Where does Spinefrontier, Inc rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Spinefrontier, Inc ranks #25,270 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Spinefrontier, Inc hold?

Spinefrontier, Inc holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Spinefrontier, Inc's Innovation Score?

Spinefrontier, Inc has an Innovation Score of 25.1 out of 100 (top 84% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Spinefrontier, Inc focus on?

Spinefrontier, Inc's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION) with 9 patents. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is Spinefrontier, Inc's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Spinefrontier, Inc's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Spinefrontier, Inc's patents?

Spinefrontier, Inc's patents average 17.3 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 Spinefrontier, 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

Spinefrontier, Inc

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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, Spinefrontier ranks #25,270 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 3 technology areas.

#25,270
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 84%
by Innovation Score (25.1/100): 17.3
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25270 · US Corporation #25,270 · 11 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #25,270/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH SPECIALIZED DESANDERS
CPC-NARROW A61B · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Specialized Desanders 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Spinefrontier · this assignee

25
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows Spinefrontier's Innovation Score is 25.1/100 (top 84% 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.

Where Spinefrontier's grants concentrate

Spinefrontier, Inc is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 81.8% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Spinefrontier sits between Specialized Desanders Inc. and Standard Brands (uk) Limited.

Specialized Desan…

11
Speclipse

11
Spectrum Optix

11
SPF

11
Spruce Biosciences

11
SSI Schäfer Noell…

11
SSW Advanced

11
Standard Brands (…

11
Spinefrontier ◀

11

What this shows Spinefrontier holds 11 patents at rank #25,182, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Spinefrontier

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,182 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Spinefrontier's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 Top 84% higher than 16% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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Spinefrontier, Inc patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	18.2%
2016	1	9.1%
2017	3	27.3%
2018	3	27.3%
2019	2	18.2%

Which technologies does Spinefrontier, Inc patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION 9

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 6

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

Top 3 of 3 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#25,270

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

25.1 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.