Where does Twelve, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Twelve, Inc. ranks #4,922 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 Twelve, Inc. hold?

Twelve, Inc. holds 71 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Twelve, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Twelve, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 42.7 out of 100 (top 30% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Twelve, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +32% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

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

Twelve, Inc.'s patents average 18.3 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 Twelve, 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

Twelve, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Twelve, Inc. focus on?

Twelve, 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 71 patents, ranking #82 of 3,082 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 71 granted patents across 8 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, Twelve ranks #4,922 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 71 patents across 8 technology areas.

#4,922
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 30%
by Innovation Score (42.7/100): 18.3
avg claims per patent: +32%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4922 · US Corporation #4,922 · 71 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 71 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,922/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Single Buoy Moorings
CPC-NARROW A61F · 8 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +32% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Single Buoy Moorings 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 Twelve’s 42.7 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 14.8 pts (35%) Velocity 7.0 pts (16%) Breadth 10.0 pts (23%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Chromatic · near

43
Ningbo Semiconductor… · near

43
Twelve · this assignee

43
Fuji Seal Internatio… · near

43
Turbomeca · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Twelve's Innovation Score is 42.7/100 (top 30% 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 Twelve?

Each dot is one of Twelve’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). Twelve’s own 18.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Twelve's grants concentrate

Twelve, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 100% 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 2020 (10 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2016. By volume, Twelve sits between Single Buoy Moorings Inc. and Universite de Lorraine.

Twelve's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Twelve, Inc. moved from 22 to 23 grants (1.04x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Single Buoy Moori…

71
Tokitae

71
True Manufacturing

71
The Vollrath L L C

71
Universiteit Antw…

71
University OF Sci…

71
Unverferth Manufa…

71
Universite de Lor…

71
Twelve ◀

71

What this shows Twelve holds 71 patents at rank #4,922, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Twelve

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,922 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood Vessels)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Twelve, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood Vessels), Twelve ranks #82 of 3,082 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

Ningbo Semiconductor International Corporation 43 Chromatic Technologies, Inc. 43 Fuji Seal International, Inc. 43 Turbomeca 43

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.3 here).

Neustar, Inc. 18.3 avg Shanghai Kohler Electronics, Ltd. 18.3 avg Medshine Discovery Inc. 18.3 avg Dura Operating, LLC 18.3 avg

Twelve's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 30% higher than 70% 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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Twelve, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	5.6%
2016	3	4.2%
2017	7	9.9%
2018	6	8.5%
2019	8	11.3%
2020	10	14.1%
2021	4	5.6%
2022	8	11.3%
2023	10	14.1%
2024	5	7.0%
2025partial year	6	8.5%

Which technologies does Twelve, 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 71

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 21

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 4

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 3

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 3

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 3

Top 8 of 8 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

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

Twelve, 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), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61F
Ranked #4,922 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Twelve, Inc. against Single Buoy Moorings Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.7/100 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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