Where does Acera LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Acera LLC ranks #23,769 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 Acera LLC hold?

Acera LLC holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2024, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Acera LLC's Innovation Score?

Acera LLC has an Innovation Score of 42.8 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%).

What technology areas does Acera LLC focus on?

Acera LLC's top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 9 patents, ranking #1,164 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is Acera LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Acera LLC's recent grant velocity is +350% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Acera LLC's patents?

Acera LLC's patents average 22.6 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 Acera LLC 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

Acera LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2024. 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, Acera ranks #23,769 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 9 technology areas.

#23,769
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 30%
by Innovation Score (42.8/100): 22.6
avg claims per patent: +350%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23769 · US Corporation #23,769 · 11 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #23,769/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Accessible
CPC-NARROW G02B · 9 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +350% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Accessible Technologies, 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 Acera’s 42.8 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 8.6 pts (20%) Velocity 10.0 pts (23%) Breadth 10.6 pts (25%) Claim depth 13.6 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Acera · this assignee

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Acera's Innovation Score is 42.8/100 (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 Acera?

Each dot is one of Acera’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). Acera’s own 22.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 20.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Acera's grants concentrate

Acera LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 81.8% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Acera sits between Accessible Technologies, Inc. and Adagene Inc..

Acera's three-year grant acceleration

Acera LLC shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Accessible

11
Accipiter Radar

11
Accudata

11
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11
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11
Active Biotech AB

11
Active Minerals I…

11
Adagene

11
Acera ◀

11

What this shows Acera holds 11 patents at rank #23,863, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Acera

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,863 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Acera'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 · 2018–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Acera LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	9.1%
2019	1	9.1%
2020	2	18.2%
2021	1	9.1%
2022	3	27.3%
2024	3	27.3%

Which technologies does Acera LLC patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 9

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 9

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 9

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 9

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 8

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 8

F21L - Lighting Devices OR Systems Thereof, Being Portable OR Specially Adapted FOR Transportation 8

A61J - Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutical PURPOSES; Devices OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Bringing Pharmaceutical Products Into Particular Physical OR Administering FORMS; Devices FOR Administering Food OR Medicines ORALLY; Baby COMFORTERS; Devices FOR Receiving Spittle 1

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 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Acera LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Acera LLC's lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 81.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #23,769 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Acera LLC against Accessible Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.8/100 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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