Where does THE Surgical Company International B.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), THE Surgical Company International B.V. ranks #30,399 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 Surgical Company International B.V. hold?

THE Surgical Company International B.V. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2021, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is THE Surgical Company International B.V.'s Innovation Score?

THE Surgical Company International B.V. has an Innovation Score of 32.2 out of 100 (40th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is THE Surgical Company International B.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

THE Surgical Company International B.V.'s recent grant velocity is -20% 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 Surgical Company International B.V.'s patents?

THE Surgical Company International B.V.'s patents average 22.7 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 Surgical Company International B.V. 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 Surgical Company International B.V.

Q: What technology areas does THE Surgical Company International B.V. focus on?

THE Surgical Company International B.V.'s top technology area is 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) with 7 patents, ranking #891 of 3,082 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2021. 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, THE ranks #30,399 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 9 technology areas.

#30,399
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 40th percentile
by Innovation Score (32.2/100): 22.7
avg claims per patent: -20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R30399 · Foreign Corporation #30,399 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #30,399/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH THE Laryngeal Mask
CPC-NARROW A61F · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -20% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: THE Laryngeal Mask Company Limited (±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 32.2 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 8.0 pts (25%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.6 pts (33%) Claim depth 13.6 pts (42%)

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What this shows THE's Innovation Score is 32.2/100 (40th 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.

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 22.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.9 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 Surgical Company International B.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 77.8% 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 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, THE sits between THE Laryngeal Mask Company Limited and Thinxtream Technologies PTE. Ltd..

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What this shows THE holds 9 patents at rank #30,327, 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 #30,327 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood Vessels)

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)

32 40th percentile higher than 40% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2021

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 Surgical Company International B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	22.2%
2018	2	22.2%
2019	1	11.1%
2020	2	22.2%
2021	2	22.2%

Which technologies does THE Surgical Company International B.V. patent most?

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 7

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 2

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 2

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 1

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 1

F24H - Fluid Heaters, e.g. Water OR AIR Heaters, Having Heat-generating Means, e.g. Heat Pumps, IN General 1

F28F - Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application 1

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 1

Top 9 of 9 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

THE Surgical Company International B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

THE Surgical Company International B.V.'s lead technology class is 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), 77.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61F
Ranked #30,399 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare THE Surgical Company International B.V. against THE Laryngeal Mask Company Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.2/100 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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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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