Where does Coopervision International Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Coopervision International Limited ranks #2,720 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 Coopervision International Limited hold?

Coopervision International Limited holds 142 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 37 technology areas.

What is Coopervision International Limited's Innovation Score?

Coopervision International Limited has an Innovation Score of 67.0 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Coopervision International Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Coopervision International Limited's recent grant velocity is -2% 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 Coopervision International Limited's patents?

Coopervision International Limited's patents average 17.2 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 Coopervision International Limited 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

Coopervision International Limited

Q: What technology areas does Coopervision International Limited focus on?

Coopervision International Limited's top technology area is G02C (SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses) with 70 patents, ranking #13 of 397 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 37 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 142 granted patents across 37 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: G02C (SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Coopervision ranks #2,720 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 142 patents across 37 technology areas.

#2,720
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (67.0/100): 17.2
avg claims per patent: -2%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2720 · Foreign Corporation #2,720 · 142 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 142 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,720/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cohere
CPC-FOCUS G02C · 37 areas
INNOV-STRONG 67.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT -2% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cohere Technologies, 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 Coopervision’s 67.0 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 17.1 pts (26%) Velocity 18.0 pts (27%) Breadth 21.5 pts (32%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hitachi High-tech · near

67
Coopervision… · this assignee

67
National University… · near

67
Sew-eurodrive & KG · near

67
VÄLINGE Innovation AB · near

67
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Coopervision's Innovation Score is 67.0/100 (top 1% 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 Coopervision?

Each dot is one of Coopervision’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). Coopervision’s own 17.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Coopervision's grants concentrate

Coopervision International Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 37 CPC subclasses with 49.3% of grants classified under G02C (SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (28 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2020. By volume, Coopervision sits between Taiwan FU Hsing Industrial Co., Ltd. and Harting Electric GMBH & Co. KG.

Coopervision's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Coopervision International Limited moved from 20 to 54 grants (2.70x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #103. See the growth leaderboard.

Taiwan FU Hsing I…

143
Teleflex Medical…

143
Tele Tracking

143
Zoll Circulation

143
Cohere

142
DTS

142
Fondazione Istitu…

142
Harting Electric…

142
Coopervision Inte… ◀

142

What this shows Coopervision holds 142 patents at rank #2,719, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Coopervision

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,719 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02C (Spectacles)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Coopervision, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G02C (Spectacles), Coopervision ranks #13 of 397 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (67 here).

National University Corporation Tokai National Higher Education AND Research System 67 Sew-eurodrive GMBH & Co. KG 67 VÄLINGE Innovation AB 67 Hitachi High-tech Corporation 67

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.2 here).

Clemson University Research Foundation 17.2 avg Suunto Oy 17.2 avg Sanofi 17.2 avg Stryker Corporation 17.2 avg

Coopervision's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

67 Top 1% higher than 99% 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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Coopervision International Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	10	7.0%
2016	18	12.7%
2017	11	7.7%
2018	14	9.9%
2019	11	7.7%
2020	3	2.1%
2021	6	4.2%
2022	8	5.6%
2023	18	12.7%
2024	28	19.7%
2025partial year	15	10.6%

Which technologies does Coopervision International Limited patent most?

G02C - SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses 70

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 63

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 58

A45C - PURSES; LUGGAGE; Hand Carried Bags 38

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 37

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 21

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 21

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 20

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 19

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 18

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 11

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

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 5

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 5

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 5

Top 15 of 37 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

Coopervision International Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Coopervision International Limited's lead technology class is G02C (SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses), 49.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02C
Ranked #2,720 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Coopervision International Limited against Taiwan FU Hsing Industrial Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 67.0/100 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

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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