Where does Spectral MD, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Spectral MD, Inc. ranks #23,442 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 Spectral MD, Inc. hold?

Spectral MD, Inc. holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Spectral MD, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Spectral MD, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 42.7 out of 100 (top 30% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Spectral MD, Inc. focus on?

Spectral MD, Inc.'s top technology area is G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General) with 9 patents, ranking #1,365 of 6,389 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is Spectral MD, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Spectral MD, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +400% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Spectral MD, Inc.'s patents?

Spectral MD, Inc.'s patents average 22.1 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 Spectral MD, 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

Spectral MD, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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: G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Spectral ranks #23,442 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 9 technology areas.

#23,442
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 30%
by Innovation Score (42.7/100): 22.1
avg claims per patent: +400%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23442 · US Corporation #23,442 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #23,442/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Spartan Motors
CPC-NARROW G06T · 9 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +400% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Spartan Motors, 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 Spectral’s 42.7 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 8.9 pts (21%) Velocity 10.0 pts (23%) Breadth 10.6 pts (25%) Claim depth 13.2 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Spectral MD · this assignee

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Spectral's Innovation Score is 42.7/100 (top 30% 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 Spectral?

Each dot is one of Spectral’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). Spectral’s own 22.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Spectral's grants concentrate

Spectral MD, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 75% of grants classified under G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Spectral sits between Spartan Motors, Inc. and Sstatzz Oy.

Spectral's three-year grant acceleration

Spectral MD, Inc. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Spartan Motors

12
Special Projects…

12
Specialty Fitness…

12
Specialty Lightin…

12
Spinal USA

12
Spray Moret

12
Spyglass Pharma

12
Sstatzz Oy

12
Spectral MD ◀

12

What this shows Spectral holds 12 patents at rank #23,462, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Spectral

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,462 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation)

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

Spectral's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 30% higher than 70% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Spectral MD, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	8.3%
2018	1	8.3%
2020	3	25.0%
2021	1	8.3%
2022	2	16.7%
2023	2	16.7%
2024	2	16.7%

Which technologies does Spectral MD, Inc. patent most?

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 9

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 8

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 7

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 7

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 3

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 3

G16Z - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Specific Application Fields, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 2

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 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

Spectral MD, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Spectral MD, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General), 75% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06T
Ranked #23,442 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Spectral MD, Inc. against Spartan Motors, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.7/100 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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