Overall rank by patents
#23,532
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: 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 DEVICE).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #23,532 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 5 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R23532 · US Corporation #23,532 · 12 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: The Gravity Group, 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
The Ohio Willow Wood · this assignee
27 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows The's Innovation Score is 27.4/100 (top 76% 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.
The Ohio Willow Wood Company is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under 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 DEVICE). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, The sits between The Gravity Group, Llc and The Seaberg Company, Inc..
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
The Gravity Group, LLC
12 patents
The Hilliard Corporation
12 patents
The Hive Global Inc.
12 patents
The Music People, Inc.
12 patents
The Pirbright Institute
12 patents
The Provost, Fellows, Scholars and Other Members of Board of Trinity College Dublin
12 patents
The Queen's Medical Center
12 patents
The Seaberg Company, Inc.
12 patents
The Ohio Willow Wood Company
12 patents
What this shows The holds 12 patents at rank #23,546, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #23,546 in granted patent volume.
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)
27 Top 76% higher than 24% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | 41.7% |
| 2017 | 1 | 8.3% |
| 2018 | 3 | 25.0% |
| 2019 | 1 | 8.3% |
| 2021 | 1 | 8.3% |
| 2024 | 1 | 8.3% |
Top 5 of 5 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#23,532
of 50,000 tracked assignees
27.4 out of 100
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