Where does Jabil Optics Germany GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Jabil Optics Germany GmbH ranks #10,361 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 Jabil Optics Germany GmbH hold?

Jabil Optics Germany GmbH holds 30 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Jabil Optics Germany GmbH's Innovation Score?

Jabil Optics Germany GmbH has an Innovation Score of 34.2 out of 100 (47th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Jabil Optics Germany GmbH focus on?

Jabil Optics Germany GmbH's top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 26 patents, ranking #515 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

Is Jabil Optics Germany GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Jabil Optics Germany GmbH's recent grant velocity is -7% 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 Jabil Optics Germany GmbH's patents?

Jabil Optics Germany GmbH's patents average 11.9 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 Jabil Optics Germany 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 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Jabil Optics Germany GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 30 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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, Jabil ranks #10,361 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 30 patents across 16 technology areas.

#10,361
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 47th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.2/100): 11.9
avg claims per patent: -7%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10361 · Foreign Corporation #10,361 · 30 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 30 grants
UPPER-Q #10,361/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH J VAN Walraven…
CPC-FOCUS G02B · 16 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT -7% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: J. VAN Walraven Holding B.V. (±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 Jabil’s 34.2 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 11.9 pts (35%) Velocity 1.1 pts (3%) Breadth 14.1 pts (41%) Claim depth 7.1 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Toray Battery… · near

34
Jabil Optics Germany · this assignee

34
Tyco Subsea… · near

34
Umicore Shokubai Japan · near

34
RGB Systems · near

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Jabil's Innovation Score is 34.2/100 (47th 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 Jabil?

Each dot is one of Jabil’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). Jabil’s own 11.9 claims/patent is at or below the 13.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Jabil's grants concentrate

Jabil Optics Germany GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 86.7% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Jabil sits between J. VAN Walraven Holding B.V. and KNIPEX-Werk C. Gustav Putsch KG.

Jabil's three-year grant acceleration

Jabil Optics Germany GmbH shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 19 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.

J VAN Walraven Ho…

30
J J Mackay Canada

30
Jarllytec

30
Jetoptera

30
John Nicholas and…

30
KCI USA

30
Kendrion (Villing…

30
Knipex-werk C Gus…

30
Jabil Optics Germ… ◀

30

What this shows Jabil holds 30 patents at rank #10,364, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Jabil

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,364 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Jabil, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G02B (Optical Elements), Jabil ranks #515 of 4,891 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (34 here).

Umicore Shokubai Japan Co., Ltd. 34 Tyco Electronics Subsea Communications LLC 34 Toray Battery Separator Film Co., Ltd. 34 RGB Systems, Inc. 34

Jabil's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 47th percentile higher than 47% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Jabil Optics Germany GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	6.7%
2018	5	16.7%
2019	8	26.7%
2020	8	26.7%
2021	3	10.0%
2023	2	6.7%
2024	1	3.3%
2025partial year	1	3.3%

Which technologies does Jabil Optics Germany GmbH patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 26

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 8

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 4

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 4

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 3

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 3

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 3

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 2

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 2

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 2

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

G02C - SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses 1

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

Top 15 of 16 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

Jabil Optics Germany GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Jabil Optics Germany GmbH's lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 86.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #10,361 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Jabil Optics Germany GmbH against J. VAN Walraven Holding B.V., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.2/100 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

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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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