Where does Go!Foton, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Go!Foton, Inc. ranks #5,441 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 Go!Foton, Inc. hold?

Go!Foton, Inc. holds 63 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 27 technology areas.

What is Go!Foton, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Go!Foton, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 49.8 out of 100 (top 14% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Go!Foton, Inc. focus on?

Go!Foton, Inc.'s top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 48 patents, ranking #325 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 27 CPC subclasses total.

Is Go!Foton, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Go!Foton, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +14% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Go!Foton, Inc.'s patents?

Go!Foton, Inc.'s patents average 17.3 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 Go!Foton, 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 Foreign Corporation

Go!Foton, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 63 granted patents across 27 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Go!foton ranks #5,441 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 63 patents across 27 technology areas.

#5,441
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 14%
by Innovation Score (49.8/100): 17.3
avg claims per patent: +14%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5441 · Foreign Corporation #5,441 · 63 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 63 grants
UPPER-Q #5,441/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH First Dome
CPC-FOCUS G02B · 27 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +14% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: First Dome Corporation (±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 Go!foton’s 49.8 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 14.4 pts (29%) Velocity 6.7 pts (13%) Breadth 18.4 pts (37%) Claim depth 10.4 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Go!Foton · this assignee

50
Hydac Technology · near

50
Mobius Imaging · near

50
MTU Friedrichshafen · near

50
Trudell Medical… · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Go!foton's Innovation Score is 49.8/100 (top 14% 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 Go!foton?

Each dot is one of Go!foton’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). Go!foton’s own 17.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Go!foton's grants concentrate

Go!Foton, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 27 CPC subclasses with 76.2% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (8 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2018. By volume, Go!foton sits between Flosfia Inc. and Innoscience (ZHUHAI) Technology Co., Ltd..

Go!foton's three-year grant acceleration

Go!Foton, Inc. shows 19 grants in 2022–2024 against only 19 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.

Flosfia

63
First Dome

63
Globalfoundries U…

63
Guangdong Huaneng…

63
Hanwha Chemical

63
Hexagon Metrology

63
Infinitus (China)

63
Innoscience (Zhuh…

63
Go!Foton ◀

63

What this shows Go!Foton holds 63 patents at rank #5,442, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Go!Foton

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,442 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Go!Foton's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Go!Foton, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G02B (Optical Elements), Go!Foton ranks #325 of 4,891 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

Hydac Technology GMBH 50 Mobius Imaging, LLC 50 Trudell Medical International Inc. 50 MTU Friedrichshafen GMBH 50

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.3 here).

Ezconn Corporation 17.3 avg Shockwave Medical, Inc. 17.3 avg Technische Universiteit Delft 17.3 avg Persimmon Technologies Corporation 17.3 avg

Go!foton's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 14% higher than 86% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Go!Foton, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	7.9%
2016	7	11.1%
2017	8	12.7%
2018	2	3.2%
2019	6	9.5%
2020	8	12.7%
2021	5	7.9%
2022	6	9.5%
2023	7	11.1%
2024	6	9.5%
2025partial year	3	4.8%

Which technologies does Go!Foton, Inc. patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 48

H04Q - Selecting 14

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 12

H04B - Transmission 7

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 7

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 7

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 6

H04J - Multiplex Communication 5

C12M - Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters 5

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 5

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 4

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 4

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 3

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 3

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 3

Top 15 of 27 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

Go!Foton, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Go!Foton, Inc.'s lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 76.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #5,441 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Go!Foton, Inc. against Flosfia Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.8/100 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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