Where does Institut National D'optique rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Institut National D'optique ranks #4,626 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 Institut National D'optique hold?

Institut National D'optique holds 76 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 54 technology areas.

What is Institut National D'optique's Innovation Score?

Institut National D'optique has an Innovation Score of 54.6 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Institut National D'optique focus on?

Institut National D'optique's top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 28 patents, ranking #484 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 54 CPC subclasses total.

Is Institut National D'optique's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Institut National D'optique's recent grant velocity is -35% 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 Institut National D'optique's patents?

Institut National D'optique's patents average 18.1 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 Institut National D'optique 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

Institut National D'optique

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 76 granted patents across 54 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, Institut ranks #4,626 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 76 patents across 54 technology areas.

#4,626
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.6/100): 18.1
avg claims per patent: -35%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4626 · Foreign Corporation #4,626 · 76 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 76 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,626/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hexcel
CPC-WIDE G02B · 54 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -35% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hexcel 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 Institut’s 54.6 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 15.0 pts (27%) Velocity 3.8 pts (7%) Breadth 25.0 pts (46%) Claim depth 10.8 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Anhui Agricultural… · near

55
Arcus Biosciences · near

55
Bambino Prezioso… · near

55
Institut National… · this assignee

55
Karlsruher Institut… · near

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Institut's Innovation Score is 54.6/100 (top 8% 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 Institut?

Each dot is one of Institut’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). Institut’s own 18.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Institut's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Institut National D'optique received 28 grants versus 43 in 2015–2019 (-35% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2016 at 12 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 3. Lead class G02B accounts for 36.8% of the portfolio across 54 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Hyundai Dymos Incorporated (#4,622) and Kyushu Institute OF Technology (#4,630).

Institut's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Institut National D'optique moved from 23 to 13 grants (0.56x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Hyundai Dymos Inc…

76
Hexcel

76
Hydro-quebec

76
Instant Brands Ho…

76
Institut Polytech…

76
Kinestral

76
KPR U S

76
Kyushu Institute…

76
Institut National… ◀

76

What this shows Institut holds 76 patents at rank #4,626, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Institut

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,626 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Institut, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G02B (Optical Elements), Institut ranks #484 of 4,891 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).

Bambino Prezioso Switzerland 55 Karlsruher Institut FÜR Technologie 55 Arcus Biosciences, Inc. 55 Anhui Agricultural University 55

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.1 here).

SuccessFactors, Inc. 18.1 avg Innospec Limited 18.1 avg Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. 18.1 avg Entellus Medical, Inc. 18.1 avg

Institut's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 Top 8% higher than 92% 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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Institut National D'optique patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	9.2%
2016	12	15.8%
2017	5	6.6%
2018	11	14.5%
2019	8	10.5%
2020	7	9.2%
2021	8	10.5%
2022	6	7.9%
2023	3	3.9%
2024	4	5.3%
2025partial year	5	6.6%

Which technologies does Institut National D'optique patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 28

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 18

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 12

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 11

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 8

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 6

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 6

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 5

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 4

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 4

G03H - Holographic Processes OR Apparatus 4

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 3

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 3

F03D - Wind Motors 3

F05B - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Wind, Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like Motors, TO Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids Covered BY Subclasses F03b, F03d AND F03g 3

Top 15 of 54 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

Institut National D'optique's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Institut National D'optique's lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 36.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #4,626 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Institut National D'optique against Hyundai Dymos Incorporated, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.6/100 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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