Overall rank by patents
#21,853
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: A61P (SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OR MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Surface ranks #21,853 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 5 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R21853 · US Corporation #21,853 · 13 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: STT Webos, 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
Surface Oncology · this assignee
42 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Surface's Innovation Score is 42.0/100 (top 32% 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.
Surface Oncology, Llc is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A61P (SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OR MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Surface sits between STT Webos, Inc. and Swissto 12 Sa.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
STT WebOS, Inc.
13 patents
SUN DRILLING PRODUCTS CORPORATION
13 patents
SUN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CORPORATION
13 patents
SUREWAVES MEDIATECH PRIVATE LIMITED
13 patents
SUZHOU HAN HUA SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
13 patents
SUZUKI MANUFACTURING, LTD.
13 patents
SWAT MEDICAL AB
13 patents
SWISSto 12 SA
13 patents
SURFACE ONCOLOGY, LLC
13 patents
What this shows Surface holds 13 patents at rank #21,774, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #21,774 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Surface's primary technology class.
Surface's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
42 Top 32% higher than 68% 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 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 15.4% |
| 2019 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2020 | 3 | 23.1% |
| 2022 | 4 | 30.8% |
| 2023 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2024 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2025partial year | 1 | 7.7% |
Top 5 of 5 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#21,853
of 50,000 tracked assignees
42.0 out of 100
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