Where does THE Methodist Hospital System rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), THE Methodist Hospital System ranks #23,530 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 THE Methodist Hospital System hold?

THE Methodist Hospital System holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is THE Methodist Hospital System's Innovation Score?

THE Methodist Hospital System has an Innovation Score of 58.7 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is THE Methodist Hospital System's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

THE Methodist Hospital System's recent grant velocity is +0% 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 THE Methodist Hospital System's patents?

THE Methodist Hospital System's patents average 24.8 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 Methodist Hospital System 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 Methodist Hospital System

Q: What technology areas does THE Methodist Hospital System focus on?

THE Methodist Hospital System's top technology area is A61K (PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES) with 6 patents. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 18 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: A61K (PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, THE ranks #23,530 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 18 technology areas.

#23,530
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (58.7/100): 24.8
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23530 · US Corporation #23,530 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #23,530/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEE…
CPC-FOCUS A61K · 18 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: THE Board OF Trustees OF THE Leland Stanford Junio (±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 Methodist Hospit… · this assignee

59
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows THE's Innovation Score is 58.7/100 (top 4% 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 Methodist Hospital System is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under A61K (PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, THE sits between THE Board OF Trustees OF THE Leland Stanford Junio and TI Automotive (heidelberg) Gmbh.

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12
THE California In…

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THE First Affilia…

12
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Thinkware Systems

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12

What this shows THE holds 12 patents at rank #23,504, 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 #23,504 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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)

59 Top 4% higher than 96% 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.

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THE Methodist Hospital System patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	16.7%
2018	2	16.7%
2019	1	8.3%
2022	1	8.3%
2023	3	25.0%
2024	1	8.3%
2025partial year	2	16.7%

Which technologies does THE Methodist Hospital System patent most?

A61K - PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES 6

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 4

A61P - SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OR MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS 2

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

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION 2

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

C12N - MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING, OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; CULTURE MEDIA 1

G01R - MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES 1

A61C - DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE 1

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

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 1

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY 1

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 1

B33Y - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3-D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3-D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING 1

B82Y - SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES 1

Top 15 of 18 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#23,530

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

58.7 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

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