Where does Tepha, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Tepha, Inc. ranks #3,637 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 Tepha, Inc. hold?

Tepha, Inc. holds 101 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 28 technology areas.

What is Tepha, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Tepha, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 51.7 out of 100 (top 11% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Tepha, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +18% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

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

Tepha, 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 Tepha, 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

Tepha, Inc.

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

Tepha, Inc.'s top technology area is 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) with 77 patents, ranking #27 of 2,589 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 28 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 101 granted patents across 28 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: 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;).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Tepha ranks #3,637 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 101 patents across 28 technology areas.

#3,637
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (51.7/100): 18.3
avg claims per patent: +18%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3637 · US Corporation #3,637 · 101 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 101 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,637/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Paige AI
CPC-FOCUS A61L · 28 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +18% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Paige.AI, 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 Tepha’s 51.7 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 16.0 pts (31%) Velocity 6.1 pts (12%) Breadth 18.7 pts (36%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Akoustis · near

52
Cognitive Systems · near

52
Institut Polytechniq… · near

52
Loon · near

52
Tepha · this assignee

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Tepha's Innovation Score is 51.7/100 (top 11% 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 Tepha?

Each dot is one of Tepha’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). Tepha’s own 18.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Tepha's grants concentrate

Tepha, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 28 CPC subclasses with 76.2% of grants classified under 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;). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (15 grants) versus a trough of 6 in 2015. By volume, Tepha sits between Paige.AI, Inc. and Vetco Gray, LLC.

Tepha's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Tepha, Inc. moved from 34 to 31 grants (0.91x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,436. See the growth leaderboard.

Paige AI

101
Ridge Tool

101
Semikron Elektron…

101
Sony OF America

101
The Radio Flyer

101
The United States…

101
Thermo Fisher Sci…

101
Vetco Gray

101
Tepha ◀

101

What this shows Tepha holds 101 patents at rank #3,637, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Tepha

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,637 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61L (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Tepha, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61L (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects…), Tepha ranks #27 of 2,589 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

Akoustis, Inc. 52 Cognitive Systems Corp. 52 Loon LLC 52 Institut Polytechnique DE Bordeaux 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.3 here).

SPM Oil & Gas Inc. 18.3 avg Inventus Engineering GmbH 18.3 avg WIN Semiconductors Corp. 18.2 avg MobiTV, Inc. 18.2 avg

Tepha's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 11% higher than 89% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Tepha, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	5.9%
2016	8	7.9%
2017	9	8.9%
2018	10	9.9%
2019	12	11.9%
2020	15	14.9%
2021	7	6.9%
2022	6	5.9%
2023	14	13.9%
2024	11	10.9%
2025partial year	3	3.0%

Which technologies does Tepha, Inc. patent most?

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 77

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 54

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 34

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 27

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 24

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 21

D01F - Chemical Features IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR RIBBONS; Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OF Carbon Filaments 19

D01D - Mechanical Methods OR Apparatus IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR Ribbons 19

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 17

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 15

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 14

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 13

D02G - Crimping OR Curling Fibres, Filaments, Threads, OR YARNS; Yarns OR Threads 13

D04C - Braiding OR Manufacture OF Lace, Including Bobbin-net OR Carbonised LACE; Braiding MACHINES; BRAID; Lace 9

D04H - Making Textile Fabrics, e.g. From Fibres OR Filamentary Material ; Fabrics Made BY Such Processes OR Apparatus, e.g. Felts, Non-woven FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; Wadding ; ; Non-woven Fabrics From Staple Fibres, Filaments OR Yarns, Bonded With AT Least ONE Web-like Material During Their Consolidation 9

Top 15 of 28 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

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Tepha, Inc.'s lead technology class is 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;), 76.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61L
Ranked #3,637 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Tepha, Inc. against Paige.AI, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.7/100 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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