Where does Carl Zeiss X-ray Microscopy, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Carl Zeiss X-ray Microscopy, Inc. ranks #9,467 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 X-ray Microscopy, Inc. hold?

Carl Zeiss X-ray Microscopy, Inc. holds 33 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Carl Zeiss X-ray Microscopy, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Carl Zeiss X-ray Microscopy, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 50.5 out of 100 (top 13% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Carl Zeiss X-ray Microscopy, Inc. focus on?

Carl Zeiss X-ray Microscopy, Inc.'s top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 19 patents, ranking #797 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

Is Carl Zeiss X-ray Microscopy, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Carl Zeiss X-ray Microscopy, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -6% 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 Carl Zeiss X-ray Microscopy, Inc.'s patents?

Carl Zeiss X-ray Microscopy, Inc.'s patents average 21.2 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 X-ray Microscopy, Inc. 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

Carl Zeiss X-ray Microscopy, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 33 granted patents across 16 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Carl ranks #9,467 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 33 patents across 16 technology areas.

#9,467
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.5/100): 21.2
avg claims per patent: -6%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9467 · US Corporation #9,467 · 33 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 33 grants
UPPER-Q #9,467/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Britax Römer…
CPC-FOCUS G01N · 16 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -6% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Britax Römer Kindersicherheit GmbH (±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 50.5 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 12.2 pts (24%) Velocity 11.4 pts (23%) Breadth 14.1 pts (28%) Claim depth 12.7 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Carlisle Fluid · near

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WinField Solutions · near

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Carl's Innovation Score is 50.5/100 (top 13% 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 21.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.7 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 X-ray Microscopy, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 57.6% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Carl sits between Britax Römer Kindersicherheit GmbH and Crimson Consulting Limited.

Carl's three-year grant acceleration

Carl Zeiss X-ray Microscopy, Inc. shows 12 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

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What this shows Carl holds 33 patents at rank #9,466, 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 #9,466 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). In G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), Carl ranks #797 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

Hanbat National University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation 50 Alfred KÄRCHER SE & Co. KG 50 Carlisle Fluid Technologies, LLC 50 WinField Solutions, LLC 50

Carl's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 13% higher than 87% 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 X-ray Microscopy, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	18.2%
2016	2	6.1%
2017	3	9.1%
2018	1	3.0%
2019	4	12.1%
2020	1	3.0%
2021	2	6.1%
2023	5	15.2%
2024	7	21.2%
2025partial year	2	6.1%

Which technologies does Carl Zeiss X-ray Microscopy, Inc. patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 19

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 11

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 10

G21K - Techniques FOR Handling Particles OR Ionising Radiation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Irradiation DEVICES; Gamma RAY OR X-ray Microscopes 9

H05G - X-ray Technique 7

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 5

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 4

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 3

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 2

G01T - Measurement OF Nuclear OR X-radiation 2

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 2

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

Top 15 of 16 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 X-ray Microscopy, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Carl Zeiss X-ray Microscopy, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 57.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #9,467 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Carl Zeiss X-ray Microscopy, Inc. against Britax Römer Kindersicherheit GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.5/100 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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