Where does Carson Optical, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Carson Optical, Inc. ranks #11,959 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 Carson Optical, Inc. hold?

Carson Optical, Inc. holds 25 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Carson Optical, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Carson Optical, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 32.6 out of 100 (42nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Carson Optical, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Carson Optical, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +67% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Carson Optical, Inc.'s patents?

Carson Optical, Inc.'s patents average 6.3 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 Carson Optical, 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

Carson Optical, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Carson Optical, Inc. focus on?

Carson Optical, Inc.'s top technology area is F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing) with 5 patents, ranking #258 of 2,095 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 25 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Carson ranks #11,959 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 25 patents across 12 technology areas.

#11,959
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 42nd percentile
by Innovation Score (32.6/100): 6.3
avg claims per patent: +67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11959 · US Corporation #11,959 · 25 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 25 grants
UPPER-Q #11,959/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Callfire
CPC-FOCUS F16B · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.6/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Callfire, 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 Carson’s 32.6 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 11.3 pts (35%) Velocity 5.3 pts (16%) Breadth 12.2 pts (37%) Claim depth 3.8 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kraus USA Plumbing · near

33
Testo · near

33
Carson Optical · this assignee

33
Féinics AmaTech… · near

33
AiBUY · near

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Carson's Innovation Score is 32.6/100 (42nd 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Carson?

Each dot is one of Carson’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). Carson’s own 6.3 claims/patent is at or below the 13.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Carson's grants concentrate

Carson Optical, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 20% of grants classified under F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Carson sits between Callfire, Inc. and Cepton Technologies, Inc..

Carson's three-year grant acceleration

Carson Optical, Inc. shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 10 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.

Callfire

25
Camelot UK Bidco

25
Cape Analytics

25
Carl Zeiss Sports…

25
Cartier Creation…

25
Caterpillar Work…

25
Central China Nor…

25
Cepton

25
Carson Optical ◀

25

What this shows Carson holds 25 patents at rank #11,969, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Carson

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,969 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Carson, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements…), Carson ranks #258 of 2,095 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (33 here).

Féinics AmaTech Teoranta 33 Kraus USA Plumbing LLC 33 AiBUY, Inc. 33 Testo AG 33

Carson's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 42nd percentile higher than 42% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Carson Optical, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	8.0%
2017	3	12.0%
2018	1	4.0%
2019	3	12.0%
2020	4	16.0%
2021	3	12.0%
2022	2	8.0%
2024	6	24.0%
2025partial year	1	4.0%

Which technologies does Carson Optical, Inc. patent most?

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 5

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 4

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 4

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 3

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 3

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 2

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 2

B23B - TURNING; Boring 1

Top 12 of 12 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

Carson Optical, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Carson Optical, Inc.'s lead technology class is F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing), 20% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16B
Ranked #11,959 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Carson Optical, Inc. against Callfire, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.6/100 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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