Where does Corning Research & Development Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Corning Research & Development Corporation ranks #928 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 Research & Development Corporation hold?

Corning Research & Development Corporation holds 481 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 84 technology areas.

What is Corning Research & Development Corporation's Innovation Score?

Corning Research & Development Corporation has an Innovation Score of 72.7 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%).

What technology areas does Corning Research & Development Corporation focus on?

Corning Research & Development Corporation's top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 349 patents. Grants appear in 84 CPC subclasses total.

Is Corning Research & Development Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Corning Research & Development Corporation's recent grant velocity is +649% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Corning Research & Development Corporation's patents?

Corning Research & Development Corporation's patents average 19.7 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Corning Research & Development Corporation

Q: How is the Corning Research & Development Corporation 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 PatentsView assignee record - 481 granted patents across 84 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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 #928 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 481 patents across 84 technology areas.

#928
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (72.7/100): 19.7
avg claims per patent: +649%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R928 · US Corporation #928 · 481 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 481 grants
TOP-DECILE #928/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ConocoPhillips
CPC-WIDE G02B · 84 areas
INNOV-STRONG 72.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +649% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ConocoPhillips Company (±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
Dish Wireless L L C · near

73
Corning Research &… · this assignee

73
Halliburton Energy… · near

73
Yantai Jereh… · near

73
Imam Mohammad IBN… · near

73
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Corning's Innovation Score is 72.7/100 (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.

How Corning's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Corning Research & Development Corporation received 367 grants versus 49 in 2015–2019 (+649% equal-window velocity, top decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2022 at 98 grants and bottomed in 2018 at 9. Lead class G02B accounts for 72.6% of the portfolio across 84 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Pioneer Corporation (#923) and Aristocrat Technologies, Inc. (#931).

Corning's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Corning Research & Development Corporation moved from 128 to 279 grants (2.18x 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 #172. See the growth leaderboard.

Pioneer

483
Toyota Motor Nort…

483
Sika Technology

482
The Swatch Group…

482
Conocophillips

481
Corning Research… ◀

481
Schweitzer Engine…

480
The Penn State Re…

480
Aristocrat

478

What this shows Corning holds 481 patents at rank #927, 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 #927 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).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (73 here).

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. 73 Yantai Jereh Petroleum Equipment & Technologies Co., Ltd. 73 Imam Mohammad IBN Saud Islamic University 73 Dish Wireless L.L.C. 73

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.7 here).

The Toronto-Dominion Bank 19.7 avg Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation 19.7 avg Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC 19.7 avg Alderbio Holdings LLC 19.7 avg

Corning's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

73 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 · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Corning Research & Development Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	9	1.9%
2019	40	8.3%
2020	44	9.1%
2021	44	9.1%
2022	98	20.4%
2023	93	19.3%
2024	88	18.3%
2025partial year	65	13.5%

Which technologies does Corning Research & Development Corporation patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 349

H04B - Transmission 47

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 45

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 19

H04Q - Selecting 19

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 18

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 14

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 12

H04J - Multiplex Communication 10

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 9

C03C - Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other Materials 8

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 8

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 7

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 7

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 7

Top 15 of 84 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#928

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

72.7 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

Corning Research & Development Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Corning Research & Development Corporation's lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 72.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #928 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Corning Research & Development Corporation against Pioneer Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 72.7/100 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.