Where does Ability Opto-electronics Technology Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ability Opto-electronics Technology Co., Ltd. ranks #1,170 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 Ability Opto-electronics Technology Co., Ltd. hold?

Ability Opto-electronics Technology Co., Ltd. holds 363 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 32 technology areas.

What is Ability Opto-electronics Technology Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Ability Opto-electronics Technology Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 56.6 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Ability Opto-electronics Technology Co., Ltd. focus on?

Ability Opto-electronics Technology Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 344 patents. Grants appear in 32 CPC subclasses total.

Is Ability Opto-electronics Technology Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ability Opto-electronics Technology Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -58% 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 Ability Opto-electronics Technology Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Ability Opto-electronics Technology Co., Ltd.'s patents average 23.3 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Ability Opto-electronics Technology Co., Ltd.

Q: How is the Ability Opto-electronics Technology Co., Ltd. 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 PatentsView assignee record - 363 granted patents across 32 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ability ranks #1,170 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 363 patents across 32 technology areas.

#1,170
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.6/100): 23.3
avg claims per patent: -58%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1170 · Foreign Corporation #1,170 · 363 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 363 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,170/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fenwal
CPC-FOCUS G02B · 32 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -58% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fenwal, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ability Opto-… · this assignee

57
China Mobile… · near

57
Suzuki Motor · near

57
Content Square SAS · near

57
Seattle Children's… · near

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ability's Innovation Score is 56.6/100 (top 6% 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.

Where Ability's grants concentrate

Ability Opto-electronics Technology Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 32 CPC subclasses with 94.8% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (84 grants) versus a trough of 9 in 2015. By volume, Ability sits between HFI Innovation Inc. and Stryker European Operations Limited.

Ability's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Ability Opto-electronics Technology Co., Ltd. moved from 121 to 41 grants (0.34x 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 #2,954. See the growth leaderboard.

HFI Innovation

365
Purdue Pharma

365
Excalibur IP

364
Karl Storz SE & KG

364
Fenwal

363
Nippon Electric G…

363
Sigmasense

363
Stryker European…

363
Ability Opto- Tec… ◀

363

What this shows Ability holds 363 patents at rank #1,170, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ability

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,170 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Ability, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

Suzuki Motor Corporation 57 China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd. 57 Seattle Children's Hospital 57 Content Square SAS 57

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (23.3 here).

Frontier Communications Holdings, LLC 23.3 avg TiVo Corporation 23.3 avg Blast Motion Inc. 23.3 avg Maquet Cardiovascular LLC 23.4 avg

Ability's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 6% higher than 94% 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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Ability Opto-electronics Technology Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	9	2.5%
2016	23	6.3%
2017	79	21.8%
2018	84	23.1%
2019	56	15.4%
2020	47	12.9%
2021	18	5.0%
2022	16	4.4%
2023	16	4.4%
2024	9	2.5%
2025partial year	6	1.7%

Which technologies does Ability Opto-electronics Technology Co., Ltd. patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 344

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 52

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 19

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 13

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 10

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 10

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 10

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 8

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 5

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 5

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 4

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 2

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

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 2

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 2

Top 15 of 32 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,170

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

56.6 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Ability Opto-electronics Technology Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ability Opto-electronics Technology Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 94.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #1,170 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ability Opto-electronics Technology Co., Ltd. against HFI Innovation Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.6/100 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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