Pipeline Medical Technologies, Inc.
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Pipeline ranks #15,536 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 3 technology areas.
- #15,536
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- 42nd percentile
- by Innovation Score (32.6/100)
- 20.8
- avg claims per patent
- +1300%
- grant velocity, last 5 yrs
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R15536 · US Corporation #15,536 · 19 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
- GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
- MID-PACK #15,536/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH Patroness
- CPC-NARROW A61B · 3 areas
- INNOV-THIN 32.6/100
- CLAIMS-DENSE 20.8 claims/avg
- TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
- VEL-SURGE +1300% vel
- BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: Patroness, 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 Pipeline’s 32.6 Innovation Score adds up
The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around Pipeline
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- Pipeline Medical · this assignee 33
Pipeline Medical · this assignee
33 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Pipeline's Innovation Score is 32.6/100 (42nd 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 Pipeline?
Each dot is one of Pipeline’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). Pipeline’s own 20.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.
Where Pipeline's grants concentrate
Pipeline Medical Technologies, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Pipeline sits between Patroness, LLC and Precision, Inc..
Pipeline's three-year grant acceleration
Pipeline Medical Technologies, Inc. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.
Who files at Pipeline's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- Patroness
Patroness, LLC
19 patents
- Peck & Hale L L C
Peck & Hale, L.L.C.
19 patents
- Perfect Sense
Perfect Sense, Inc.
19 patents
- Pfenex
Pfenex Inc.
19 patents
- Polyic & KG
PolyIC GmbH & Co. KG
19 patents
- Pop Test Oncology
Pop Test Oncology LLC
19 patents
- Postle Industries
Postle Industries, Inc.
19 patents
- Precision
Precision, Inc.
19 patents
- Pipeline Medical ◀
Pipeline Medical Technologies, Inc.
19 patents
What this shows Pipeline holds 19 patents at rank #15,545, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
Companies ranked near Pipeline
By rank, the assignees closest to #15,545 in granted patent volume.
- Patroness, LLC #15,541 · 19 patents
- Peck & Hale, L.L.C. #15,542 · 19 patents
- Perfect Sense, Inc. #15,543 · 19 patents
- Pfenex Inc. #15,544 · 19 patents
- PolyIC GmbH & Co. KG #15,546 · 19 patents
- Pop Test Oncology LLC #15,547 · 19 patents
- Postle Industries, Inc. #15,548 · 19 patents
- Precision, Inc. #15,549 · 19 patents
Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Pipeline's primary technology class.
- Covidien LP 5,709 in class
- Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 3,414 in class
- Olympus Corporation 2,758 in class
- Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. 2,362 in class
- Cilag GmbH International 2,063 in class
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. 1,921 in class
- DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. 1,796 in class
- Ethicon, Inc. 1,762 in class
Pipeline's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
33 42nd percentile higher than 42% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Grants by year
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 5.3% |
| 2020 | 7 | 36.8% |
| 2021 | 2 | 10.5% |
| 2023 | 4 | 21.1% |
| 2024 | 1 | 5.3% |
| 2025partial year | 4 | 21.1% |
Which technologies does Pipeline Medical Technologies, Inc. patent most?
Top 3 of 3 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
Pipeline Medical Technologies, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- Pipeline Medical Technologies, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
- Ranked #15,536 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare Pipeline Medical Technologies, Inc. against Patroness, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 32.6/100 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.
Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.