Where does FotoNation Cayman Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), FotoNation Cayman Limited ranks #7,843 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 FotoNation Cayman Limited hold?

FotoNation Cayman Limited holds 41 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2018, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is FotoNation Cayman Limited's Innovation Score?

FotoNation Cayman Limited has an Innovation Score of 36.5 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 FotoNation Cayman Limited focus on?

FotoNation Cayman Limited's top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 37 patents, ranking #482 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is FotoNation Cayman Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

FotoNation Cayman Limited's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 FotoNation Cayman Limited's patents?

FotoNation Cayman Limited'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.

How is the FotoNation Cayman Limited 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

FotoNation Cayman Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 41 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2018. 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Fotonation ranks #7,843 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 41 patents across 11 technology areas.

#7,843
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 46%
by Innovation Score (36.5/100): 19.7
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7843 · US Corporation #7,843 · 41 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 41 grants
UPPER-Q #7,843/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ferric
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ferric Inc. (±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 Fotonation’s 36.5 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 12.9 pts (35%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.7 pts (32%) Claim depth 11.8 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Alphonso · near

36
Charm Sciences · near

36
Devialet · near

36
FotoNation Cayman · this assignee

36
Parfums Christian Dior · near

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Fotonation's Innovation Score is 36.5/100 (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 Fotonation?

Each dot is one of Fotonation’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). Fotonation’s own 19.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Fotonation's grants concentrate

FotoNation Cayman Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 90.2% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (26 grants) versus a trough of 15 in 2018. By volume, Fotonation sits between Formosa Epitaxy Incorporation and General Plastic Industrial Co., Ltd..

Formosa Epitaxy I…

41
Fujifilm Toyama C…

41
Ferric

41
Foret Plasma Labs

41
GE Oil & Gas ESP

41
GED Integrated So…

41
GEM

41
General Plastic I…

41
Fotonation Cayman ◀

41

What this shows FotoNation holds 41 patents at rank #7,844, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near FotoNation

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,844 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for FotoNation, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04N (Pictorial Communication), FotoNation ranks #482 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (36 here).

Devialet 36 Alphonso Inc. 36 Parfums Christian Dior 36 Charm Sciences, Inc. 36

Fotonation's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 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 · 2017–2018

Grants by year

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

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FotoNation Cayman Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	26	63.4%
2018	15	36.6%

Which technologies does FotoNation Cayman Limited patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 37

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 28

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 12

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 7

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 4

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 1

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 1

Top 11 of 11 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

FotoNation Cayman Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

FotoNation Cayman Limited's lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 90.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #7,843 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare FotoNation Cayman Limited against Formosa Epitaxy Incorporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.5/100 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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