Where does THD S.p.a. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), THD S.p.a. ranks #21,891 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does THD S.p.a. hold?

THD S.p.a. holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is THD S.p.a.'s Innovation Score?

THD S.p.a. has an Innovation Score of 28.1 out of 100 (top 74% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does THD S.p.a. focus on?

THD S.p.a.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION) with 9 patents. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is THD S.p.a.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

THD S.p.a.'s recent grant velocity is -67% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for THD S.p.a.'s patents?

THD S.p.a.'s patents average 10.5 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 THD S.p.a. 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 Foreign Corporation

THD S.p.a.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, THD ranks #21,891 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 8 technology areas.

#21,891
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 74%
by Innovation Score (28.1/100): 10.5
avg claims per patent: -67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21891 · Foreign Corporation #21,891 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,891/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH TERRALITHIUM
CPC-NARROW A61B · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Terralithium Llc (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
THD S p a · this assignee

28
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows THD's Innovation Score is 28.1/100 (top 74% 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.

Where THD's grants concentrate

THD S.p.a. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 69.2% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, THD sits between Terralithium Llc and THE European Atomic Energy Community (euratom), Represented BY THE European Commission.

Terralithium

13
Terranet AB

13
TES

13
Textor Maschinenb…

13
THE Board OF Trus…

13
THE Chinese Unive…

13
THE Diller

13
THE European Atom…

13
THD S P A ◀

13

What this shows THD holds 13 patents at rank #21,878, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near THD

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,878 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

THD's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 Top 74% higher than 26% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

THD S.p.a. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	15.4%
2017	3	23.1%
2019	4	30.8%
2021	1	7.7%
2022	1	7.7%
2023	1	7.7%
2025partial year	1	7.7%

Which technologies does THD S.p.a. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION 9

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 3

G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES 2

A61M - DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY ; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY ; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR 1

C12Q - MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEIC ACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS ; COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL OR ENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES 1

H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION 1

G06Q - INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 1

G16H - HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA 1

Top 8 of 8 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#21,891

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

28.1 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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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