Where does THE Laryngeal Mask Company Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), THE Laryngeal Mask Company Limited ranks #30,386 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 Laryngeal Mask Company Limited hold?

THE Laryngeal Mask Company Limited holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is THE Laryngeal Mask Company Limited's Innovation Score?

THE Laryngeal Mask Company Limited has an Innovation Score of 20.4 out of 100 (7th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is THE Laryngeal Mask Company Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

THE Laryngeal Mask Company Limited's recent grant velocity is -87% 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 Laryngeal Mask Company Limited's patents?

THE Laryngeal Mask Company Limited's patents average 12.3 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 THE Laryngeal Mask Company Limited 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

THE Laryngeal Mask Company Limited

Q: What technology areas does THE Laryngeal Mask Company Limited focus on?

THE Laryngeal Mask Company Limited's top technology area is 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) with 9 patents. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, THE ranks #30,386 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 2 technology areas.

#30,386
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 7th percentile
by Innovation Score (20.4/100): 12.3
avg claims per patent: -87%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R30386 · Foreign Corporation #30,386 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #30,386/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH THE DOW Chemical
CPC-NARROW A61M · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 20.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -87% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: THE DOW Chemical Company (±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
THE Laryngeal Mask · this assignee

20
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows THE's Innovation Score is 20.4/100 (7th percentile 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 THE's grants concentrate

THE Laryngeal Mask Company Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, THE sits between THE DOW Chemical Company and THE Surgical Company International B.V..

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9
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9
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9
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9
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9
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9
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9
THE Laryngeal Mask ◀

9

What this shows THE holds 9 patents at rank #30,323, 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 #30,323 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into)

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

THE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

20 7th percentile higher than 7% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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THE Laryngeal Mask Company Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	11.1%
2016	4	44.4%
2017	3	33.3%
2020	1	11.1%

Which technologies does THE Laryngeal Mask Company Limited patent most?

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 9

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

Top 2 of 2 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#30,386

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

20.4 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

THE Laryngeal Mask Company Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

THE Laryngeal Mask Company Limited's lead technology class is 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), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61M
Ranked #30,386 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare THE Laryngeal Mask Company Limited against THE DOW Chemical Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 20.4/100 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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