Where does Instrument Systems Optische Messtechnik GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Instrument Systems Optische Messtechnik GmbH ranks #35,911 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 Instrument Systems Optische Messtechnik GmbH hold?

Instrument Systems Optische Messtechnik GmbH holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Instrument Systems Optische Messtechnik GmbH's Innovation Score?

Instrument Systems Optische Messtechnik GmbH has an Innovation Score of 26.2 out of 100 (19th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Instrument Systems Optische Messtechnik GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Instrument Systems Optische Messtechnik GmbH's recent grant velocity is -60% 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 Instrument Systems Optische Messtechnik GmbH's patents?

Instrument Systems Optische Messtechnik GmbH's patents average 11.3 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Government

Instrument Systems Optische Messtechnik GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Instrument Systems Optische Messtechnik GmbH focus on?

Instrument Systems Optische Messtechnik GmbH's top technology area is G01J (Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry) with 7 patents, ranking #195 of 1,478 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Instrument Systems Optische Messtechnik GmbH 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 PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: G01J (Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Instrument ranks #35,911 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 8 technology areas.

#35,911
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 19th percentile
by Innovation Score (26.2/100): 11.3
avg claims per patent: -60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R35911 · Foreign Government #35,911 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNGOV · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #35,911/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Institute of…
CPC-NARROW G01J · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNGOV Foreign Gov
VEL-DROP -60% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Caas (±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 Instrument’s 26.2 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 7.2 pts (27%) Velocity 2.2 pts (8%) Breadth 10.0 pts (38%) Claim depth 6.8 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Instrument's Innovation Score is 26.2/100 (19th percentile 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 Instrument?

Each dot is one of Instrument’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). Instrument’s own 11.3 claims/patent is at or below the 14.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Instrument's grants concentrate

Instrument Systems Optische Messtechnik GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G01J (Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Instrument sits between Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Caas and Integrity Products & Supplies Inc..

Instrument's three-year grant acceleration

Instrument Systems Optische Messtechnik GmbH shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Institute of Envi…

7
Institute of Scie…

7
Institute of Urba…

7
Instituto Naciona…

7
Integrated Medica…

7
Integrated Medical

7
Integrity Applica…

7
Integrity Product…

7
Instrument System… ◀

7

What this shows Instrument holds 7 patents at rank #35,946, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Instrument

By rank, the assignees closest to #35,946 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01J (Measurement OF Intensity)

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

Instrument's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 19th percentile higher than 19% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Instrument Systems Optische Messtechnik GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	28.6%
2018	1	14.3%
2019	2	28.6%
2021	1	14.3%
2023	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Instrument Systems Optische Messtechnik GmbH patent most?

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 7

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 1

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 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Instrument Systems Optische Messtechnik GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Instrument Systems Optische Messtechnik GmbH's lead technology class is G01J (Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01J
Ranked #35,911 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Instrument Systems Optische Messtechnik GmbH against Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Caas, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.2/100 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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