Where does Scott & White Healthcare rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Scott & White Healthcare ranks #18,081 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 Scott & White Healthcare hold?

Scott & White Healthcare holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Scott & White Healthcare's Innovation Score?

Scott & White Healthcare has an Innovation Score of 50.2 out of 100 (top 13% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Scott & White Healthcare focus on?

Scott & White Healthcare'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 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is Scott & White Healthcare's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Scott & White Healthcare's recent grant velocity is -77% 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 Scott & White Healthcare's patents?

Scott & White Healthcare's patents average 13.6 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 Scott & White Healthcare 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

Scott & White Healthcare

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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, Scott ranks #18,081 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 12 technology areas.

#18,081
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.2/100): 13.6
avg claims per patent: -77%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18081 · US Corporation #18,081 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #18,081/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sauna Works
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 12 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -77% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sauna Works 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 Scott’s 50.2 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 9.8 pts (20%) Velocity 20.0 pts (40%) Breadth 12.2 pts (24%) Claim depth 8.1 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Scott's Innovation Score is 50.2/100 (top 13% 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 Scott?

Each dot is one of Scott’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). Scott’s own 13.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Scott's grants concentrate

Scott & White Healthcare is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Scott sits between Sauna Works Inc. and Seed Co., Ltd..

Scott's three-year grant acceleration

Scott & White Healthcare shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Sauna Works

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Seal-ryt

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Seca

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Secop

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Seed

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What this shows Scott holds 16 patents at rank #18,069, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Scott

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,069 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Scott's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 13% higher than 87% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Scott & White Healthcare patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	18.8%
2016	5	31.3%
2017	2	12.5%
2018	3	18.8%
2022	1	6.3%
2024	2	12.5%

Which technologies does Scott & White Healthcare patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 8

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 8

C07K - Peptides 6

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 5

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 4

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

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 1

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 1

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 1

C12Y - Enzymes 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

A62C - Fire-fighting 1

Top 12 of 12 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

Scott & White Healthcare's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Scott & White Healthcare's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #18,081 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Scott & White Healthcare against Sauna Works Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.2/100 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

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.