Where does Spinal Elements, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Spinal Elements, Inc. ranks #2,937 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 Spinal Elements, Inc. hold?

Spinal Elements, Inc. holds 130 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Spinal Elements, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Spinal Elements, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 46.3 out of 100 (top 21% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Spinal Elements, Inc. focus on?

Spinal Elements, Inc.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 96 patents, ranking #190 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Spinal Elements, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Spinal Elements, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -5% 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 Spinal Elements, Inc.'s patents?

Spinal Elements, Inc.'s patents average 16.5 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 Spinal Elements, 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

Spinal Elements, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 130 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Spinal ranks #2,937 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 130 patents across 5 technology areas.

#2,937
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 21%
by Innovation Score (46.3/100): 16.5
avg claims per patent: -5%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2937 · US Corporation #2,937 · 130 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 130 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,937/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH MTU Friedrichshafen
CPC-NARROW A61B · 5 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -5% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: MTU Friedrichshafen GMBH (±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 Spinal’s 46.3 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 16.8 pts (36%) Velocity 11.7 pts (25%) Breadth 7.9 pts (17%) Claim depth 9.9 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Canrig Robotic AS · near

46
Liebherr-werk Ehingen · near

46
Sapience Therapeutics · near

46
Spinal Elements · this assignee

46
Tigo Energy · near

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Spinal's Innovation Score is 46.3/100 (top 21% 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 Spinal?

Each dot is one of Spinal’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). Spinal’s own 16.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Spinal's grants concentrate

Spinal Elements, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 73.8% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (21 grants) versus a trough of 6 in 2020. By volume, Spinal sits between MTU Friedrichshafen GMBH and AMS International AG.

Spinal's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Spinal Elements, Inc. moved from 24 to 42 grants (1.75x 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 #292. See the growth leaderboard.

MTU Friedrichshaf…

130
Munchkin

130
Self

130
Shanghai United I…

130
Taiyuan Universit…

130
Wangs Alliance

130
Xiamen Sanan Opto…

130
Spinal Elements ◀

130
AMS International

129

What this shows Spinal holds 130 patents at rank #2,937, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Spinal

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,937 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Spinal, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), Spinal ranks #190 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

Liebherr-werk Ehingen GMBH 46 Tigo Energy, Inc. 46 Sapience Therapeutics, Inc. 46 Canrig Robotic Technologies AS 46

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.5 here).

University OF Wyoming 16.5 avg Inno-Sports Co., Ltd. 16.5 avg National University OF Singapore 16.5 avg Bose Corporation 16.5 avg

Spinal's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 21% higher than 79% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Spinal Elements, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	10	7.7%
2016	15	11.5%
2017	17	13.1%
2018	9	6.9%
2019	9	6.9%
2020	6	4.6%
2021	9	6.9%
2022	21	16.2%
2023	9	6.9%
2024	12	9.2%
2025partial year	13	10.0%

Which technologies does Spinal Elements, Inc. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 96

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 51

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 4

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

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Spinal Elements, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Spinal Elements, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 73.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #2,937 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Spinal Elements, Inc. against MTU Friedrichshafen GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.3/100 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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