Where does Surface Oncology, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Surface Oncology, LLC ranks #21,853 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 Surface Oncology, LLC hold?

Surface Oncology, LLC holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Surface Oncology, LLC's Innovation Score?

Surface Oncology, LLC has an Innovation Score of 42.0 out of 100 (top 32% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Surface Oncology, LLC focus on?

Surface Oncology, LLC's top technology area is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations) with 13 patents, ranking #1,479 of 6,058 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Surface Oncology, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Surface Oncology, LLC's recent grant velocity is +200% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Surface Oncology, LLC's patents?

Surface Oncology, LLC's patents average 26.5 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 Surface Oncology, LLC 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

Surface Oncology, LLC

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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Surface ranks #21,853 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 5 technology areas.

#21,853
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 32%
by Innovation Score (42.0/100): 26.5
avg claims per patent: +200%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

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

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,853/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH STT WebOS
CPC-NARROW A61P · 5 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 26.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +200% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

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.

How Surface’s 42.0 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 9.1 pts (22%) Velocity 10.0 pts (24%) Breadth 7.9 pts (19%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Surface Oncology · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Surface?

Each dot is one of Surface’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). Surface’s own 26.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Surface's grants concentrate

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.

Surface's three-year grant acceleration

Surface Oncology, LLC shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

STT Webos

13
SUN Drilling Prod…

13
SUN Medical Techn…

13
Surewaves Mediate…

13
Suzhou HAN HUA Se…

13
Suzuki Manufactur…

13
Swat Medical AB

13
Swissto 12

13
Surface Oncology ◀

13

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.

Companies ranked near Surface

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,774 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Me…)

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 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Surface Oncology, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
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%

Which technologies does Surface Oncology, LLC patent most?

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 13

C07K - Peptides 13

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 13

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 5

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 2

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Surface Oncology, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Surface Oncology, LLC's lead technology class is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61P
Ranked #21,853 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Surface Oncology, LLC against STT WebOS, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.0/100 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.

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

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