Where does OBP Surgical Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), OBP Surgical Corporation ranks #32,714 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 OBP Surgical Corporation hold?

OBP Surgical Corporation holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2024, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is OBP Surgical Corporation's Innovation Score?

OBP Surgical Corporation has an Innovation Score of 49.1 out of 100 (top 15% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does OBP Surgical Corporation focus on?

OBP Surgical Corporation's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 8 patents, ranking #2,086 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is OBP Surgical Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for OBP Surgical Corporation.

What does claim depth mean for OBP Surgical Corporation's patents?

OBP Surgical Corporation's patents average 21.4 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 OBP Surgical Corporation 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

OBP Surgical Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2024. 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, OBP ranks #32,714 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 6 technology areas.

#32,714
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 15%
by Innovation Score (49.1/100): 21.4
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R32714 · US Corporation #32,714 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #32,714/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Numerical Design
CPC-NARROW A61B · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2021–2024 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Numerical Design, Inc. (±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 OBP’s 49.1 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 7.6 pts (15%) Velocity 20.0 pts (41%) Breadth 8.7 pts (18%) Claim depth 12.8 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
BMC Software · near

49
Lunit · near

49
OBP Surgical · this assignee

49
Unconventional Gas… · near

49
Verisilicon… · near

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows OBP's Innovation Score is 49.1/100 (top 15% 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 OBP?

Each dot is one of OBP’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). OBP’s own 21.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where OBP's grants concentrate

OBP Surgical Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, OBP sits between Numerical Design, Inc. and Ohaus Instruments (Changzhou) Co. Ltd..

OBP's three-year grant acceleration

OBP Surgical Corporation shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Numerical Design

8
Nutrition & Healt…

8
Nvidia Technology…

8
Nyriad

8
Octo Telematics S…

8
OET

8
Ognibene Power S…

8
Ohaus Instruments…

8
OBP Surgical ◀

8

What this shows OBP holds 8 patents at rank #32,699, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near OBP

By rank, the assignees closest to #32,699 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for OBP, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), OBP ranks #2,086 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (49 here).

Unconventional Gas Solutions, LLC 49 Verisilicon Microelectronics (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd. 49 Lunit Inc. 49 BMC Software, Inc. 49

OBP's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 15% higher than 85% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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OBP Surgical Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	1	12.5%
2022	1	12.5%
2023	5	62.5%
2024	1	12.5%

Which technologies does OBP Surgical Corporation patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 8

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 2

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 1

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 1

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 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

OBP Surgical Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

OBP Surgical Corporation's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #32,714 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare OBP Surgical Corporation against Numerical Design, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.1/100 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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