Where does Spinal Simplicity, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Spinal Simplicity, LLC ranks #7,336 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 Simplicity, LLC hold?

Spinal Simplicity, LLC holds 45 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Spinal Simplicity, LLC's Innovation Score?

Spinal Simplicity, LLC has an Innovation Score of 52.1 out of 100 (top 10% 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 Simplicity, LLC focus on?

Spinal Simplicity, LLC's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 41 patents, ranking #464 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Spinal Simplicity, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Spinal Simplicity, LLC's recent grant velocity is +50% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Spinal Simplicity, LLC's patents?

Spinal Simplicity, LLC's patents average 18.4 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 Simplicity, 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

Spinal Simplicity, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 45 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 #7,336 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 45 patents across 5 technology areas.

#7,336
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.1/100): 18.4
avg claims per patent: +50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7336 · US Corporation #7,336 · 45 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 45 grants
UPPER-Q #7,336/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shenzhen EpoStar
CPC-NARROW A61B · 5 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shenzhen EpoStar Electronics Limited Co. (±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 52.1 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 13.2 pts (25%) Velocity 20.0 pts (38%) Breadth 7.9 pts (15%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Consolidated Metco · near

52
Krauss-maffei… · near

52
Spinal Simplicity · this assignee

52
STI Holdings · near

52
u-blox · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Spinal's Innovation Score is 52.1/100 (top 10% 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 18.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.0 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 Simplicity, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 91.1% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (8 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Spinal sits between Shenzhen EpoStar Electronics Limited Co. and Tennant Company.

Spinal's three-year grant acceleration

Spinal Simplicity, LLC shows 22 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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 Epostar

45
Shenzhen Ivps Tec…

45
Signal Trust for…

45
Skyera

45
Swiss Reinsurance

45
Taizhou Sukk Tech…

45
Teikoku Seiyaku

45
Tennant

45
Spinal Simplicity ◀

45

What this shows Spinal holds 45 patents at rank #7,336, 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 #7,336 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 #464 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

STI Holdings, Inc. 52 u-blox AG 52 Krauss-maffei Wegmann GMBH & Co. KG 52 Consolidated Metco, Inc. 52

Spinal's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 10% higher than 90% 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 Simplicity, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	8.9%
2016	2	4.4%
2017	3	6.7%
2018	4	8.9%
2019	3	6.7%
2021	2	4.4%
2022	7	15.6%
2023	8	17.8%
2024	7	15.6%
2025partial year	5	11.1%

Which technologies does Spinal Simplicity, LLC patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 41

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 27

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

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 1

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 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 Simplicity, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Spinal Simplicity, LLC's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 91.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #7,336 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Spinal Simplicity, LLC against Shenzhen EpoStar Electronics Limited Co., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.1/100 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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