Where does Coherent LaserSystems GmbH & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Coherent LaserSystems GmbH & Co. KG ranks #12,874 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 Coherent LaserSystems GmbH & Co. KG hold?

Coherent LaserSystems GmbH & Co. KG holds 23 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Coherent LaserSystems GmbH & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

Coherent LaserSystems GmbH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 41.5 out of 100 (top 33% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Coherent LaserSystems GmbH & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Coherent LaserSystems GmbH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is -47% 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 Coherent LaserSystems GmbH & Co. KG's patents?

Coherent LaserSystems GmbH & Co. KG's patents average 17.6 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 Coherent LaserSystems GmbH & Co. KG 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

Coherent LaserSystems GmbH & Co. KG

Q: What technology areas does Coherent LaserSystems GmbH & Co. KG focus on?

Coherent LaserSystems GmbH & Co. KG's top technology area is H01S (Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical) with 13 patents, ranking #104 of 855 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 23 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: H01S (Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Coherent ranks #12,874 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 23 patents across 14 technology areas.

#12,874
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 33%
by Innovation Score (41.5/100): 17.6
avg claims per patent: -47%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12874 · Foreign Corporation #12,874 · 23 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 23 grants
MID-PACK #12,874/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Chromera
CPC-FOCUS H01S · 14 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -47% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Chromera, 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 Coherent’s 41.5 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 11.0 pts (27%) Velocity 6.7 pts (16%) Breadth 13.2 pts (32%) Claim depth 10.6 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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What this shows Coherent's Innovation Score is 41.5/100 (top 33% 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 Coherent?

Each dot is one of Coherent’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). Coherent’s own 17.6 claims/patent is at or below the 17.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Coherent's grants concentrate

Coherent LaserSystems GmbH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 56.5% of grants classified under H01S (Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Coherent sits between Chromera, Inc. and Cornerstone CM, Inc..

Coherent's three-year grant acceleration

Coherent LaserSystems GmbH & Co. KG shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Chromera

23
Clarapath

23
Clariphy Communic…

23
Copilot Ventures…

23
Compurobot Techno…

23
Concurrent Ventur…

23
Core Intellectual…

23
Cornerstone CM

23
Coherent Lasersys… ◀

23

What this shows Coherent holds 23 patents at rank #12,879, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Coherent

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,879 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01S (Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimu…)

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

Coherent's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 33% higher than 67% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Coherent LaserSystems GmbH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	8.7%
2016	3	13.0%
2017	2	8.7%
2018	4	17.4%
2019	4	17.4%
2021	2	8.7%
2022	1	4.3%
2023	3	13.0%
2024	2	8.7%

Which technologies does Coherent LaserSystems GmbH & Co. KG patent most?

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 13

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 9

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 6

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 5

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 4

C30B - Single-crystal Growth ; Unidirectional Solidification OF Eutectic Material OR Unidirectional Demixing OF Eutectoid MATERIAL; Refining BY Zone-melting OF Material ; Production OF A Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure ; Single Crystals OR Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material WI 2

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 2

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

H02N - Electric Machines NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

H01G - CAPACITORS; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices, Light-sensitive OR Temperature-sensitive Devices OF THE Electrolytic Type 1

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 1

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 1

F03G - Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like MOTORS; Mechanical-power Producing Devices OR Mechanisms, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR OR Using Energy Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 14 of 14 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

Coherent LaserSystems GmbH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Coherent LaserSystems GmbH & Co. KG's lead technology class is H01S (Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges), 56.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01S
Ranked #12,874 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Coherent LaserSystems GmbH & Co. KG against Chromera, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.5/100 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.

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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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