Where does Links Medical Products Incorporated rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Links Medical Products Incorporated ranks #36,265 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 Links Medical Products Incorporated hold?

Links Medical Products Incorporated holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Links Medical Products Incorporated's Innovation Score?

Links Medical Products Incorporated has an Innovation Score of 23.0 out of 100 (11th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Links Medical Products Incorporated's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Links Medical Products Incorporated's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Links Medical Products Incorporated's patents?

Links Medical Products Incorporated's patents average 12.0 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 Links Medical Products Incorporated 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

Links Medical Products Incorporated

Q: What technology areas does Links Medical Products Incorporated focus on?

Links Medical Products Incorporated'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 4 patents, ranking #1,398 of 3,082 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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, Links ranks #36,265 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 6 technology areas.

#36,265
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 11th percentile
by Innovation Score (23.0/100): 12.0
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36265 · US Corporation #36,265 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,265/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Lightkeeper
CPC-NARROW A61F · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 23.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Lightkeeper LLC (±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 Links’s 23.0 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 (31%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (38%) Claim depth 7.2 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Links Medical… · this assignee

23
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Links's Innovation Score is 23.0/100 (11th 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 Links?

Each dot is one of Links’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). Links’s own 12.0 claims/patent is at or below the 14.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Links's grants concentrate

Links Medical Products Incorporated is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 57.1% 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 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Links sits between Lightkeeper LLC and Littelfuse Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd..

Lightkeeper

7
Lightning Suppres…

7
Limin' Innovations

7
Linde Engineering…

7
Lionbridge

7
Liquidleds Lighti…

7
Lithium Power

7
Littelfuse (Shang…

7
Links Medical Pro… ◀

7

What this shows Links holds 7 patents at rank #36,275, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Links

By rank, the assignees closest to #36,275 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood Vessels)

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

Links's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

23 11th percentile higher than 11% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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Links Medical Products Incorporated patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	42.9%
2016	2	28.6%
2017	1	14.3%
2018	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Links Medical Products Incorporated 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 4

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 3

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 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 2

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Links Medical Products Incorporated's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Links Medical Products Incorporated'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), 57.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61F
Ranked #36,265 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Links Medical Products Incorporated against Lightkeeper LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 23.0/100 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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