Where does Thinx Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Thinx Inc. ranks #37,949 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 Thinx Inc. hold?

Thinx Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Thinx Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Thinx Inc. has an Innovation Score of 43.6 out of 100 (top 28% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Thinx Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Thinx Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Thinx Inc.'s patents?

Thinx Inc.'s patents average 19.0 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 Thinx 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

Thinx Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Thinx Inc. focus on?

Thinx Inc.'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 6 patents, ranking #1,036 of 3,082 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: 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, Thinx ranks #37,949 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 2 technology areas.

#37,949
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 28%
by Innovation Score (43.6/100): 19.0
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R37949 · US Corporation #37,949 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
LOWER-Q #37,949/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Thermal Storage…
CPC-NARROW A61F · 2 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Thermal Storage Systems (±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 Thinx’s 43.6 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 7.2 pts (17%) Velocity 20.0 pts (46%) Breadth 5.0 pts (11%) Claim depth 11.4 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Integral Ad Science · near

44
Spatial Digital… · near

44
Thinx · this assignee

44
Viacom International · near

44
Hartmetall-Werkzeugf… · near

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Thinx's Innovation Score is 43.6/100 (top 28% 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 Thinx?

Each dot is one of Thinx’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). Thinx’s own 19.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Thinx's grants concentrate

Thinx Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 85.7% 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). By volume, Thinx sits between Thermal Storage Systems and Tidel Engineering, L.P..

Thinx's three-year grant acceleration

Thinx Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Thermal Storage S…

7
Thermolift

7
Think Silicon Res…

7
Thinkcyte

7
Thomas + Technik…

7
Thrio

7
Tibit Communicati…

7
Tidel Engineering

7
Thinx ◀

7

What this shows Thinx holds 7 patents at rank #37,985, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Thinx

By rank, the assignees closest to #37,985 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood Vessels)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Thinx, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood Vessels), Thinx ranks #1,036 of 3,082 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

Viacom International Inc. 44 Integral Ad Science, Inc. 44 Spatial Digital Systems, Inc. 44 Hartmetall-Werkzeugfabrik Paul Horn GmbH 44

Thinx's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 28% higher than 72% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Thinx Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	14.3%
2017	1	14.3%
2021	1	14.3%
2022	1	14.3%
2023	1	14.3%
2024	1	14.3%
2025partial year	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Thinx Inc. 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 6

A41B - SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; Baby LINEN; Handkerchiefs 4

Top 2 of 2 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

Thinx Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Thinx Inc.'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), 85.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61F
Ranked #37,949 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Thinx Inc. against Thermal Storage Systems, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.6/100 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

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