Where does Alcon Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Alcon Inc. ranks #567 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 Alcon Inc. hold?

Alcon Inc. holds 793 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 107 technology areas.

What is Alcon Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Alcon Inc. has an Innovation Score of 67.4 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Alcon Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +64300% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Alcon Inc.'s patents average 15.0 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 Alcon 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

Alcon Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Alcon Inc. focus on?

Alcon Inc.'s top technology area is 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) with 489 patents, ranking #9 of 3,082 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 107 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 793 granted patents across 107 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: 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 Device).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Alcon ranks #567 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 793 patents across 107 technology areas.

#567
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (67.4/100): 15.0
avg claims per patent: +64300%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R567 · Foreign Corporation #567 · 793 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 793 grants
TOP-DECILE #567/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bally Gaming
CPC-WIDE A61F · 107 areas
INNOV-STRONG 67.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +64300% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bally Gaming, Inc. (±1 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 Alcon’s 67.4 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 23.1 pts (34%) Velocity 10.3 pts (15%) Breadth 25.0 pts (37%) Claim depth 9.0 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Alcon · this assignee

67
Industry Academy… · near

67
MAN Truck & Bus SE · near

67
Japan Display · near

67
Ut-battelle · near

67
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Alcon's Innovation Score is 67.4/100 (top 1% 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 Alcon?

Each dot is one of Alcon’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). Alcon’s own 15.0 claims/patent is at or below the 16.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Alcon's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Alcon Inc. received 644 grants versus 1 in 2015–2019 (+64300% equal-window velocity, top decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2021 at 144 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 1. Lead class A61F accounts for 61.7% of the portfolio across 107 subclasses. Volume neighbours: B/E Aerospace, Inc. (#563) and Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. (#571).

Alcon's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Alcon Inc. moved from 253 to 391 grants (1.54x 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 #414. See the growth leaderboard.

B/E Aerospace

801
Fortinet

801
Resmed Pty

800
Wipro

794
Alcon ◀

793
Bally Gaming

792
Gentex

790
Yeti Coolers

789
Abbott Diabetes C…

788

What this shows Alcon holds 793 patents at rank #567, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Alcon

By rank, the assignees closest to #567 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood Vessels)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Alcon, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood Vessels), Alcon ranks #9 of 3,082 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (67 here).

Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation Of Sejong University 67 MAN Truck & Bus SE 67 Ut-battelle, LLC 67 Japan Display Inc. 67

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.0 here).

Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. 15.0 avg Aesculap AG 15.0 avg Headway Technologies, Inc. 15.0 avg Heraeus Deutschland GMBH & Co. KG 15.0 avg

Alcon's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

67 Top 1% higher than 99% 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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Alcon Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	0.1%
2020	109	13.7%
2021	144	18.2%
2022	123	15.5%
2023	134	16.9%
2024	134	16.9%
2025partial year	148	18.7%

Which technologies does Alcon Inc. patent most?

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 489

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 348

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 198

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 114

G02C - SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses 107

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 65

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 62

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 48

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 47

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 42

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 41

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 40

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 36

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 33

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 31

Top 15 of 107 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

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

Alcon Inc.'s lead technology class is 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 Device), 61.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61F
Ranked #567 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Alcon Inc. against B/E Aerospace, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 67.4/100 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.

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

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