Overall rank by patents
#14,962
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Sterilance ranks #14,962 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 4 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R14962 · Foreign Corporation #14,962 · 20 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Spinergy 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Sterilance Medical (… · this assignee
27 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Sterilance Medical (suzhou) Inc. stamps GRANTS-SMALL, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-NARROW, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-SPARSE, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-FLAT, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #14,962 of 50,000; Innovation Score 27.0/100 sits in the top 78% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Spinergy Inc. (±0 grants).
Sterilance Medical (suzhou) Inc. has been granted 20 US utility patents between 2015 and 2024, placing Sterilance Medical (suzhou) Inc. at #14,962 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 4 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 4.7 claims per patent with primary concentration in A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION). As a Foreign Corporation, Sterilance Medical (suzhou) Inc. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Sterilance sits between Spinergy Inc. (20 patents, rank #14,959) and Syntrix Biosystems Inc. (20 patents, rank #14,967) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 27.0/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 10 grants, compared with 10 in the 2015–2019 window, a +0% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Sterilance Medical (suzhou) Inc.'s 4.7 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 4 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Spinergy Inc.
20 patents
Star Headlight & Lantern Co., Inc.
20 patents
State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Ed. on Behalf of Oregon State Univ.
20 patents
StereoVision Imaging, Inc.
20 patents
Stryker Trauma SA
20 patents
Swift Fuels, LLC
20 patents
Synactive, Inc.
20 patents
Syntrix Biosystems Inc.
20 patents
SteriLance Medical (Suzhou) Inc.
20 patents
What this shows Sterilance holds 20 patents at rank #14,963, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #14,963 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Sterilance's primary technology class.
Sterilance's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
27 Top 78% higher than 22% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 10.0% |
| 2016 | 2 | 10.0% |
| 2017 | 5 | 25.0% |
| 2018 | 1 | 5.0% |
| 2020 | 3 | 15.0% |
| 2021 | 2 | 10.0% |
| 2022 | 1 | 5.0% |
| 2023 | 2 | 10.0% |
| 2024 | 2 | 10.0% |
Top 4 of 4 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#14,962
of 50,000 tracked assignees
27.0 out of 100
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