Where does SMed-TA/TD, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SMed-TA/TD, LLC ranks #11,807 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 SMed-TA/TD, LLC hold?

SMed-TA/TD, LLC holds 26 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is SMed-TA/TD, LLC's Innovation Score?

SMed-TA/TD, LLC has an Innovation Score of 33.8 out of 100 (46th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is SMed-TA/TD, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

SMed-TA/TD, LLC's recent grant velocity is -23% 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 SMed-TA/TD, LLC's patents?

SMed-TA/TD, LLC's patents average 14.2 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 SMed-TA/TD, 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

SMed-TA/TD, LLC

Q: What technology areas does SMed-TA/TD, LLC focus on?

SMed-TA/TD, LLC's top technology area is 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) with 22 patents, ranking #296 of 3,082 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 26 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: 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 Device).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Smed-ta/td ranks #11,807 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 26 patents across 9 technology areas.

#11,807
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 46th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.8/100): 14.2
avg claims per patent: -23%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11807 · US Corporation #11,807 · 26 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 26 grants
UPPER-Q #11,807/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shenzhen Sunway…
CPC-NARROW A61F · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -23% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shenzhen Sunway Communication 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 Smed-ta/td’s 33.8 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 11.4 pts (34%) Velocity 3.3 pts (10%) Breadth 10.6 pts (31%) Claim depth 8.5 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ratiopharm · near

34
Shenzhen Intellifusion · near

34
SMed-TA/TD · this assignee

34
Wein Holding · near

34
Zwipe AS · near

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Smed-ta/td's Innovation Score is 33.8/100 (46th 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 Smed-ta/td?

Each dot is one of Smed-ta/td’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). Smed-ta/td’s own 14.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Smed-ta/td vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Smed-ta/td's grants concentrate

SMed-TA/TD, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 84.6% of grants classified under 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 Device). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Smed-ta/td sits between Shenzhen Sunway Communication Co., Ltd. and Song Chuan Precision Co., Ltd..

Smed-ta/td's three-year grant acceleration

SMed-TA/TD, LLC shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 10 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.

Shenzhen Sunway C…

26
Shire-nps Pharmac…

26
SII Crystal Techn…

26
Smiss Technology

26
Softtronics

26
Solazyme

26
Solvay USA

26
Song Chuan Precis…

26
Smed-ta/TD ◀

26

What this shows SMed-TA/TD holds 26 patents at rank #11,799, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near SMed-TA/TD

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,799 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood Vessels)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in SMed-TA/TD's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for SMed-TA/TD, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood Vessels), SMed-TA/TD ranks #296 of 3,082 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (34 here).

Shenzhen Intellifusion Technologies Co., Ltd. 34 ratiopharm GmbH 34 Zwipe AS 34 Wein Holding, LLC 34

Smed-ta/td's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 46th percentile higher than 46% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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SMed-TA/TD, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	7.7%
2017	6	23.1%
2019	5	19.2%
2020	4	15.4%
2021	1	3.8%
2022	1	3.8%
2023	2	7.7%
2024	2	7.7%
2025partial year	3	11.5%

Which technologies does SMed-TA/TD, LLC patent most?

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 22

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 11

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 4

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 3

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 3

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 2

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 2

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 9 of 9 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

SMed-TA/TD, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

SMed-TA/TD, LLC's lead technology class is 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 Device), 84.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61F
Ranked #11,807 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare SMed-TA/TD, LLC against Shenzhen Sunway Communication Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.8/100 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

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