Where does Leica Geosystems AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Leica Geosystems AG ranks #1,816 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 Geosystems AG hold?

Leica Geosystems AG holds 224 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 55 technology areas.

What is Leica Geosystems AG's Innovation Score?

Leica Geosystems AG has an Innovation Score of 61.2 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Leica Geosystems AG's recent grant velocity is -33% 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 Leica Geosystems AG's patents?

Leica Geosystems AG's patents average 17.6 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 Geosystems 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 Geosystems AG

Q: What technology areas does Leica Geosystems AG focus on?

Leica Geosystems AG's top technology area is G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry) with 143 patents, ranking #26 of 1,814 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 55 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 224 granted patents across 55 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: G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Leica ranks #1,816 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 224 patents across 55 technology areas.

#1,816
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.2/100): 17.6
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1816 · Foreign Corporation #1,816 · 224 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 224 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,816/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH AFL Telecommunications
CPC-WIDE G01C · 55 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AFL Telecommunications LLC (±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 61.2 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 18.7 pts (31%) Velocity 6.9 pts (11%) Breadth 25.0 pts (41%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Roland · near

61
China Energy… · near

61
Ghost Autonomy · near

61
Leica Geosystems · this assignee

61
Zimmer · near

61
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Leica's Innovation Score is 61.2/100 (top 3% 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 17.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Leica's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Leica Geosystems AG received 82 grants versus 123 in 2015–2019 (-33% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2017 at 29 grants and bottomed in 2020 at 13. Lead class G01C accounts for 63.8% of the portfolio across 55 subclasses. Volume neighbours: AFL Telecommunications LLC (#1,812) and Gentherm Incorporated (#1,820).

Leica's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Leica Geosystems AG moved from 51 to 53 grants (1.04x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,084. See the growth leaderboard.

AFL Telecommunica…

224
Basell Poliolefin…

224
Huizhou Kimree Te…

224
JNC Petrochemical

224
University Health…

224
Voyetra Turtle Be…

224
Leica Geosystems ◀

224
Airgain

223
Gentherm Incorpor…

223

What this shows Leica holds 224 patents at rank #1,816, 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 #1,816 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01C (Measuring Distances)

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 G01C (Measuring Distances), Leica ranks #26 of 1,814 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

Zimmer, Inc. 61 Ghost Autonomy Inc. 61 China Energy Investment Corporation Limited 61 Roland Corporation 61

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.6 here).

Sonova AG 17.6 avg LifeCell Corporation 17.6 avg Compass Therapeutics LLC 17.6 avg SK Hynix Memory Solutions Inc. 17.6 avg

Leica's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

61 Top 3% higher than 97% 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 Geosystems AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	18	8.0%
2016	27	12.1%
2017	29	12.9%
2018	27	12.1%
2019	22	9.8%
2020	13	5.8%
2021	16	7.1%
2022	16	7.1%
2023	20	8.9%
2024	17	7.6%
2025partial year	19	8.5%

Which technologies does Leica Geosystems AG patent most?

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 143

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 121

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 64

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 50

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 28

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 17

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 15

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 15

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 13

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 8

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 7

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 7

B64U - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor 5

E02F - DREDGING; Soil-shifting 5

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 5

Top 15 of 55 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 Geosystems AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Leica Geosystems AG's lead technology class is G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry), 63.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01C
Ranked #1,816 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Leica Geosystems AG against AFL Telecommunications LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.2/100 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.

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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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