Where does Subtle Medical, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Subtle Medical, Inc. ranks #33,455 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 Subtle Medical, Inc. hold?

Subtle Medical, Inc. holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Subtle Medical, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Subtle Medical, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 47.2 out of 100 (top 19% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Subtle Medical, Inc. focus on?

Subtle Medical, Inc.'s top technology area is G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General) with 8 patents, ranking #1,515 of 6,389 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Subtle Medical, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Subtle Medical, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Subtle Medical, Inc.'s patents?

Subtle Medical, Inc.'s patents average 18.3 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 Subtle Medical, 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

Subtle Medical, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Subtle ranks #33,455 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 6 technology areas.

#33,455
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 19%
by Innovation Score (47.2/100): 18.3
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R33455 · US Corporation #33,455 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #33,455/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Streamax Technology
CPC-NARROW G06T · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Streamax Technology Co., Ltd. (±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 Subtle’s 47.2 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 7.6 pts (16%) Velocity 20.0 pts (42%) Breadth 8.7 pts (18%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Subtle Medical · this assignee

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Subtle's Innovation Score is 47.2/100 (top 19% 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 Subtle?

Each dot is one of Subtle’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). Subtle’s own 18.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Subtle's grants concentrate

Subtle Medical, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Subtle sits between Streamax Technology Co., Ltd. and SUN Electronic Industries Corp..

Subtle's three-year grant acceleration

Subtle Medical, Inc. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Streamax Technolo…

8
Stride Tool

8
STS Semiconductor…

8
Subchondral Solut…

8
Sudzucker Aktieng…

8
Suez Environment

8
Sumitomo Light Me…

8
SUN Industries

8
Subtle Medical ◀

8

What this shows Subtle holds 8 patents at rank #33,278, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Subtle

By rank, the assignees closest to #33,278 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation)

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

Subtle's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 19% higher than 81% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Subtle Medical, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	1	12.5%
2023	4	50.0%
2024	1	12.5%
2025partial year	2	25.0%

Which technologies does Subtle Medical, Inc. patent most?

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 8

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 5

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 4

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 2

Top 6 of 6 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

Subtle Medical, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Subtle Medical, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06T
Ranked #33,455 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Subtle Medical, Inc. against Streamax Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.2/100 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

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.