Where does AdHawk Microsystems Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), AdHawk Microsystems Inc. ranks #18,347 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 AdHawk Microsystems Inc. hold?

AdHawk Microsystems Inc. holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is AdHawk Microsystems Inc.'s Innovation Score?

AdHawk Microsystems Inc. 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 AdHawk Microsystems Inc. focus on?

AdHawk Microsystems Inc.'s top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 15 patents, ranking #817 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is AdHawk Microsystems Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

AdHawk Microsystems Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +450% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for AdHawk Microsystems Inc.'s patents?

AdHawk Microsystems Inc.'s patents average 21.0 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 AdHawk Microsystems 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 Foreign Corporation

AdHawk Microsystems Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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, Adhawk ranks #18,347 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 8 technology areas.

#18,347
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 30%
by Innovation Score (42.8/100): 21.0
avg claims per patent: +450%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18347 · Foreign Corporation #18,347 · 15 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,347/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Accu Temp Products
CPC-NARROW G02B · 8 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +450% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Accu Temp Products, 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 Adhawk’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 9.6 pts (22%) Velocity 10.7 pts (25%) Breadth 10.0 pts (23%) Claim depth 12.6 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AdHawk Microsystems · this assignee

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Adhawk'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 Adhawk?

Each dot is one of Adhawk’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). Adhawk’s own 21.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Adhawk's grants concentrate

AdHawk Microsystems Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Adhawk sits between Accu Temp Products, Inc. and Affectomatics Ltd..

Adhawk's three-year grant acceleration

AdHawk Microsystems Inc. shows 8 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.

Accu Temp Products

15
Actlight

15
Actian

15
Acton

15
Advalue Photonics

15
Addex

15
Aerofoil Energy

15
Affectomatics

15
Adhawk Microsyste… ◀

15

What this shows AdHawk holds 15 patents at rank #18,383, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near AdHawk

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,383 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Adhawk'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 · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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AdHawk Microsystems Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	2	13.3%
2020	1	6.7%
2021	2	13.3%
2022	3	20.0%
2023	3	20.0%
2024	2	13.3%
2025partial year	2	13.3%

Which technologies does AdHawk Microsystems Inc. patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 15

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 11

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 3

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

B81B - Microstructural Devices OR Systems, e.g. Micromechanical Devices 1

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 1

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

Top 8 of 8 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

AdHawk Microsystems Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

AdHawk Microsystems Inc.'s lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #18,347 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare AdHawk Microsystems Inc. against Accu Temp Products, 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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