Overall rank by patents
#25,748
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 1 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, AO ranks #25,748 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 1 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R25748 · Foreign Corporation #25,748 · 10 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Annovi Reverberi S.p.a. (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
AO Ether · this assignee
21 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows AO's Innovation Score is 20.5/100 (top 93% 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.
AO Ether Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 1 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G02B (OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, AO sits between Annovi Reverberi S.p.a. and APHP (assistance Publique Hôpitaux DE Paris).
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
ANNOVI REVERBERI S.P.A.
10 patents
ANP Technologies, Inc.
10 patents
ANT FINANCIAL (HANG ZHOU) NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
10 patents
ANTHOGYR
10 patents
AOptix Technologies, Inc.
10 patents
APANA Inc.
10 patents
APEM
10 patents
APHP (ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS)
10 patents
AO ETHER CORPORATION
10 patents
What this shows AO holds 10 patents at rank #25,691, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #25,691 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in AO's primary technology class.
AO's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
21 Top 93% higher than 7% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 10.0% |
| 2016 | 3 | 30.0% |
| 2017 | 2 | 20.0% |
| 2018 | 4 | 40.0% |
Top 1 of 1 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#25,748
of 50,000 tracked assignees
20.5 out of 100
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