Where does Electronic Photonic IC Inc. (EPIC Inc.) rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Electronic Photonic IC Inc. (EPIC Inc.) ranks #46,441 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 Electronic Photonic IC Inc. (EPIC Inc.) hold?

Electronic Photonic IC Inc. (EPIC Inc.) holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2021, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Electronic Photonic IC Inc. (EPIC Inc.)'s Innovation Score?

Electronic Photonic IC Inc. (EPIC Inc.) has an Innovation Score of 28.3 out of 100 (27th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Electronic Photonic IC Inc. (EPIC Inc.) focus on?

Electronic Photonic IC Inc. (EPIC Inc.)'s top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 3 patents. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is Electronic Photonic IC Inc. (EPIC Inc.)'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Electronic Photonic IC Inc. (EPIC Inc.)'s recent grant velocity is -75% 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 Electronic Photonic IC Inc. (EPIC Inc.)'s patents?

Electronic Photonic IC Inc. (EPIC Inc.)'s patents average 28.4 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 Electronic Photonic IC Inc. (EPIC Inc.) 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

Electronic Photonic IC Inc. (EPIC Inc.)

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2021. 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, Electronic ranks #46,441 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 4 technology areas.

#46,441
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 27th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.3/100): 28.4
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R46441 · US Corporation #46,441 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #46,441/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Electrix International
CPC-NARROW G02B · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 28.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Electrix International Ltd (±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
Photonic IC (EPIC ) · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Electronic's Innovation Score is 28.3/100 (27th percentile 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.

Where Electronic's grants concentrate

Electronic Photonic IC Inc. (EPIC Inc.) is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Electronic sits between Electrix International Ltd and Elenco Electronics, LLC.

Electrix Internat…

5
Electro-mechanical

5
Electromagnetic S…

5
Electromechanical…

5
Elegant Mathemati…

5
Elementum 3D

5
Elementum

5
Elenco

5
Photonic IC (EPIC… ◀

5

What this shows Electronic holds 5 patents at rank #46,546, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Electronic

By rank, the assignees closest to #46,546 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Electronic's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 27th percentile higher than 27% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Electronic Photonic IC Inc. (EPIC Inc.) patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	20.0%
2018	2	40.0%
2019	1	20.0%
2021	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Electronic Photonic IC Inc. (EPIC Inc.) patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

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 2

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 2

H04B - Transmission 1

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#46,441

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

28.3 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

Electronic Photonic IC Inc. (EPIC Inc.)'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Electronic Photonic IC Inc. (EPIC Inc.)'s lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #46,441 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Electronic Photonic IC Inc. (EPIC Inc.) against Electrix International Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.3/100 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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