Where does Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH ranks #1,845 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 Vision International GmbH hold?

Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH holds 218 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 47 technology areas.

What is Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH's Innovation Score?

Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH has an Innovation Score of 60.4 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH's recent grant velocity is +107% 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 Vision International GmbH's patents?

Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH's patents average 17.2 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 Vision International 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 Vision International GmbH

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

Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH's top technology area is G02C (SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses) with 149 patents, ranking #4 of 397 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 47 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 218 granted patents across 47 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, Carl ranks #1,845 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 218 patents across 47 technology areas.

#1,845
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (60.4/100): 17.2
avg claims per patent: +107%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1845 · Foreign Corporation #1,845 · 218 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 218 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,845/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Furukawa Automotive…
CPC-WIDE G02C · 47 areas
INNOV-STRONG 60.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +107% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Furukawa Automotive Systems 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 60.4 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 18.6 pts (31%) Velocity 7.3 pts (12%) Breadth 24.2 pts (40%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Microsoft · near

60
University of… · near

60
Verity · near

60
Carl Zeiss Vision… · this assignee

60
UAB 360 IT · near

60
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Carl's Innovation Score is 60.4/100 (top 3% 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 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 17.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.2 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.

Where Carl's grants concentrate

Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 47 CPC subclasses with 68.3% 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 2024 (40 grants) versus a trough of 6 in 2015. By volume, Carl sits between Solar Turbines Incorporated and SL Corporation.

Carl's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH moved from 80 to 87 grants (1.09x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #985. See the growth leaderboard.

Solar Turbines In…

219
The Regents of th…

219
Thyssenkrupp Stee…

219
Vista Outdoor Ope…

219
Furukawa Automoti…

218
National Chung Sh…

218
NIO USA

218
SL

218
Carl Zeiss Vision… ◀

218

What this shows Carl holds 218 patents at rank #1,845, 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 #1,845 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02C (Spectacles)

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). In G02C (Spectacles), Carl ranks #4 of 397 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

Microsoft Corporation 60 University of Shanghai for Science and Technology 60 Verity AG 60 UAB 360 IT 60

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.2 here).

MicroVention, Inc. 17.2 avg Sorin CRM SAS 17.2 avg Intertrust Technologies Corporation 17.2 avg The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 17.2 avg

Carl's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

60 Top 3% higher than 97% 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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Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	2.8%
2016	8	3.7%
2017	9	4.1%
2018	16	7.3%
2019	28	12.8%
2020	26	11.9%
2021	26	11.9%
2022	22	10.1%
2023	25	11.5%
2024	40	18.3%
2025partial year	12	5.5%

Which technologies does Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH patent most?

G02C - SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses 149

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 54

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 51

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 43

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 24

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 16

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 15

B24B - Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents 13

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 12

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 10

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 8

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 8

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 7

C03C - Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other Materials 7

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 6

Top 15 of 47 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

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

Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH's lead technology class is G02C (SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses), 68.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02C
Ranked #1,845 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH against Solar Turbines Incorporated, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 60.4/100 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.

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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

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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