Where does Tela Bio, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Tela Bio, Inc. ranks #12,258 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 Tela Bio, Inc. hold?

Tela Bio, Inc. holds 25 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Tela Bio, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Tela Bio, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 46.7 out of 100 (top 20% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Tela Bio, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Tela Bio, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Tela Bio, Inc.'s patents?

Tela Bio, Inc.'s patents average 22.1 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 Tela Bio, 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

Tela Bio, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Tela Bio, Inc. focus on?

Tela Bio, Inc.'s top technology area is A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs) with 22 patents, ranking #296 of 3,082 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 25 granted patents across 8 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: A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive Device).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Tela ranks #12,258 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 25 patents across 8 technology areas.

#12,258
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 20%
by Innovation Score (46.7/100): 22.1
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12258 · US Corporation #12,258 · 25 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 25 grants
UPPER-Q #12,258/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Tech Friends
CPC-NARROW A61F · 8 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Tech Friends, 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 Tela’s 46.7 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 11.3 pts (24%) Velocity 12.2 pts (26%) Breadth 10.0 pts (21%) Claim depth 13.2 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hyundai Heavy… · near

47
NanoCav · near

47
Restore Medical · near

47
Sanuwave · near

47
Tela Bio · this assignee

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Tela's Innovation Score is 46.7/100 (top 20% 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 Tela?

Each dot is one of Tela’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). Tela’s own 22.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Tela's grants concentrate

Tela Bio, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 88% of grants classified under A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive Device). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (5 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2017. By volume, Tela sits between Tech Friends, Inc. and Tri-force Management Corporation.

Tela's three-year grant acceleration

Tela Bio, Inc. shows 11 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Tech Friends

25
Techway Industrial

25
Teijin Frontier

25
TEL FSI

25
THE Hi-tech Robot…

25
THE Parallax Grou…

25
Total Raffinage M…

25
Tri-force Managem…

25
Tela Bio ◀

25

What this shows Tela holds 25 patents at rank #12,252, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Tela

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,252 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood Vessels)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Tela, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood Vessels), Tela ranks #296 of 3,082 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Sanuwave, Inc. 47 Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. 47 NanoCav, LLC 47 Restore Medical Ltd. 47

Tela's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 20% higher than 80% 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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Tela Bio, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	8.0%
2018	2	8.0%
2019	3	12.0%
2020	3	12.0%
2022	4	16.0%
2023	2	8.0%
2024	5	20.0%
2025partial year	4	16.0%

Which technologies does Tela Bio, Inc. patent most?

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 22

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 18

D05B - Sewing 9

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

D05C - EMBROIDERING; Tufting 4

D04B - Knitting 4

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 3

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 3

Top 8 of 8 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

Tela Bio, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Tela Bio, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive Device), 88% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61F
Ranked #12,258 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Tela Bio, Inc. against Tech Friends, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.7/100 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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