Where does Crystal Instruments Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Crystal Instruments Corporation ranks #26,077 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 Crystal Instruments Corporation hold?

Crystal Instruments Corporation holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Crystal Instruments Corporation's Innovation Score?

Crystal Instruments Corporation has an Innovation Score of 51.4 out of 100 (top 11% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Crystal Instruments Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Crystal Instruments Corporation's recent grant velocity is -57% 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 Crystal Instruments Corporation's patents?

Crystal Instruments Corporation's patents average 14.3 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 Crystal Instruments 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 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Crystal Instruments Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Crystal Instruments Corporation focus on?

Crystal Instruments Corporation's top technology area is G01M (Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 3 patents, ranking #398 of 1,420 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 17 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: G01M (Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Crystal ranks #26,077 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 17 technology areas.

#26,077
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (51.4/100): 14.3
avg claims per patent: -57%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26077 · US Corporation #26,077 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,077/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cray UK
CPC-FOCUS G01M · 17 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -57% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cray UK Limited (±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 Crystal’s 51.4 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 8.3 pts (16%) Velocity 20.0 pts (39%) Breadth 14.6 pts (28%) Claim depth 8.6 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Crystal Instruments · this assignee

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What this shows Crystal's Innovation Score is 51.4/100 (top 11% 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 Crystal?

Each dot is one of Crystal’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). Crystal’s own 14.3 claims/patent is at or below the 16.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Crystal's grants concentrate

Crystal Instruments Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 30% of grants classified under G01M (Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Crystal sits between Cray UK Limited and Cypher Medical, LLC.

Crystal's three-year grant acceleration

Crystal Instruments Corporation shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

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What this shows Crystal holds 10 patents at rank #26,079, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Crystal

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,079 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01M (Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR Structures)

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

Crystal's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 11% higher than 89% 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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Crystal Instruments Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	20.0%
2016	2	20.0%
2018	2	20.0%
2019	1	10.0%
2022	1	10.0%
2023	1	10.0%
2024	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Crystal Instruments Corporation patent most?

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 2

H04Q - Selecting 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

H03L - Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation OR Stabilisation OF Generators OF Electronic Oscillations OR Pulses 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

H03K - Pulse Technique 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 1

Top 15 of 17 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

Crystal Instruments Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Crystal Instruments Corporation's lead technology class is G01M (Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 30% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01M
Ranked #26,077 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Crystal Instruments Corporation against Cray UK Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.4/100 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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