Where does Anello Photonics, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Anello Photonics, Inc. ranks #9,968 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 Anello Photonics, Inc. hold?

Anello Photonics, Inc. holds 31 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Anello Photonics, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Anello Photonics, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 50.2 out of 100 (top 13% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Anello Photonics, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Anello Photonics, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Anello Photonics, Inc.'s patents?

Anello Photonics, Inc.'s patents average 19.2 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 Anello Photonics, 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

Anello Photonics, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Anello Photonics, Inc. focus on?

Anello Photonics, Inc.'s top technology area is G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry) with 31 patents, ranking #116 of 1,814 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 31 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Anello ranks #9,968 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 31 patents across 6 technology areas.

#9,968
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.2/100): 19.2
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9968 · US Corporation #9,968 · 31 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 31 grants
UPPER-Q #9,968/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Allergan Pharmaceuti…
CPC-NARROW G01C · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Allergan Pharmaceuticals International Limited (±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 Anello’s 50.2 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 12.0 pts (24%) Velocity 18.1 pts (36%) Breadth 8.7 pts (17%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Abloy OY · near

50
Anello Photonics · this assignee

50
Auros Technology · near

50
Beijing Funate… · near

50
BI Incorporated · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Anello's Innovation Score is 50.2/100 (top 13% 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 Anello?

Each dot is one of Anello’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). Anello’s own 19.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Anello's grants concentrate

Anello Photonics, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Anello sits between Allergan Pharmaceuticals International Limited and Atomic Design Inc..

Anello's three-year grant acceleration

Anello Photonics, Inc. shows 19 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Allergan Pharmace…

31
Amer Sports Canada

31
Amzetta

31
Anchor Packaging

31
Anova Applied

31
Antennas Direct

31
Atacor Medical

31
Atomic Design

31
Anello Photonics ◀

31

What this shows Anello holds 31 patents at rank #9,969, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Anello

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,969 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01C (Measuring Distances)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Anello, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01C (Measuring Distances), Anello ranks #116 of 1,814 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

Abloy OY 50 Auros Technology, Inc. 50 BI Incorporated 50 Beijing Funate Innovation Technology Co., Ltd. 50

Anello's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 13% higher than 87% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Anello Photonics, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	3.2%
2021	6	19.4%
2022	8	25.8%
2023	9	29.0%
2024	2	6.5%
2025partial year	5	16.1%

Which technologies does Anello Photonics, Inc. patent most?

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 31

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 25

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 2

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 2

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 2

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Anello Photonics, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Anello Photonics, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01C
Ranked #9,968 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Anello Photonics, Inc. against Allergan Pharmaceuticals International Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.2/100 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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