Where does Ii-vi Delaware, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ii-vi Delaware, Inc. ranks #1,214 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 Ii-vi Delaware, Inc. hold?

Ii-vi Delaware, Inc. holds 350 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 81 technology areas.

What is Ii-vi Delaware, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Ii-vi Delaware, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 68.6 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Ii-vi Delaware, Inc. focus on?

Ii-vi Delaware, Inc.'s top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 142 patents, ranking #113 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 81 CPC subclasses total.

Is Ii-vi Delaware, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ii-vi Delaware, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +3200% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Ii-vi Delaware, Inc.'s patents?

Ii-vi Delaware, Inc.'s patents average 18.0 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 Ii-vi Delaware, 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

Ii-vi Delaware, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 350 granted patents across 81 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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, Ii-vi ranks #1,214 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 350 patents across 81 technology areas.

#1,214
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (68.6/100): 18.0
avg claims per patent: +3200%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1214 · US Corporation #1,214 · 350 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 350 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,214/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Clarion
CPC-WIDE G02B · 81 areas
INNOV-STRONG 68.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +3200% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Clarion Co., 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.

How Ii-vi’s 68.6 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 20.2 pts (29%) Velocity 12.6 pts (18%) Breadth 25.0 pts (36%) Claim depth 10.8 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cummins · near

69
Ii-vi Delaware · this assignee

69
Aristocrat · near

69
Digital Global Systems · near

69
Gree Electric… · near

69
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ii-vi's Innovation Score is 68.6/100 (top 1% 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 Ii-vi?

Each dot is one of Ii-vi’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). Ii-vi’s own 18.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Ii-vi's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Ii-vi Delaware, Inc. received 297 grants versus 9 in 2015–2019 (+3200% equal-window velocity, top decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2023 at 76 grants and bottomed in 2019 at 9. Lead class G02B accounts for 40.6% of the portfolio across 81 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Shenzhen Smoore Technology Limited (#1,210) and Amdocs Development Limited (#1,218).

Ii-vi's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Ii-vi Delaware, Inc. moved from 106 to 200 grants (1.89x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #244. See the growth leaderboard.

Shenzhen Smoore T…

351
Clarion

350
Codexis

350
Gamblit Gaming

350
Jeol

350
JX Nippon Mining…

350
Riso Kagaku

350
Ii-vi Delaware ◀

350
Amdocs Development

349

What this shows Ii-vi holds 350 patents at rank #1,214, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ii-vi

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,214 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Ii-vi's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Ii-vi, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G02B (Optical Elements), Ii-vi ranks #113 of 4,891 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (69 here).

Digital Global Systems, Inc. 69 Aristocrat Technologies, Inc. 69 Cummins Inc. 69 Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. OF Zhuhai 69

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.0 here).

Exxon Mobil Technology and Engineering Company 18.0 avg The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 18.0 avg Artilux, Inc. 18.0 avg DoorDash, Inc. 18.0 avg

Ii-vi's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

69 Top 1% higher than 99% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Ii-vi Delaware, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	9	2.6%
2020	58	16.6%
2021	39	11.1%
2022	56	16.0%
2023	76	21.7%
2024	68	19.4%
2025partial year	44	12.6%

Which technologies does Ii-vi Delaware, Inc. patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 142

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 100

H04B - Transmission 60

H04J - Multiplex Communication 28

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 27

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 26

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 23

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 16

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 14

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 14

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 12

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 12

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 12

C30B - Single-crystal Growth ; Unidirectional Solidification OF Eutectic Material OR Unidirectional Demixing OF Eutectoid MATERIAL; Refining BY Zone-melting OF Material ; Production OF A Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure ; Single Crystals OR Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material WI 12

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 10

Top 15 of 81 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

Ii-vi Delaware, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ii-vi Delaware, Inc.'s lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 40.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #1,214 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ii-vi Delaware, Inc. against Shenzhen Smoore Technology Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 68.6/100 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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