Where does The Foundry, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The Foundry, LLC ranks #8,940 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 The Foundry, LLC hold?

The Foundry, LLC holds 36 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is The Foundry, LLC's Innovation Score?

The Foundry, LLC has an Innovation Score of 40.8 out of 100 (top 35% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does The Foundry, LLC focus on?

The Foundry, LLC's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 28 patents, ranking #661 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is The Foundry, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The Foundry, LLC's recent grant velocity is -6% 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 The Foundry, LLC's patents?

The Foundry, LLC's patents average 23.9 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 The Foundry, 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

The Foundry, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 36 granted patents across 9 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #8,940 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 36 patents across 9 technology areas.

#8,940
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 35%
by Innovation Score (40.8/100): 23.9
avg claims per patent: -6%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8940 · US Corporation #8,940 · 36 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 36 grants
UPPER-Q #8,940/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Taiwan Green Point…
CPC-NARROW A61B · 9 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -6% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Taiwan Green Point Enterprises Co., Ltd. (±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 The’s 40.8 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 12.5 pts (31%) Velocity 3.3 pts (8%) Breadth 10.6 pts (26%) Claim depth 14.3 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Pharmacyclics · near

41
Sigray · near

41
Sun Hydraulics · near

41
The Foundry · this assignee

41
Unomedical A/S · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 40.8/100 (top 35% 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 The?

Each dot is one of The’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). The’s own 23.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where The's grants concentrate

The Foundry, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 77.8% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, The sits between Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen SE + Co. KG and Tricam Industries, LLC.

The's three-year grant acceleration

The Foundry, LLC shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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.

Trumpf Werkzeugma…

36
Taiwan Green Poin…

36
Targus Internatio…

36
Tetra Tech

36
The Medical Resea…

36
The P F Laborator…

36
Treefrog Developm…

36
Tricam Industries

36
The Foundry ◀

36

What this shows The holds 36 patents at rank #8,943, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near The

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,943 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for The, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), The ranks #661 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

Unomedical A/S 41 Sigray, Inc. 41 Sun Hydraulics, LLC 41 Pharmacyclics LLC 41

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 35% higher than 65% 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.

View data table

The Foundry, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	2.8%
2016	6	16.7%
2017	2	5.6%
2018	6	16.7%
2019	2	5.6%
2020	7	19.4%
2021	3	8.3%
2022	3	8.3%
2023	3	8.3%
2025partial year	3	8.3%

Which technologies does The Foundry, LLC patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 28

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 16

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 15

C12Y - Enzymes 14

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 13

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 9

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 8

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 8

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 3

Top 9 of 9 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

The Foundry, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The Foundry, LLC's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 77.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #8,940 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The Foundry, LLC against Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen SE + Co. KG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.8/100 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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