Overall rank by patents
#12,984
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 23 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2020. 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).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, INNO ranks #12,984 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 23 patents across 14 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R12984 · Foreign Corporation #12,984 · 23 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Ichikawa 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
INNO Instrument (chi… · this assignee
29 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows INNO Instrument (china) Inc. stamps GRANTS-SMALL, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-PAR, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-DROP, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #12,984 of 50,000; Innovation Score 29.4/100 sits in the top 70% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Ichikawa Co., Ltd. (±0 grants).
INNO Instrument (china) Inc. has been granted 23 US utility patents between 2016 and 2020, placing INNO Instrument (china) Inc. at #12,984 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 14 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 8.6 claims per patent with primary concentration in G02B (OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS). As a Foreign Corporation, INNO Instrument (china) Inc. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, INNO sits between Ichikawa Co., Ltd. (23 patents, rank #12,974) and ITM Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (23 patents, rank #12,982) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 29.4/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 4 grants, compared with 19 in the 2015–2019 window, a -79% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. INNO Instrument (china) Inc.'s 8.6 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 14 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
ICHIKAWA CO., LTD.
23 patents
IEX Group, Inc.
23 patents
IMAGEKEEPER LLC
23 patents
IMS Nanofabrication GmbH
23 patents
INNOVACTION TECHNOLOGIES
23 patents
INSTITUTE OF COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
23 patents
ITC Inc.
23 patents
ITM SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
23 patents
INNO INSTRUMENT (CHINA) INC.
23 patents
What this shows INNO holds 23 patents at rank #12,978, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #12,978 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in INNO's primary technology class.
INNO's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
29 Top 70% higher than 30% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 4.3% |
| 2017 | 11 | 47.8% |
| 2018 | 4 | 17.4% |
| 2019 | 3 | 13.0% |
| 2020 | 4 | 17.4% |
Top 14 of 14 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#12,984
of 50,000 tracked assignees
29.4 out of 100
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