Where does The Methodist Hospital rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The Methodist Hospital ranks #7,784 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 Methodist Hospital hold?

The Methodist Hospital holds 42 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 26 technology areas.

What is The Methodist Hospital's Innovation Score?

The Methodist Hospital has an Innovation Score of 45.9 out of 100 (top 22% 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 Methodist Hospital focus on?

The Methodist Hospital's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 19 patents, ranking #930 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 26 CPC subclasses total.

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

The Methodist Hospital's recent grant velocity is +60% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for The Methodist Hospital's patents?

The Methodist Hospital's patents average 17.6 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 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

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 42 granted patents across 26 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, The ranks #7,784 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 42 patents across 26 technology areas.

#7,784
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 22%
by Innovation Score (45.9/100): 17.6
avg claims per patent: +60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7784 · US Corporation #7,784 · 42 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 42 grants
UPPER-Q #7,784/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Tanita
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 26 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +60% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Tanita Corporation (±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 45.9 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 13.0 pts (28%) Velocity 4.3 pts (9%) Breadth 18.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (23%)

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The Methodist Hospital · this assignee

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What this shows The's Innovation Score is 45.9/100 (top 22% 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 17.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.4 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 Methodist Hospital is a focused PatentsView assignee: 26 CPC subclasses with 45.2% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, The sits between Tanita Corporation and Universitat DE Barcelona.

The's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, The Methodist Hospital moved from 20 to 13 grants (0.65x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

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What this shows The holds 42 patents at rank #7,786, 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 #7,786 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 #930 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

FAR Eastern NEW Century Corporation 46 The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services 46 SoundHound, Inc. 46 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. 46

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 22% higher than 78% of 49,997 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 patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	2.4%
2017	1	2.4%
2018	4	9.5%
2019	9	21.4%
2020	6	14.3%
2021	5	11.9%
2022	5	11.9%
2023	4	9.5%
2024	4	9.5%
2025partial year	3	7.1%

Which technologies does The Methodist Hospital patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 19

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 16

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 11

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 10

A42B - HATS; Head Coverings 5

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 5

C07K - Peptides 4

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 4

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 3

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 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 3

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 3

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 3

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 2

Top 15 of 26 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

The Methodist Hospital's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The Methodist Hospital's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 45.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #7,784 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The Methodist Hospital against Tanita Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.9/100 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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