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Carl Zeiss Optotechnik GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2021. 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: G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Carl ranks #45,476 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 7 technology areas.

#45,476
of 49,997 US assignees by volume
18th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.7/100)
17.0
avg claims per patent
-33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R45476 · Foreign Corporation #45,476 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

  • GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
  • BOTTOM-DECILE #45,476/49,997
  • PHOTO-FINISH Cardware
  • CPC-NARROW G01B · 7 areas
  • INNOV-THIN 25.7/100
  • CLAIMS-RICH 17.0 claims/avg
  • TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
  • VEL-DOWN -33% vel
  • BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cardware, 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 Carl’s 25.7 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Innovation-score neighbourhood around Carl

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows Carl's Innovation Score is 25.7/100 (18th 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.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Carl?

Each dot is one of Carl’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). Carl’s own 17.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Carl vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Granted patents (volume) (X) and Avg claims / patent (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Volume + depthSelective & thoroughVolume over depthLean filer 4.95.05.055.05.05.1 5101520253035 Granted patents (volume) Avg claims / patent Cardware, Inc. - 5, 31CardwareCareerBuilder, LLC - 5, 16.2CareerbuilderCarego Innovative Solutions, Inc. - 5, 10.8Carego Innovative…Carl Zeiss 3D Automation GmbH - 5, 16.8Carl Zeiss 3D Aut…Carleton Technologies, Inc. - 5, 8.4CarletonCarleton University - 5, 17.6Carleton Universi…Carollo Engineers, Inc. - 5, 9Carollo EngineersCarpin Manufacturing, Inc. - 5, 13Carpin Manufactur…Carl Zeiss Optotechnik GmbH - 5, 17Carl Zeiss Optote…
Carl vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Carl's grants concentrate

Carl Zeiss Optotechnik GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Carl sits between Cardware, Inc. and Carpin Manufacturing, Inc..

Who files at Carl's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows Carl holds 5 patents at rank #45,749, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near Carl

By rank, the assignees closest to #45,749 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01B (Measuring Length)

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

Carl's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 18th percentile higher than 18% of 49,997 US assignees

This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

0.511.522.533.5 201920202021 1
USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2021

Grants by year

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

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Carl Zeiss Optotechnik GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2019 3 60.0%
2020 1 20.0%
2021 1 20.0%

Which technologies does Carl Zeiss Optotechnik GmbH patent most?

Top 7 of 7 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Carl Zeiss Optotechnik GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

  • Carl Zeiss Optotechnik GmbH's lead technology class is G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01B
  • Ranked #45,476 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
  • Compare Carl Zeiss Optotechnik GmbH against Cardware, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
  • Innovation Score of 25.7/100 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

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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

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.