Where does Corning Optical Communications LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Corning Optical Communications LLC ranks #539 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 Corning Optical Communications LLC hold?

Corning Optical Communications LLC holds 828 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 89 technology areas.

What is Corning Optical Communications LLC's Innovation Score?

Corning Optical Communications LLC has an Innovation Score of 61.3 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Corning Optical Communications LLC focus on?

Corning Optical Communications LLC's top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 473 patents, ranking #34 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 89 CPC subclasses total.

Is Corning Optical Communications LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Corning Optical Communications LLC's recent grant velocity is -54% 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 Corning Optical Communications LLC's patents?

Corning Optical Communications LLC's patents average 18.8 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 Corning Optical Communications LLC 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

Corning Optical Communications LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 828 granted patents across 89 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Corning ranks #539 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 828 patents across 89 technology areas.

#539
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.3/100): 18.8
avg claims per patent: -54%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R539 · US Corporation #539 · 828 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 828 grants
TOP-DECILE #539/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH STMicroelectronics…
CPC-WIDE G02B · 89 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -54% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS (±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 Corning’s 61.3 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 23.2 pts (38%) Velocity 1.9 pts (3%) Breadth 25.0 pts (41%) Claim depth 11.3 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Epistar · near

61
SAF-Holland · near

61
Zhejiang Sanhua… · near

61
Corning Optical… · this assignee

61
Osram Oled · near

61
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Corning's Innovation Score is 61.3/100 (top 3% 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 Corning?

Each dot is one of Corning’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). Corning’s own 18.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Corning's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Corning Optical Communications LLC received 257 grants versus 563 in 2015–2019 (-54% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 166 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 26. Lead class G02B accounts for 57.1% of the portfolio across 89 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company (#535) and Silicon Laboratories Inc. (#543).

Corning's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Corning Optical Communications LLC moved from 331 to 92 grants (0.28x 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 #3,020. See the growth leaderboard.

Exxonmobil Upstre…

841
Conopco

831
ABL IP Holding

830
The Gillette

830
Stmicroelectronic…

828
University of Mas…

828
Corning Optical C… ◀

828
Shanghai United I…

825
Silicon Laborator…

825

What this shows Corning holds 828 patents at rank #539, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Corning

By rank, the assignees closest to #539 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Corning, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G02B (Optical Elements), Corning ranks #34 of 4,891 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

Osram Oled GMBH 61 Epistar Corporation 61 SAF-Holland, Inc. 61 Zhejiang Sanhua Intelligent Controls Co., Ltd 61

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.8 here).

Genzyme Corporation 18.8 avg 3shape A/S 18.8 avg Whitehead Institute For Biomedical Research 18.8 avg Idexx Laboratories Inc. 18.8 avg

Corning's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

61 Top 3% higher than 97% 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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Corning Optical Communications LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	39	4.7%
2016	87	10.5%
2017	137	16.5%
2018	134	16.2%
2019	166	20.0%
2020	121	14.6%
2021	44	5.3%
2022	33	4.0%
2023	33	4.0%
2024	26	3.1%
2025partial year	8	1.0%

Which technologies does Corning Optical Communications LLC patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 473

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 188

H04B - Transmission 175

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 74

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 62

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 62

H04Q - Selecting 34

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 28

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 27

H04J - Multiplex Communication 26

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 22

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 22

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 20

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 18

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 18

Top 15 of 89 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

Corning Optical Communications LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Corning Optical Communications LLC's lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 57.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #539 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Corning Optical Communications LLC against Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.3/100 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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