Where does Circle Optics, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Circle Optics, Inc. ranks #28,426 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 Circle Optics, Inc. hold?

Circle Optics, Inc. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2023 and 2025, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Circle Optics, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Circle Optics, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 43.5 out of 100 (top 28% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Circle Optics, Inc. focus on?

Circle Optics, Inc.'s top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 7 patents. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is Circle Optics, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Circle Optics, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Circle Optics, Inc.'s patents?

Circle Optics, Inc.'s patents average 15.7 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 Circle Optics, 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

Circle Optics, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2023–2025. 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Circle ranks #28,426 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 3 technology areas.

#28,426
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 28%
by Innovation Score (43.5/100): 15.7
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R28426 · US Corporation #28,426 · 9 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #28,426/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Christmas Northeast
CPC-NARROW G02B · 3 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2023–2025 · 3y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Christmas Northeast, 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
Circle Optics · this assignee

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Circle's Innovation Score is 43.5/100 (top 28% 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 Circle's grants concentrate

Circle Optics, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 77.8% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). By volume, Circle sits between Christmas Northeast, Inc. and Cleveland Heartlab, Inc..

Circle's three-year grant acceleration

Circle Optics, Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Christmas Northea…

9
Chrono Therapeuti…

9
Ciitizen

9
Cinova Media

9
Clack

9
Clarcor Engine Mo…

9
Clearblade

9
Cleveland Heartlab

9
Circle Optics ◀

9

What this shows Circle holds 9 patents at rank #28,468, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Circle

By rank, the assignees closest to #28,468 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Circle's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 28% higher than 72% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2023–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2023–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Circle Optics, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2023	2	22.2%
2024	2	22.2%
2025partial year	5	55.6%

Which technologies does Circle Optics, Inc. patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 7

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 7

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 7

Top 3 of 3 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#28,426

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

43.5 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

Circle Optics, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Circle Optics, Inc.'s lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 77.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #28,426 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Circle Optics, Inc. against Christmas Northeast, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.5/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.