Where does THE Secant Group, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), THE Secant Group, LLC ranks #10,477 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 Secant Group, LLC hold?

THE Secant Group, LLC holds 30 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 32 technology areas.

What is THE Secant Group, LLC's Innovation Score?

THE Secant Group, LLC has an Innovation Score of 46.4 out of 100 (top 21% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is THE Secant Group, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

THE Secant Group, LLC's recent grant velocity is +283% 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 Secant Group, LLC's patents?

THE Secant Group, LLC's patents average 18.0 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 Secant Group, 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 Secant Group, LLC

Q: What technology areas does THE Secant Group, LLC focus on?

THE Secant Group, LLC's top technology area is 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) with 14 patents, ranking #200 of 2,589 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 32 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 30 granted patents across 32 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: 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;).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, THE ranks #10,477 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 30 patents across 32 technology areas.

#10,477
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 21%
by Innovation Score (46.4/100): 18.0
avg claims per patent: +283%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10477 · US Corporation #10,477 · 30 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 30 grants
UPPER-Q #10,477/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH SyneuRx Internationa…
CPC-FOCUS A61L · 32 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +283% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: SyneuRx International (Taiwan) Corp. (±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 46.4 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 11.9 pts (26%) Velocity 3.8 pts (8%) Breadth 20.0 pts (43%) Claim depth 10.8 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Blue Buffalo… · near

46
Cerebras Systems · near

46
Leupold & Stevens · near

46
Norsk Hydro ASA · near

46
THE Secant Group · this assignee

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows THE's Innovation Score is 46.4/100 (top 21% 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 18.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.7 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 Secant Group, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 32 CPC subclasses with 46.7% of grants classified under 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;). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, THE sits between SyneuRx International (Taiwan) Corp. and Tong Lung Metal Industry Co., Ltd..

THE's three-year grant acceleration

THE Secant Group, LLC shows 9 grants in 2022–2024 against only 16 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.

Syneurx Internati…

30
Tasly Pharmaceuti…

30
Tecomec S R L

30
Teledyne Lecroy

30
Thule Organizatio…

30
Tmaxdataco

30
Tong Hsing Indust…

30
Tong Lung Metal I…

30
THE Secant Group ◀

30

What this shows THE holds 30 patents at rank #10,474, 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 #10,474 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61L (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects…)

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 A61L (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects…), THE ranks #200 of 2,589 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

Blue Buffalo Enterpises, Inc. 46 Norsk Hydro ASA 46 Cerebras Systems Inc. 46 Leupold & Stevens, Inc. 46

THE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 21% higher than 79% 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 Secant Group, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	6.7%
2017	1	3.3%
2018	1	3.3%
2019	2	6.7%
2020	7	23.3%
2021	7	23.3%
2022	1	3.3%
2023	3	10.0%
2024	5	16.7%
2025partial year	1	3.3%

Which technologies does THE Secant Group, LLC patent most?

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 14

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 12

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 10

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 6

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 5

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 5

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 5

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 5

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 4

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 4

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 3

C12M - Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters 3

D03D - Woven FABRICS; Methods OF WEAVING; Looms 3

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 3

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 15 of 32 technology areas

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What to do with this data

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THE Secant Group, LLC's lead technology class is 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;), 46.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61L
Ranked #10,477 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare THE Secant Group, LLC against SyneuRx International (Taiwan) Corp., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.4/100 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

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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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