katalyst

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,932 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Katalyst, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

D & D Group PTY Ltd 39 Rethink Robotics GmbH 39 THL Holding Company, LLC 39 AT&T Global Network Services Belgium Luxembourg Spri. 39

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.6 here).

Early Warning Services, LLC 18.6 avg Hubei Yangtze Industrial Innovation Center Of Advanced Display Co., Ltd. 18.6 avg Tango Networks, Inc. 18.6 avg Acres Technology 18.6 avg

Katalyst's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 38% higher than 62% 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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Katalyst Surgical, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	17	13.1%
2016	31	23.8%
2017	33	25.4%
2018	22	16.9%
2019	13	10.0%
2020	11	8.5%
2021	2	1.5%
2024	1	0.8%

Which technologies does Katalyst Surgical, LLC patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 122

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 120

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 19

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 6

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 4

A63C - SKATES; SKIS; Roller SKATES; Design OR Layout OF Courts, Rinks OR THE Like 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

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 1

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 1

Top 10 of 10 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,932

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

39.4 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Katalyst Surgical, LLC's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 93.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #2,932 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Katalyst Surgical, LLC against Dalian Institute OF Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy OF Sciences, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.4/100 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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