Where does Ayar Labs, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ayar Labs, Inc. ranks #4,704 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 Ayar Labs, Inc. hold?

Ayar Labs, Inc. holds 74 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Ayar Labs, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Ayar Labs, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 63.5 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Ayar Labs, Inc. focus on?

Ayar Labs, Inc.'s top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 65 patents, ranking #236 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

Is Ayar Labs, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ayar Labs, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +3000% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Ayar Labs, Inc.'s patents?

Ayar Labs, Inc.'s patents average 24.0 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 Ayar Labs, 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

Ayar Labs, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 74 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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, Ayar ranks #4,704 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 74 patents across 17 technology areas.

#4,704
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.5/100): 24.0
avg claims per patent: +3000%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4704 · US Corporation #4,704 · 74 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 74 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,704/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Aladdin Manufacturing
CPC-FOCUS G02B · 17 areas
INNOV-STRONG 63.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +3000% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Aladdin Manufacturing Corporation (±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 Ayar’s 63.5 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 14.9 pts (23%) Velocity 19.6 pts (31%) Breadth 14.6 pts (23%) Claim depth 14.4 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ayar Labs · this assignee

64
Harbin Engineering… · near

64
Line Plus · near

64
Sysmex · near

63
Toshiba Energy… · near

63
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ayar's Innovation Score is 63.5/100 (top 2% 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 Ayar?

Each dot is one of Ayar’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). Ayar’s own 24.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Ayar's grants concentrate

Ayar Labs, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 87.8% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (18 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Ayar sits between ASC Engineered Solutions, LLC and Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg.

Ayar's three-year grant acceleration

Ayar Labs, Inc. shows 47 grants in 2022–2024 against only 16 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.

ASC Engineered So…

74
Aladdin Manufactu…

74
Allen Medical Sys…

74
Alstom Renewable

74
Banner Engineering

74
Berkeley Lights

74
Brembo S p A

74
Brose Fahrzeugtei…

74
Ayar Labs ◀

74

What this shows Ayar holds 74 patents at rank #4,704, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ayar

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,704 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Ayar, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G02B (Optical Elements), Ayar ranks #236 of 4,891 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (64 here).

Harbin Engineering University 64 Line Plus Corporation 64 Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation 63 Sysmex Corporation 63

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (24.0 here).

Teradyne, Inc. 24.0 avg Viasat, Inc. 24.0 avg Molten Metal Equipment Innovations, LLC 24.0 avg Mapper Lithography IP B.V. 24.1 avg

Ayar's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

64 Top 2% higher than 98% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Ayar Labs, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	1.4%
2019	1	1.4%
2020	9	12.2%
2021	6	8.1%
2022	14	18.9%
2023	18	24.3%
2024	15	20.3%
2025partial year	10	13.5%

Which technologies does Ayar Labs, Inc. patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 65

H04B - Transmission 35

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 16

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 14

H04J - Multiplex Communication 11

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 8

H04Q - Selecting 6

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 4

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 4

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 3

G11C - Static Stores 3

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 2

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 2

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

Top 15 of 17 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

Ayar Labs, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ayar Labs, Inc.'s lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 87.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #4,704 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ayar Labs, Inc. against ASC Engineered Solutions, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 63.5/100 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.