Where does GLO AB rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), GLO AB ranks #4,560 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 GLO AB hold?

GLO AB holds 77 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is GLO AB's Innovation Score?

GLO AB has an Innovation Score of 40.9 out of 100 (top 34% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does GLO AB focus on?

GLO AB's top technology area is H10H (Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers) with 73 patents, ranking #38 of 857 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

Is GLO AB's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

GLO AB's recent grant velocity is -78% 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 GLO AB's patents?

GLO AB's patents average 16.1 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 GLO AB 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

GLO AB

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 77 granted patents across 21 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: H10H (Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, GLO ranks #4,560 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 77 patents across 21 technology areas.

#4,560
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 34%
by Innovation Score (40.9/100): 16.1
avg claims per patent: -78%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4560 · Foreign Corporation #4,560 · 77 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 77 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,560/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Dril-Quip
CPC-FOCUS H10H · 21 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -78% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dril-Quip, 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 GLO’s 40.9 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 15.0 pts (37%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 16.2 pts (40%) Claim depth 9.7 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Glashütter Uhrenbetr… · near

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GLO AB · this assignee

41
Medtronic Holding Sarl · near

41
Shanghai Institute… · near

41
Walker Digital… · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows GLO's Innovation Score is 40.9/100 (top 34% 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 GLO?

Each dot is one of GLO’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). GLO’s own 16.1 claims/patent is at or below the 17.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where GLO's grants concentrate

GLO AB is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 94.8% of grants classified under H10H (Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (17 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2021. By volume, GLO sits between Dril-Quip, Inc. and Isis Innovation Limited.

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Isis Innovation

77
GLO AB ◀

77

What this shows GLO holds 77 patents at rank #4,560, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near GLO

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,560 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H10H (Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Pot…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for GLO, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H10H (Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Pot…), GLO ranks #38 of 857 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

Medtronic Holding Company Sarl 41 Walker Digital Table Systems, LLC 41 Glashütter Uhrenbetrieb GmbH 41 Shanghai Institute OF Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy OF Sciences 41

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.1 here).

Bracco Imaging S.P.A. 16.1 avg Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd. 16.1 avg Faurecia Systemes D'echappement 16.1 avg Vitesco Technologies USA, LLC 16.1 avg

GLO's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 34% higher than 66% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

GLO AB patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	13	16.9%
2016	11	14.3%
2017	11	14.3%
2018	11	14.3%
2019	17	22.1%
2020	12	15.6%
2021	2	2.6%

Which technologies does GLO AB patent most?

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 73

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 46

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 11

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 9

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 7

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 6

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 5

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 4

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 4

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 2

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 2

F21K - Non-electric Light Sources Using LUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using Charges OF Combustible MATERIAL; Light Sources Using Semiconductor Devices AS Light-generating ELEMENTS; Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 2

Top 15 of 21 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

GLO AB's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

GLO AB's lead technology class is H10H (Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers), 94.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H10H
Ranked #4,560 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare GLO AB against Dril-Quip, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.9/100 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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