Where does Think Surgical, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Think Surgical, Inc. ranks #4,695 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 Think Surgical, Inc. hold?

Think Surgical, Inc. holds 75 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Think Surgical, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Think Surgical, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 47.3 out of 100 (top 19% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Think Surgical, Inc. focus on?

Think Surgical, Inc.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 69 patents, ranking #265 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

Is Think Surgical, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Think Surgical, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +206% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Think Surgical, Inc.'s patents?

Think Surgical, Inc.'s patents average 17.2 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 Think Surgical, Inc. 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

Think Surgical, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 75 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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, Think ranks #4,695 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 75 patents across 16 technology areas.

#4,695
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 19%
by Innovation Score (47.3/100): 17.2
avg claims per patent: +206%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4695 · US Corporation #4,695 · 75 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 75 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,695/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sturm Ruger &
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 16 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +206% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (±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 Think’s 47.3 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 15.0 pts (32%) Velocity 7.9 pts (17%) Breadth 14.1 pts (30%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ixys · near

47
Think Surgical · this assignee

47
Zuora · near

47
Haworth · near

47
Kagoshima University · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Think's Innovation Score is 47.3/100 (top 19% 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 Think?

Each dot is one of Think’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). Think’s own 17.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Think vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Think's grants concentrate

Think Surgical, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 92% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (12 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2017. By volume, Think sits between Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. and Amyris, Inc..

Think's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Think Surgical, Inc. moved from 28 to 33 grants (1.18x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Sturm Ruger &

75
Technogym S P A

75
Tescom

75
Technische Univer…

75
Urban Armor Gear

75
Think Surgical ◀

75
8ME Nova

74
Agro Selections F…

74
Amyris

74

What this shows Think holds 75 patents at rank #4,695, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Think

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,695 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Think's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Think, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), Think ranks #265 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Zuora, Inc. 47 Ixys, LLC 47 Haworth, Inc. 47 Kagoshima University 47

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.2 here).

Flir Belgium Bvba 17.2 avg Shanghai Cambricon Information Technology Co., Ltd. 17.2 avg Soraa, Inc. 17.2 avg Sun Hydraulics, LLC 17.2 avg

Think's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 19% higher than 81% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Think Surgical, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	2.7%
2018	6	8.0%
2019	9	12.0%
2020	8	10.7%
2021	11	14.7%
2022	11	14.7%
2023	10	13.3%
2024	12	16.0%
2025partial year	6	8.0%

Which technologies does Think Surgical, Inc. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 69

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 20

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 8

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 7

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 7

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 4

H04B - Transmission 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

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 2

G16B - Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology 2

F03G - Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like MOTORS; Mechanical-power Producing Devices OR Mechanisms, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR OR Using Energy Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 1

C22C - Alloys 1

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

Top 15 of 16 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

Think Surgical, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Think Surgical, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 92% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #4,695 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Think Surgical, Inc. against Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.3/100 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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