Where does Manual Surgical Sciences, L.L.C rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Manual Surgical Sciences, L.L.C ranks #36,359 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 Manual Surgical Sciences, L.L.C hold?

Manual Surgical Sciences, L.L.C holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2022, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Manual Surgical Sciences, L.L.C's Innovation Score?

Manual Surgical Sciences, L.L.C has an Innovation Score of 20.7 out of 100 (7th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Manual Surgical Sciences, L.L.C focus on?

Manual Surgical Sciences, L.L.C's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 5 patents, ranking #3,118 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

Is Manual Surgical Sciences, L.L.C's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Manual Surgical Sciences, L.L.C's recent grant velocity is -25% 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 Manual Surgical Sciences, L.L.C's patents?

Manual Surgical Sciences, L.L.C's patents average 11.4 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 Manual Surgical Sciences, L.L.C 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

Manual Surgical Sciences, L.L.C

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2022. 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, Manual ranks #36,359 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 2 technology areas.

#36,359
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 7th percentile
by Innovation Score (20.7/100): 11.4
avg claims per patent: -25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36359 · US Corporation #36,359 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,359/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mammoth Medical
CPC-NARROW A61B · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 20.7/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mammoth Medical, 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 Manual’s 20.7 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 7.2 pts (35%) Velocity 1.7 pts (8%) Breadth 5.0 pts (24%) Claim depth 6.9 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Manual's Innovation Score is 20.7/100 (7th 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 Manual?

Each dot is one of Manual’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). Manual’s own 11.4 claims/patent is at or below the 16.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Manual's grants concentrate

Manual Surgical Sciences, L.L.C is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 71.4% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Manual sits between Mammoth Medical, LLC and Marici Holdings The Netherlands B.V..

Manual's three-year grant acceleration

Manual Surgical Sciences, L.L.C shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Mammoth Medical

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Manaflex

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Manna Pro Products

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7
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What this shows Manual holds 7 patents at rank #36,449, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Manual

By rank, the assignees closest to #36,449 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Manual's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

21 7th percentile higher than 7% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Manual Surgical Sciences, L.L.C patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	14.3%
2018	1	14.3%
2019	2	28.6%
2020	1	14.3%
2021	1	14.3%
2022	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Manual Surgical Sciences, L.L.C patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 5

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 3

Top 2 of 2 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

Manual Surgical Sciences, L.L.C's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Manual Surgical Sciences, L.L.C's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #36,359 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Manual Surgical Sciences, L.L.C against Mammoth Medical, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 20.7/100 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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