Where does Acacia Communications, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Acacia Communications, Inc. ranks #2,392 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 Acacia Communications, Inc. hold?

Acacia Communications, Inc. holds 163 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 31 technology areas.

What is Acacia Communications, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Acacia Communications, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 53.7 out of 100 (top 9% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Acacia Communications, Inc. focus on?

Acacia Communications, Inc.'s top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 63 patents, ranking #245 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 31 CPC subclasses total.

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

Acacia Communications, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +29% 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 Acacia Communications, Inc.'s patents?

Acacia Communications, Inc.'s patents average 16.7 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 Acacia Communications, 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

Acacia Communications, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 163 granted patents across 31 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, Acacia ranks #2,392 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 163 patents across 31 technology areas.

#2,392
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (53.7/100): 16.7
avg claims per patent: +29%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2392 · US Corporation #2,392 · 163 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 163 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,392/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH American Megatrends…
CPC-FOCUS G02B · 31 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +29% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: American Megatrends International, 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 Acacia’s 53.7 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 17.6 pts (33%) Velocity 6.3 pts (12%) Breadth 19.7 pts (37%) Claim depth 10.0 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Acacia Communications · this assignee

54
Delphi · near

54
Electrolux Home… · near

54
NEC Solution… · near

54
THE Japan Steel Works · near

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Acacia's Innovation Score is 53.7/100 (top 9% 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 Acacia?

Each dot is one of Acacia’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). Acacia’s own 16.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Acacia's grants concentrate

Acacia Communications, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 31 CPC subclasses with 38.7% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (25 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2015. By volume, Acacia sits between THE Board OF Trustees OF THE University OF Arkansas and Giesecke & Devrient GMBH.

Acacia's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Acacia Communications, Inc. moved from 59 to 56 grants (0.95x 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 #1,323. See the growth leaderboard.

THE Board OF Trus…

164
THE Japan Steel W…

164
Univation

164
X-celeprint

164
American Megatren…

163
Danziger “DAN” Fl…

163
Ethertronics

163
Giesecke & Devrie…

163
Acacia Communicat… ◀

163

What this shows Acacia holds 163 patents at rank #2,392, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Acacia

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,392 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Acacia, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G02B (Optical Elements), Acacia ranks #245 of 4,891 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (54 here).

THE Japan Steel Works, Ltd. 54 NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd. 54 Electrolux Home Products Corporation N. V. 54 Delphi Technologies 54

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.7 here).

Go Daddy Operating Company, LLC 16.7 avg Optum, Inc. 16.7 avg Sercel, Inc 16.7 avg West Virginia University 16.7 avg

Acacia's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 9% higher than 91% 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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Acacia Communications, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	3.1%
2016	7	4.3%
2017	20	12.3%
2018	13	8.0%
2019	25	15.3%
2020	21	12.9%
2021	13	8.0%
2022	20	12.3%
2023	18	11.0%
2024	18	11.0%
2025partial year	3	1.8%

Which technologies does Acacia Communications, Inc. patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 63

H04B - Transmission 58

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 28

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 28

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 27

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 16

H04J - Multiplex Communication 15

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 12

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 7

H04Q - Selecting 5

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 5

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 4

H03K - Pulse Technique 4

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 4

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

Top 15 of 31 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

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

Acacia Communications, Inc.'s lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 38.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #2,392 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Acacia Communications, Inc. against THE Board OF Trustees OF THE University OF Arkansas, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.7/100 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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