Where does Thornhill Scientific Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Thornhill Scientific Inc. ranks #20,534 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 Thornhill Scientific Inc. hold?

Thornhill Scientific Inc. holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Thornhill Scientific Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Thornhill Scientific Inc. has an Innovation Score of 34.2 out of 100 (47th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Thornhill Scientific Inc. focus on?

Thornhill Scientific Inc.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 12 patents, ranking #1,451 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

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

Thornhill Scientific Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +1000% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Thornhill Scientific Inc.'s patents average 15.9 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 Thornhill Scientific 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 Foreign Corporation

Thornhill Scientific Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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, Thornhill ranks #20,534 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 9 technology areas.

#20,534
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 47th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.2/100): 15.9
avg claims per patent: +1000%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20534 · Foreign Corporation #20,534 · 14 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,534/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH THE Lycra
CPC-NARROW A61B · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +1000% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: THE Lycra Company 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.

How Thornhill’s 34.2 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 9.4 pts (27%) Velocity 4.8 pts (14%) Breadth 10.6 pts (31%) Claim depth 9.5 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Thornhill Scientific · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Thornhill's Innovation Score is 34.2/100 (47th 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 Thornhill?

Each dot is one of Thornhill’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). Thornhill’s own 15.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Thornhill's grants concentrate

Thornhill Scientific Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 85.7% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Thornhill sits between THE Lycra Company LLC and Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Technology Research Institute.

Thornhill's three-year grant acceleration

Thornhill Scientific Inc. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

THE Lycra

14
THE Metal Ware

14
THE Sweet Living…

14
Thomson Industries

14
THX

14
Tigers Polymer

14
Tohoku Electric P…

14
Tokyo Metropolita…

14
Thornhill Scienti… ◀

14

What this shows Thornhill holds 14 patents at rank #20,504, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Thornhill

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,504 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Thornhill's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 47th percentile higher than 47% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Thornhill Scientific Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	7.1%
2020	3	21.4%
2021	3	21.4%
2022	2	14.3%
2023	1	7.1%
2024	2	14.3%
2025partial year	2	14.3%

Which technologies does Thornhill Scientific Inc. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 12

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 11

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 3

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 3

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 1

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 1

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 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

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

Thornhill Scientific Inc.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 85.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #20,534 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Thornhill Scientific Inc. against THE Lycra Company LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.2/100 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

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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