Where does Carl Zeiss Spectroscopy GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Carl Zeiss Spectroscopy GmbH ranks #28,345 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 Carl Zeiss Spectroscopy GmbH hold?

Carl Zeiss Spectroscopy GmbH holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Carl Zeiss Spectroscopy GmbH's Innovation Score?

Carl Zeiss Spectroscopy GmbH has an Innovation Score of 48.1 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 Carl Zeiss Spectroscopy GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Carl Zeiss Spectroscopy GmbH's recent grant velocity is +200% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Carl Zeiss Spectroscopy GmbH's patents?

Carl Zeiss Spectroscopy GmbH's patents average 15.0 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 Carl Zeiss Spectroscopy GmbH 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

Carl Zeiss Spectroscopy GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Carl Zeiss Spectroscopy GmbH focus on?

Carl Zeiss Spectroscopy GmbH's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 9 patents. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 10 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Carl ranks #28,345 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 10 technology areas.

#28,345
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 17%
by Innovation Score (48.1/100): 15.0
avg claims per patent: +200%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R28345 · Foreign Corporation #28,345 · 9 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #28,345/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cardiosolutions
CPC-FOCUS G01N · 10 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +200% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cardiosolutions, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Buckingham Manufactu… · near

48
Domino Printing… · near

48
Carl Zeiss Spectrosc… · this assignee

48
Oakley · near

48
Spogen Biotech · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Carl's Innovation Score is 48.1/100 (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.

Where Carl's grants concentrate

Carl Zeiss Spectroscopy GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Carl sits between Cardiosolutions, Inc. and CaseConcept, LLC.

Carl's three-year grant acceleration

Carl Zeiss Spectroscopy GmbH shows 6 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.

Cardiosolutions

9
Cardurion Pharmac…

9
Carl Walther

9
Carl Zeiss Indust…

9
Carlsberg A/S

9
Carrot

9
Casa Systems

9
Caseconcept

9
Carl Zeiss Spectr… ◀

9

What this shows Carl holds 9 patents at rank #28,428, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Carl

By rank, the assignees closest to #28,428 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Carl, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Spogen Biotech, Inc. 48 Oakley, Inc. 48 Domino Printing Sciences PLC 48 Buckingham Manufacturing Company, Inc. 48

Carl'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 · 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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Carl Zeiss Spectroscopy GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	11.1%
2019	1	11.1%
2022	3	33.3%
2024	3	33.3%
2025partial year	1	11.1%

Which technologies does Carl Zeiss Spectroscopy GmbH patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 9

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 7

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening 1

B60H - Arrangements OF Heating, Cooling, Ventilating OR Other Air-treating Devices Specially Adapted FOR Passenger OR Goods Spaces OF Vehicles 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

A01D - HARVESTING; Mowing 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

Top 10 of 10 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#28,345

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

48.1 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Carl Zeiss Spectroscopy GmbH's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #28,345 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Carl Zeiss Spectroscopy GmbH against Cardiosolutions, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.1/100 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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