Where does Leica Camera AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Leica Camera AG ranks #10,667 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 Leica Camera AG hold?

Leica Camera AG holds 29 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Leica Camera AG's Innovation Score?

Leica Camera AG has an Innovation Score of 41.9 out of 100 (top 32% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Leica Camera AG focus on?

Leica Camera AG's top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 17 patents, ranking #748 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Leica Camera AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Leica Camera AG's recent grant velocity is +78% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Leica Camera AG's patents?

Leica Camera AG's patents average 13.3 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.

How is the Leica Camera AG 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

Leica Camera AG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 29 granted patents across 11 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, Leica ranks #10,667 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 29 patents across 11 technology areas.

#10,667
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 32%
by Innovation Score (41.9/100): 13.3
avg claims per patent: +78%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10667 · Foreign Corporation #10,667 · 29 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 29 grants
UPPER-Q #10,667/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Keymed (Medical &…
CPC-FOCUS G02B · 11 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +78% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Keymed (Medical & Industrial Equipment) Limited (±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 Leica’s 41.9 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 11.7 pts (28%) Velocity 10.5 pts (25%) Breadth 11.7 pts (28%) Claim depth 8.0 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ellenberger & Poensgen · near

42
Leica Camera · this assignee

42
Modular Mining Systems · near

42
OCV Intellectual… · near

42
Transmedics · near

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Leica's Innovation Score is 41.9/100 (top 32% 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 Leica?

Each dot is one of Leica’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). Leica’s own 13.3 claims/patent is at or below the 14.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Leica's grants concentrate

Leica Camera AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 58.6% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Leica sits between Koolbridge Solar, Inc. and Lucyd Ltd..

Leica's three-year grant acceleration

Leica Camera AG shows 11 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Koolbridge Solar

29
Keymed (Medical &…

29
LEM Intellectual…

29
Locix

29
Lifescan

29
Linde Hydraulics…

29
Longhorn Vaccines…

29
Lucyd

29
Leica Camera ◀

29

What this shows Leica holds 29 patents at rank #10,668, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Leica

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,668 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Leica, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G02B (Optical Elements), Leica ranks #748 of 4,891 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

OCV Intellectual Capital, LLC 42 Modular Mining Systems, Inc. 42 Transmedics, Inc. 42 Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH 42

Leica's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 32% higher than 68% 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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Leica Camera AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	10.3%
2017	2	6.9%
2018	2	6.9%
2019	2	6.9%
2021	5	17.2%
2022	1	3.4%
2023	4	13.8%
2024	6	20.7%
2025partial year	4	13.8%

Which technologies does Leica Camera AG patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 17

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 6

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 3

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 3

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 2

H04M - Telephonic Communication 1

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 1

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 1

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 1

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Leica Camera AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Leica Camera AG's lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 58.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #10,667 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Leica Camera AG against Koolbridge Solar, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.9/100 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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