Where does Cepton Technologies, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Cepton Technologies, Inc. ranks #11,964 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 Cepton Technologies, Inc. hold?

Cepton Technologies, Inc. holds 25 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Cepton Technologies, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Cepton Technologies, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 45.0 out of 100 (top 24% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Cepton Technologies, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Cepton Technologies, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +950% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Cepton Technologies, Inc.'s patents?

Cepton Technologies, Inc.'s patents average 18.6 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 Cepton Technologies, 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

Cepton Technologies, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Cepton Technologies, Inc. focus on?

Cepton Technologies, Inc.'s top technology area is G01S (Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves) with 23 patents, ranking #271 of 3,153 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 2019–2025. 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: G01S (Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arra).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Cepton ranks #11,964 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 25 patents across 12 technology areas.

#11,964
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 24%
by Innovation Score (45.0/100): 18.6
avg claims per patent: +950%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11964 · US Corporation #11,964 · 25 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 25 grants
UPPER-Q #11,964/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Carson Optical
CPC-FOCUS G01S · 12 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +950% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Carson Optical, 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 Cepton’s 45.0 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 (25%) Velocity 10.4 pts (23%) Breadth 12.2 pts (27%) Claim depth 11.2 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Shenyang Institute… · near

45
Cepton · this assignee

45
Dental Monitoring · near

45
Grass Valley · near

45
Weinberg Medical… · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Cepton's Innovation Score is 45.0/100 (top 24% 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 Cepton?

Each dot is one of Cepton’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). Cepton’s own 18.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Cepton's grants concentrate

Cepton Technologies, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 92% of grants classified under G01S (Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arra). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (6 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2019. By volume, Cepton sits between Carson Optical, Inc. and Cleveland State University.

Cepton's three-year grant acceleration

Cepton Technologies, Inc. shows 14 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Carson Optical

25
Cartier Creation…

25
Caterpillar Work…

25
Central China Nor…

25
Chevron (HK)

25
Claret Medical

25
Clean Diesel

25
Cleveland State U…

25
Cepton ◀

25

What this shows Cepton holds 25 patents at rank #11,973, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Cepton

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,973 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01S (Radio Direction-finding)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Cepton, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01S (Radio Direction-finding), Cepton ranks #271 of 3,153 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Dental Monitoring 45 Grass Valley Limited 45 Weinberg Medical Physics, Inc 45 Shenyang Institute OF Automation, Chinese Academy OF Sciences 45

Cepton's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 24% higher than 76% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Cepton Technologies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	2	8.0%
2020	3	12.0%
2021	4	16.0%
2022	3	12.0%
2023	6	24.0%
2024	5	20.0%
2025partial year	2	8.0%

Which technologies does Cepton Technologies, Inc. patent most?

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 23

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 6

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 6

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 4

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 4

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 3

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 2

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 2

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 1

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 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

Cepton Technologies, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Cepton Technologies, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01S (Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arra), 92% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01S
Ranked #11,964 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Cepton Technologies, Inc. against Carson Optical, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.0/100 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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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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