Where does Brien Holden Vision Institute Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Brien Holden Vision Institute Limited ranks #4,280 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 Brien Holden Vision Institute Limited hold?

Brien Holden Vision Institute Limited holds 83 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Brien Holden Vision Institute Limited's Innovation Score?

Brien Holden Vision Institute Limited has an Innovation Score of 42.8 out of 100 (top 30% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Brien Holden Vision Institute Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Brien Holden Vision Institute Limited's recent grant velocity is -24% 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 Brien Holden Vision Institute Limited's patents?

Brien Holden Vision Institute Limited's patents average 19.5 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 Brien Holden Vision Institute Limited 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

Brien Holden Vision Institute Limited

Q: What technology areas does Brien Holden Vision Institute Limited focus on?

Brien Holden Vision Institute Limited's top technology area is G02C (SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses) with 72 patents, ranking #12 of 397 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 83 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: 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, Brien ranks #4,280 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 83 patents across 11 technology areas.

#4,280
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 30%
by Innovation Score (42.8/100): 19.5
avg claims per patent: -24%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4280 · Foreign Corporation #4,280 · 83 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 83 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,280/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Beiersdorf
CPC-FOCUS G02C · 11 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -24% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Beiersdorf AG (±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 Brien’s 42.8 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 15.3 pts (36%) Velocity 4.0 pts (9%) Breadth 11.7 pts (27%) Claim depth 11.7 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Brien Holden Vision… · this assignee

43
Eagle Pharmaceuticals · near

43
Fiskars Finland Oy Ab · near

43
Soft Robotics · near

43
Spine Wave · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Brien's Innovation Score is 42.8/100 (top 30% 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 Brien?

Each dot is one of Brien’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). Brien’s own 19.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Brien's grants concentrate

Brien Holden Vision Institute Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 86.7% 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 2019 (16 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2024. By volume, Brien sits between Beiersdorf AG and CommScope Connectivity UK Limited.

Brien's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Brien Holden Vision Institute Limited moved from 30 to 18 grants (0.60x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Beiersdorf

83
Beijing Research…

83
Bell Textron

83
Benq Materials

83
Change Healthcare…

83
Cipla

83
Clemson University

83
Commscope Connect…

83
Brien Holden Visi… ◀

83

What this shows Brien holds 83 patents at rank #4,280, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Brien

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,280 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02C (Spectacles)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Brien, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G02C (Spectacles), Brien ranks #12 of 397 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

Spine Wave, Inc. 43 Soft Robotics, Inc. 43 Fiskars Finland Oy Ab 43 Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 43

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.5 here).

West Affum Holdings Corp. 19.5 avg M.S. Technologies, L.L.C. 19.5 avg Research Institute OF Petroleum Processing, Sinopec 19.5 avg Eva Automation, Inc. 19.5 avg

Brien's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 30% higher than 70% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Brien Holden Vision Institute Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	8.4%
2016	6	7.2%
2017	6	7.2%
2018	7	8.4%
2019	16	19.3%
2020	7	8.4%
2021	7	8.4%
2022	6	7.2%
2023	8	9.6%
2024	4	4.8%
2025partial year	9	10.8%

Which technologies does Brien Holden Vision Institute Limited patent most?

G02C - SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses 72

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 49

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 33

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 26

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 15

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 15

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 7

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 5

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 2

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

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Brien Holden Vision Institute Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Brien Holden Vision Institute Limited's lead technology class is G02C (SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses), 86.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02C
Ranked #4,280 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Brien Holden Vision Institute Limited against Beiersdorf AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.8/100 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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