Where does Illumisonics Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Illumisonics Inc. ranks #19,891 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 Illumisonics Inc. hold?

Illumisonics Inc. holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Illumisonics Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Illumisonics Inc. has an Innovation Score of 38.7 out of 100 (top 40% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Illumisonics Inc. focus on?

Illumisonics Inc.'s top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 14 patents, ranking #1,082 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

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

Illumisonics Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +450% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Illumisonics Inc.'s patents average 21.6 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 Illumisonics 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

Illumisonics Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Illumisonics ranks #19,891 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 4 technology areas.

#19,891
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 40%
by Innovation Score (38.7/100): 21.6
avg claims per patent: +450%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19891 · Foreign Corporation #19,891 · 14 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #19,891/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Idec
CPC-NARROW G01N · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +450% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Idec 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 Illumisonics’s 38.7 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 9.4 pts (24%) Velocity 9.3 pts (24%) Breadth 7.1 pts (18%) Claim depth 13.0 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Illumisonics · this assignee

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What this shows Illumisonics's Innovation Score is 38.7/100 (top 40% 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 Illumisonics?

Each dot is one of Illumisonics’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). Illumisonics’s own 21.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Illumisonics's grants concentrate

Illumisonics Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Illumisonics sits between I/O Controls Corporation and Industrial Flow Solutions Operating, LLC.

Illumisonics's three-year grant acceleration

Illumisonics Inc. shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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 Illumisonics holds 14 patents at rank #19,888, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Illumisonics

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,888 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

Illumisonics's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 40% higher than 60% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Illumisonics Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	7.1%
2019	1	7.1%
2020	2	14.3%
2021	2	14.3%
2022	2	14.3%
2023	3	21.4%
2024	2	14.3%
2025partial year	1	7.1%

Which technologies does Illumisonics Inc. patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 14

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 13

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

Top 4 of 4 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

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

Illumisonics Inc.'s lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #19,891 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Illumisonics Inc. against I/O Controls Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.7/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.