SteriLance Medical (Suzhou) Inc.
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 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 4 technology areas.
- #14,962
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- 22nd percentile
- by Innovation Score (27.0/100)
- 4.7
- avg claims per patent
- +0%
- grant velocity, last 5 yrs
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
- GRANTS-SMALL 20 grants
- MID-PACK #14,962/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH Spinergy
- CPC-NARROW A61B · 4 areas
- INNOV-THIN 27.0/100
- CLAIMS-SPARSE 4.7 claims/avg
- TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
- VEL-FLAT +0% vel
- BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields
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.
How Sterilance’s 27.0 Innovation Score adds up
The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around Sterilance
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- SteriLance Medical… · this assignee 27
SteriLance Medical… · this assignee
27 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Sterilance's Innovation Score is 27.0/100 (22nd percentile 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 Sterilance?
Each dot is one of Sterilance’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). Sterilance’s own 4.7 claims/patent is at or below the 15.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.
Where Sterilance's grants concentrate
SteriLance Medical (Suzhou) Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 45% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Sterilance sits between Spinergy Inc. and Syntrix Biosystems Inc..
Sterilance's three-year grant acceleration
SteriLance Medical (Suzhou) Inc. shows 5 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.
Who files at SteriLance's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- Spinergy
Spinergy Inc.
20 patents
- Star Headlight &…
Star Headlight & Lantern Co., Inc.
20 patents
- State of Oregon a…
State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Ed. on Behalf of Oregon State Univ.
20 patents
- Stereovision Imag…
StereoVision Imaging, Inc.
20 patents
- Stryker Trauma
Stryker Trauma SA
20 patents
- Swift Fuels
Swift Fuels, LLC
20 patents
- Synactive
Synactive, Inc.
20 patents
- Syntrix Biosystems
Syntrix Biosystems Inc.
20 patents
- Sterilance Medica… ◀
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.
Companies ranked near SteriLance
By rank, the assignees closest to #14,963 in granted patent volume.
- Spinergy Inc. #14,959 · 20 patents
- Star Headlight & Lantern Co., Inc. #14,960 · 20 patents
- State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Ed. on Behalf of Oregon State Univ. #14,961 · 20 patents
- StereoVision Imaging, Inc. #14,962 · 20 patents
- Stryker Trauma SA #14,964 · 20 patents
- Swift Fuels, LLC #14,965 · 20 patents
- Synactive, Inc. #14,966 · 20 patents
- Syntrix Biosystems Inc. #14,967 · 20 patents
Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in SteriLance's primary technology class.
- Covidien LP 5,709 in class
- Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 3,414 in class
- Olympus Corporation 2,758 in class
- Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. 2,362 in class
- Cilag GmbH International 2,063 in class
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. 1,921 in class
- DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. 1,796 in class
- Ethicon, Inc. 1,762 in class
Sterilance's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
27 22nd percentile higher than 22% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Grants by year
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| 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% |
Which technologies does SteriLance Medical (Suzhou) Inc. patent most?
Top 4 of 4 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
SteriLance Medical (Suzhou) Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- SteriLance Medical (Suzhou) Inc.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 45% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
- Ranked #14,962 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare SteriLance Medical (Suzhou) Inc. against Spinergy Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 27.0/100 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.
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.