Where does Zipline Medical Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Zipline Medical Inc. ranks #12,323 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 Zipline Medical Inc. hold?

Zipline Medical Inc. holds 25 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Zipline Medical Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Zipline Medical Inc. has an Innovation Score of 42.1 out of 100 (top 31% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Zipline Medical Inc. focus on?

Zipline Medical Inc.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 25 patents, ranking #733 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

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

Zipline Medical Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -29% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

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

Zipline Medical Inc.'s patents average 22.5 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 Zipline Medical 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

Zipline Medical Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 25 granted patents across 7 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Zipline ranks #12,323 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 25 patents across 7 technology areas.

#12,323
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 31%
by Innovation Score (42.1/100): 22.5
avg claims per patent: -29%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12323 · US Corporation #12,323 · 25 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 25 grants
UPPER-Q #12,323/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH eSight
CPC-NARROW A61B · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -29% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: eSight Corp. (±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 Zipline’s 42.1 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 11.3 pts (27%) Velocity 8.0 pts (19%) Breadth 9.4 pts (22%) Claim depth 13.5 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Guangdong Xizhongxi… · near

42
Percept · near

42
Seasons 4 · near

42
Watt Fuel Cell · near

42
Zipline Medical · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Zipline's Innovation Score is 42.1/100 (top 31% 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 Zipline?

Each dot is one of Zipline’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). Zipline’s own 22.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Zipline's grants concentrate

Zipline Medical Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Zipline sits between Zora Biosciences OY and iSentek Inc..

Zipline's three-year grant acceleration

Zipline Medical Inc. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Zora Biosciences…

25
ZPE Systems

25
Zendesk

25
Zero Friction

25
Zodiac Seats Fran…

25
esight

25
isee Store Innova…

25
isentek

25
Zipline Medical ◀

25

What this shows Zipline holds 25 patents at rank #12,321, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Zipline

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,321 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Zipline, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), Zipline ranks #733 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Percept Technologies 42 Guangdong Xizhongxi Technology Co., Ltd. 42 Seasons 4, Inc. 42 Watt Fuel Cell Corp. 42

Zipline's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 31% higher than 69% 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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Zipline Medical Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	12.0%
2016	1	4.0%
2017	5	20.0%
2018	4	16.0%
2019	1	4.0%
2021	4	16.0%
2022	2	8.0%
2023	1	4.0%
2024	3	12.0%
2025partial year	1	4.0%

Which technologies does Zipline Medical Inc. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 25

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 7

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

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 3

A61H - Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g. Devices FOR Locating OR Stimulating Reflex Points IN THE BODY; Artificial RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; Bathing Devices FOR Special Therapeutic OR Hygienic Purposes OR Specific Parts OF THE Body 2

Top 7 of 7 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

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

Zipline Medical Inc.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #12,323 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Zipline Medical Inc. against Zora Biosciences OY, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.1/100 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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