Where does Docter Optics SE rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Docter Optics SE ranks #7,548 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 Docter Optics SE hold?

Docter Optics SE holds 43 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Docter Optics SE's Innovation Score?

Docter Optics SE has an Innovation Score of 61.4 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%).

Is Docter Optics SE's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Docter Optics SE's recent grant velocity is -27% 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 Docter Optics SE's patents?

Docter Optics SE's patents average 22.3 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 Docter Optics SE 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

Docter Optics SE

Q: What technology areas does Docter Optics SE focus on?

Docter Optics SE's top technology area is F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors) with 34 patents, ranking #52 of 1,094 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 43 granted patents across 18 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Docter ranks #7,548 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 43 patents across 18 technology areas.

#7,548
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.4/100): 22.3
avg claims per patent: -27%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7548 · Foreign Corporation #7,548 · 43 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 43 grants
UPPER-Q #7,548/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Comadur
CPC-FOCUS F21S · 18 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.4/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -27% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Comadur SA (±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 Docter’s 61.4 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 13.1 pts (21%) Velocity 20.0 pts (33%) Breadth 15.0 pts (24%) Claim depth 13.4 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Grirem Advanced… · near

61
Docter Optics SE · this assignee

61
Husqvarna AB · near

61
Leonardo S P A · near

61
Sleep Number · near

61
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Docter's Innovation Score is 61.4/100 (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 Docter?

Each dot is one of Docter’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). Docter’s own 22.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Docter's grants concentrate

Docter Optics SE is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 79.1% of grants classified under F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (11 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2021. By volume, Docter sits between Comadur SA and Evernorth Strategic Development, Inc..

Docter's three-year grant acceleration

Docter Optics SE shows 14 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Comadur

43
Coriant Oy

43
Daiwa Kasei Kogyo

43
Dewertokin Techno…

43
Dualitas

43
Edsal Manufacturi…

43
Elektrobit Automo…

43
Evernorth Strateg…

43
Docter Optics SE ◀

43

What this shows Docter holds 43 patents at rank #7,548, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Docter

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,548 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F21S (Non-portable Lighting Devices)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Docter, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F21S (Non-portable Lighting Devices), Docter ranks #52 of 1,094 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

Leonardo S.P.A. 61 Sleep Number Corporation 61 Husqvarna AB 61 Grirem Advanced Materials Co., Ltd. 61

Docter'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 · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Docter Optics SE patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	8	18.6%
2017	11	25.6%
2018	3	7.0%
2021	2	4.7%
2022	2	4.7%
2023	6	14.0%
2024	6	14.0%
2025partial year	5	11.6%

Which technologies does Docter Optics SE patent most?

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 34

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 17

C03B - Manufacture, Shaping, OR Supplementary Processes 12

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 11

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 8

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 8

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 7

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 7

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 4

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 4

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 3

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 2

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

Top 15 of 18 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

Docter Optics SE's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Docter Optics SE's lead technology class is F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors), 79.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21S
Ranked #7,548 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Docter Optics SE against Comadur SA, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.4/100 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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