Where does Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. ranks #2,851 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 Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. hold?

Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. holds 135 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 29 technology areas.

What is Second Sight Medical Products, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 44.9 out of 100 (top 24% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. focus on?

Second Sight Medical Products, Inc.'s top technology area is A61N (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy) with 124 patents, ranking #28 of 1,943 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 29 CPC subclasses total.

Is Second Sight Medical Products, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Second Sight Medical Products, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -82% 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 Second Sight Medical Products, Inc.'s patents?

Second Sight Medical Products, Inc.'s patents average 12.2 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 Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. 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

Second Sight Medical Products, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 135 granted patents across 29 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: A61N (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Second ranks #2,851 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 135 patents across 29 technology areas.

#2,851
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 24%
by Innovation Score (44.9/100): 12.2
avg claims per patent: -82%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2851 · US Corporation #2,851 · 135 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 135 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,851/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH RH US
CPC-FOCUS A61N · 29 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -82% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: RH US, 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 Second’s 44.9 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 17.0 pts (38%) Velocity 1.6 pts (4%) Breadth 19.0 pts (42%) Claim depth 7.3 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Chegg · near

45
Empresa Brasileira… · near

45
OneEvent · near

45
Second Sight… · this assignee

45
TE Connectivity… · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Second's Innovation Score is 44.9/100 (top 24% 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 Second?

Each dot is one of Second’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). Second’s own 12.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Second's grants concentrate

Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 29 CPC subclasses with 91.9% of grants classified under A61N (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (30 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Second sits between RH US, LLC and Bruker Nano, Inc..

Second's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. moved from 25 to 6 grants (0.24x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #3,051. See the growth leaderboard.

RH US

135
Sanechips Technol…

135
Spine Wave

135
Suntory Flowers

135
Tamura

135
Toagosei

135
Warner Bros Enter…

135
Second Sight Medi… ◀

135
Bruker Nano

134

What this shows Second holds 135 patents at rank #2,853, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Second

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,853 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61N (Electrotherapy)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Second, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61N (Electrotherapy), Second ranks #28 of 1,943 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

TE Connectivity Nederland BV 45 Chegg, Inc. 45 OneEvent Technologies, Inc. 45 Empresa Brasileira DE Pesquisa AGROPECUÁRIA—EMBRAPA 45

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.2 here).

Oce-technologies B.V. 12.2 avg Borealis Technical Limited 12.2 avg Fudan University 12.2 avg Semikron Elektronik GMBH & Co. KG 12.2 avg

Second's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 24% higher than 76% 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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Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	30	22.2%
2016	23	17.0%
2017	24	17.8%
2018	27	20.0%
2019	10	7.4%
2020	9	6.7%
2021	6	4.4%
2022	5	3.7%
2024	1	0.7%

Which technologies does Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. patent most?

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 124

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 31

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 20

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 20

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 15

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 15

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 12

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 6

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 6

C25D - Processes FOR THE Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Production OF COATINGS; ELECTROFORMING; Apparatus Therefor 5

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 5

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 4

F04C - Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps 2

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

Top 15 of 29 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

Second Sight Medical Products, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Second Sight Medical Products, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61N (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy), 91.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61N
Ranked #2,851 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. against RH US, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.9/100 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.

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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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