Where does Boston Foundation for Sight rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Boston Foundation for Sight ranks #31,071 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 Boston Foundation for Sight hold?

Boston Foundation for Sight holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Boston Foundation for Sight's Innovation Score?

Boston Foundation for Sight has an Innovation Score of 48.0 out of 100 (top 17% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Boston Foundation for Sight's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Boston Foundation for Sight's recent grant velocity is -40% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Boston Foundation for Sight's patents?

Boston Foundation for Sight's patents average 19.6 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 Boston Foundation for Sight 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

Boston Foundation for Sight

Q: What technology areas does Boston Foundation for Sight focus on?

Boston Foundation for Sight's top technology area is G02C (SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses) with 8 patents, ranking #78 of 397 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: G02C (SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Boston ranks #31,071 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 6 technology areas.

#31,071
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 17%
by Innovation Score (48.0/100): 19.6
avg claims per patent: -40%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R31071 · US Corporation #31,071 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #31,071/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Boardwalktech
CPC-NARROW G02C · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -40% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Boardwalktech, Inc. (±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 Boston’s 48.0 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 7.6 pts (16%) Velocity 20.0 pts (42%) Breadth 8.7 pts (18%) Claim depth 11.8 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Boston Foundation… · this assignee

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Boston's Innovation Score is 48.0/100 (top 17% 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 Boston?

Each dot is one of Boston’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). Boston’s own 19.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Boston's grants concentrate

Boston Foundation for Sight is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G02C (SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Boston sits between Boardwalktech, Inc. and Bracket Computing, Inc..

Boston's three-year grant acceleration

Boston Foundation for Sight shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Boardwalktech

8
Bodyguard Products

8
Bor Jye Enterprise

8
Boréas

8
Boston Incubator…

8
Boston Inventions

8
Brabus

8
Bracket Computing

8
Boston Foundation… ◀

8

What this shows Boston holds 8 patents at rank #31,085, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Boston

By rank, the assignees closest to #31,085 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02C (Spectacles)

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

Boston's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 17% higher than 83% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Boston Foundation for Sight patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	12.5%
2017	1	12.5%
2018	2	25.0%
2019	1	12.5%
2022	2	25.0%
2024	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Boston Foundation for Sight patent most?

G02C - SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses 8

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 4

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 4

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 2

B24B - Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents 2

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 2

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

Boston Foundation for Sight's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Boston Foundation for Sight's lead technology class is G02C (SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02C
Ranked #31,071 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Boston Foundation for Sight against Boardwalktech, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.0/100 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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