Where does T.J.Smith and Nephew, Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), T.J.Smith and Nephew, Limited ranks #6,599 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 T.J.Smith and Nephew, Limited hold?

T.J.Smith and Nephew, Limited holds 51 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is T.J.Smith and Nephew, Limited's Innovation Score?

T.J.Smith and Nephew, Limited has an Innovation Score of 59.2 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is T.J.Smith and Nephew, Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

T.J.Smith and Nephew, Limited's recent grant velocity is +833% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for T.J.Smith and Nephew, Limited's patents?

T.J.Smith and Nephew, Limited's patents average 18.4 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 T.J.Smith and Nephew, Limited 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

T.J.Smith and Nephew, Limited

Q: What technology areas does T.J.Smith and Nephew, Limited focus on?

T.J.Smith and Nephew, Limited's top technology area is 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) with 44 patents, ranking #163 of 3,490 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 51 granted patents across 17 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, T.j.smith ranks #6,599 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 51 patents across 17 technology areas.

#6,599
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.2/100): 18.4
avg claims per patent: +833%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6599 · Foreign Corporation #6,599 · 51 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 51 grants
UPPER-Q #6,599/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shandong Linglong Tire
CPC-FOCUS A61M · 17 areas
INNOV-PAR 59.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +833% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shandong Linglong Tire Co., Ltd (±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 T.j.smith’s 59.2 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 13.6 pts (23%) Velocity 20.0 pts (34%) Breadth 14.6 pts (25%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Shibaura Machine · near

59
Aulton NEW Energy… · near

59
CloudMinds Robotics · near

59
T J Smith and Nephew · this assignee

59
Universite Grenoble… · near

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows T.j.smith's Innovation Score is 59.2/100 (top 4% 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 T.j.smith?

Each dot is one of T.j.smith’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). T.j.smith’s own 18.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where T.j.smith's grants concentrate

T.J.Smith and Nephew, Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 86.3% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (11 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, T.j.smith sits between Shandong Linglong Tire Co., Ltd and Tokuyama Dental Corporation.

T.j.smith's three-year grant acceleration

T.J.Smith and Nephew, Limited shows 27 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.

Shandong Linglong…

51
Shibaura Machine

51
Strong Force TP P…

51
Shenzhen Yihong T…

51
Technoprobe S P A

51
Tektro Technology

51
Thermo Electron S…

51
Tokuyama Dental

51
T J Smith and Nep… ◀

51

What this shows T.J.Smith holds 51 patents at rank #6,593, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near TJSmith

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,593 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for TJSmith, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into), TJSmith ranks #163 of 3,490 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

CloudMinds Robotics Co., Ltd. 59 Aulton NEW Energy Automotive Technology Group 59 Universite Grenoble Alpes 59 Shibaura Machine Co., Ltd. 59

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.4 here).

First Orion Corp. 18.4 avg Really Right Stuff, LLC 18.4 avg Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated 18.4 avg Transform SR Brands LLC 18.4 avg

T.j.smith's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

59 Top 4% higher than 96% 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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T.J.Smith and Nephew, Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	2.0%
2016	1	2.0%
2018	1	2.0%
2021	1	2.0%
2022	5	9.8%
2023	11	21.6%
2024	11	21.6%
2025partial year	20	39.2%

Which technologies does T.J.Smith and Nephew, Limited patent most?

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 44

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 26

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 6

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

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

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

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 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

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

B23B - TURNING; Boring 1

B25G - Handles FOR Hand Implements 1

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 1

Top 15 of 17 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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T.J.Smith and Nephew, Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

T.J.Smith and Nephew, Limited's lead technology class is 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), 86.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61M
Ranked #6,599 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare T.J.Smith and Nephew, Limited against Shandong Linglong Tire Co., Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 59.2/100 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.

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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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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