Where does 3D Systems, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), 3D Systems, Inc. ranks #1,811 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 3D Systems, Inc. hold?

3D Systems, Inc. holds 224 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 68 technology areas.

What is 3D Systems, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

3D Systems, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 63.4 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is 3D Systems, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

3D Systems, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +127% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for 3D Systems, Inc.'s patents?

3D Systems, Inc.'s patents average 16.3 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 3D Systems, 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

3D Systems, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does 3D Systems, Inc. focus on?

3D Systems, Inc.'s top technology area is B33Y (Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering) with 199 patents, ranking #7 of 1,250 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 68 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 224 granted patents across 68 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: B33Y (Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective ).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, 3D ranks #1,811 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 224 patents across 68 technology areas.

#1,811
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.4/100): 16.3
avg claims per patent: +127%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1811 · US Corporation #1,811 · 224 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 224 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,811/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH AFL Telecommunications
CPC-WIDE B33Y · 68 areas
INNOV-STRONG 63.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +127% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AFL Telecommunications 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 3D’s 63.4 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 18.7 pts (29%) Velocity 9.9 pts (16%) Breadth 25.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 9.8 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
3D Systems · this assignee

63
Carl Zeiss Microscopy · near

63
Sanofi-Aventis… · near

63
Terumo · near

63
Zhejiang Jinko Solar · near

63
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows 3D's Innovation Score is 63.4/100 (top 2% 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 3D?

Each dot is one of 3D’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). 3D’s own 16.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

3D vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

How 3D's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, 3D Systems, Inc. received 145 grants versus 64 in 2015–2019 (+127% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2022 at 37 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 10. Lead class B33Y accounts for 88.8% of the portfolio across 68 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute OF Science AND Technology (#1,807) and JNC Petrochemical Corporation (#1,815).

3D's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, 3D Systems, Inc. moved from 64 to 95 grants (1.48x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #468. See the growth leaderboard.

Daegu Gyeongbuk I…

225
Koki Holdings

225
Philips Image Gui…

225
Thales DIS France…

225
AFL Telecommunica…

224
Basell Poliolefin…

224
Huizhou Kimree Te…

224
JNC Petrochemical

224
3D Systems ◀

224

What this shows 3D holds 224 patents at rank #1,811, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near 3D

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,811 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B33Y (Additive Manufacturing)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in 3D's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for 3D, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B33Y (Additive Manufacturing), 3D ranks #7 of 1,250 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (63 here).

Zhejiang Jinko Solar Co., Ltd. 63 Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 63 Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha 63 Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH 63

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.3 here).

Hitachi Energy Ltd 16.3 avg MannKind Corporation 16.3 avg ABL IP Holding LLC 16.3 avg Quanta Associates, L.P. 16.3 avg

3D's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

63 Top 2% higher than 98% 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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3D Systems, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	10	4.5%
2016	10	4.5%
2017	19	8.5%
2018	11	4.9%
2019	14	6.3%
2020	18	8.0%
2021	32	14.3%
2022	37	16.5%
2023	36	16.1%
2024	22	9.8%
2025partial year	15	6.7%

Which technologies does 3D Systems, Inc. patent most?

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 199

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 183

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 66

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 52

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 33

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 29

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 24

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 23

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 19

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 19

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 18

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 15

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 13

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 11

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 11

Top 15 of 68 technology areas

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USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

3D Systems, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

3D Systems, Inc.'s lead technology class is B33Y (Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective ), 88.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B33Y
Ranked #1,811 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare 3D Systems, Inc. against Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute OF Science AND Technology, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 63.4/100 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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