Where does ARC Holdings rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ARC Holdings ranks #22,201 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 ARC Holdings hold?

ARC Holdings holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2020, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is ARC Holdings's Innovation Score?

ARC Holdings has an Innovation Score of 19.3 out of 100 (6th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does ARC Holdings focus on?

ARC Holdings's top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 1 patents, ranking #3,545 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is ARC Holdings's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

ARC Holdings's recent grant velocity is +40% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for ARC Holdings's patents?

ARC Holdings's patents average 1.8 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 ARC Holdings 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

ARC Holdings

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2020. 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, ARC ranks #22,201 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 7 technology areas.

#22,201
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 6th percentile
by Innovation Score (19.3/100): 1.8
avg claims per patent: +40%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22201 · Foreign Corporation #22,201 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,201/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH APS Japan
CPC-NARROW G02B · 7 areas
INNOV-LOW 19.3/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 1.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +40% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: APS Japan Co., Ltd. (±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 ARC’s 19.3 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 8.9 pts (46%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (48%) Claim depth 1.1 pts (6%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ARC Holdings · this assignee

19
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows ARC's Innovation Score is 19.3/100 (6th percentile 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 ARC?

Each dot is one of ARC’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). ARC’s own 1.8 claims/patent is at or below the 15.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where ARC's grants concentrate

ARC Holdings is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 8.3% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, ARC sits between APS Japan Co., Ltd. and Ascendis Pharma Growth Disorders A/S.

APS Japan

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AQ Media

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Aquisense

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Araven S L

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Aries Clean

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Arrowhead Medical…

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Arteriors Home

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ARC Holdings ◀

12

What this shows ARC holds 12 patents at rank #22,158, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near ARC

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,158 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

ARC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

19 6th percentile higher than 6% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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ARC Holdings patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	8.3%
2018	1	8.3%
2019	3	25.0%
2020	7	58.3%

Which technologies does ARC Holdings patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 1

B41F - Printing Machines OR Presses 1

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 1

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 1

E01C - Construction OF, OR Surfaces FOR, Roads, Sports Grounds, OR THE LIKE; Machines OR Auxiliary Tools FOR Construction OR Repair 1

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 1

Top 7 of 7 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

ARC Holdings's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ARC Holdings's lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 8.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #22,201 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ARC Holdings against APS Japan Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 19.3/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.