Where does Fathom Optics Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Fathom Optics Inc. ranks #40,169 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 Fathom Optics Inc. hold?

Fathom Optics Inc. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Fathom Optics Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Fathom Optics Inc. has an Innovation Score of 36.6 out of 100 (top 46% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Fathom Optics Inc. focus on?

Fathom Optics Inc.'s top technology area is B41M (Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing,) with 6 patents, ranking #94 of 466 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Fathom Optics Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Fathom Optics Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Fathom Optics Inc.'s patents?

Fathom Optics Inc.'s patents average 20.0 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 Fathom Optics 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

Fathom Optics Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: B41M (Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing,).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Fathom ranks #40,169 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 5 technology areas.

#40,169
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 46%
by Innovation Score (36.6/100): 20.0
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R40169 · US Corporation #40,169 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #40,169/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fasmetrics
CPC-NARROW B41M · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fasmetrics S.A. (±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 Fathom’s 36.6 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 6.7 pts (18%) Velocity 10.0 pts (27%) Breadth 7.9 pts (22%) Claim depth 12.0 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Fathom Optics · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Fathom's Innovation Score is 36.6/100 (top 46% 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 Fathom?

Each dot is one of Fathom’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). Fathom’s own 20.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Fathom's grants concentrate

Fathom Optics Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B41M (Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing,). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Fathom sits between Fasmetrics S.A. and Femto Tools AG.

Fathom's three-year grant acceleration

Fathom Optics Inc. shows 3 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.

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What this shows Fathom holds 6 patents at rank #40,260, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Fathom

By rank, the assignees closest to #40,260 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B41M (Printing)

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

Fathom's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 46% higher than 54% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Fathom Optics Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	2	33.3%
2023	2	33.3%
2024	1	16.7%
2025partial year	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Fathom Optics Inc. patent most?

B41M - Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing, 6

B41F - Printing Machines OR Presses 3

B42D - BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Movable-strip Writing OR Reading Apparatus 3

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

B44F - Special Designs OR Pictures 3

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Fathom Optics Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Fathom Optics Inc.'s lead technology class is B41M (Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing,), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B41M
Ranked #40,169 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Fathom Optics Inc. against Fasmetrics S.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.6/100 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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