Where does Samumed, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Samumed, LLC ranks #3,715 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 Samumed, LLC hold?

Samumed, LLC holds 98 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Samumed, LLC's Innovation Score?

Samumed, LLC has an Innovation Score of 39.5 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 Samumed, LLC focus on?

Samumed, LLC's top technology area is C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds) with 93 patents, ranking #72 of 3,165 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

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

Samumed, LLC's recent grant velocity is -68% 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 Samumed, LLC's patents?

Samumed, LLC's patents average 28.6 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 Samumed, 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

Samumed, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 98 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Samumed ranks #3,715 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 98 patents across 6 technology areas.

#3,715
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 38%
by Innovation Score (39.5/100): 28.6
avg claims per patent: -68%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3715 · US Corporation #3,715 · 98 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 98 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,715/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Qingdao Haier…
CPC-NARROW C07D · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 28.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -68% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Qingdao Haier Refrigerator Co., Ltd. (±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 Samumed’s 39.5 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 15.9 pts (40%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (22%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (38%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AgBiome · near

40
Azionaria Costruzion… · near

40
Mikuni Electron · near

40
Samumed · this assignee

40
Zodiac Seats US · near

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Samumed's Innovation Score is 39.5/100 (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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Samumed?

Each dot is one of Samumed’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). Samumed’s own 28.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Samumed's grants concentrate

Samumed, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 94.9% of grants classified under C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (28 grants) versus a trough of 6 in 2015. By volume, Samumed sits between Qingdao Haier Refrigerator Co., Ltd. and Valmet AB.

Qingdao Haier Ref…

98
Rapidsos

98
Reliance Worldwide

98
Smule

98
Sinfonia Technolo…

98
Strong Force TX P…

98
Tohoku Pioneer

98
Valmet AB

98
Samumed ◀

98

What this shows Samumed holds 98 patents at rank #3,716, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Samumed

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,716 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Samumed, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds), Samumed ranks #72 of 3,165 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (40 here).

AgBiome, Inc. 40 Zodiac Seats US LLC 40 Azionaria Costruzioni Macchine Automatiche A.C.M.A. S.P.A. 40 Mikuni Electron Corporation 40

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (28.6 here).

Unlikely Artificial Intelligence Limited 28.7 avg Fujifilm Electronic Materials U.S.A., Inc. 28.6 avg Magna Electronics Inc. 28.9 avg Prothena Biosciences Limited 28.9 avg

Samumed's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 38% higher than 62% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Samumed, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	6.1%
2016	8	8.2%
2017	15	15.3%
2018	17	17.3%
2019	28	28.6%
2020	17	17.3%
2021	7	7.1%

Which technologies does Samumed, LLC patent most?

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 93

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 72

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 57

C07B - General Methods OF Organic CHEMISTRY; Apparatus Therefor 14

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 4

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 2

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

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

Samumed, LLC's lead technology class is C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds), 94.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C07D
Ranked #3,715 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Samumed, LLC against Qingdao Haier Refrigerator Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.5/100 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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