USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Leica Instruments (singapore) Pte. Ltd

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 70 granted patents across 20 technology areas, active 2018–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: G02B (OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS).

Compiled by PlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

14.3

Avg claims per patent

+967%

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Leica holds 70 US patents across 20 technology areas, rank #4,961 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#4,961
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 17%
by Innovation Score (48.0/100): 14.3
avg claims per patent: +967%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Leica Instruments (singapore) Pte. Ltd has been granted 70 US utility patents between 2018 and 2025, placing Leica Instruments (singapore) Pte. Ltd at rank #4,961 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 20 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 14.3 claims per patent with primary concentration in G02B (OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS). As a Foreign Corporation, Leica Instruments (singapore) Pte. Ltd is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Leica sits between Largan Digital Co., Ltd. (70 patents, rank #4,957) and Mastercraft Boat Company, Llc (70 patents, rank #4,965) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 48.0/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 64 grants, compared with 6 in the 2015–2019 window, a +967% shift in five-year velocity. An acceleration of this magnitude signals aggressive R&D investment and expanding technical ambition. The Foreign Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.

Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Leica Instruments (singapore) Pte. Ltd's 14.3 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while a multi-domain presence across 20 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Leica Instruments (singapore) Pte. Ltd against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

Largan Digital

70
Laboratoire Franc…

70
Lehigh University

70
Leica Biosystems…

70
Lowe's Companies

70
Lumenis

70
Morehouse School…

70
Mastercraft Boat

70
Leica Instruments… ◀

70

What this shows Leica holds 70 patents at rank #4,961, 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 #4,961 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Leica's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 17% higher than 83% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Leica Instruments (singapore) Pte. Ltd patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	3	4.3%
2019	3	4.3%
2020	12	17.1%
2021	9	12.9%
2022	12	17.1%
2023	10	14.3%
2024	10	14.3%
2025	11	15.7%

Which technologies does Leica Instruments (singapore) Pte. Ltd patent most?

G02B - OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS 59

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION 39

H04N - PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION 25

G06T - IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL 20

G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES 10

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 7

G09B - EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS 3

G06V - IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING 3

F21V - FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 2

F16M - FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS 2

A61F - FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRS 1

G05D - SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES 1

G06N - COMPUTING ARRANGEMENTS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS 1

G08B - SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS 1

G10L - SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING 1

Top 15 of 20 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Light

Tech Breadth Multi-domain

Claim Depth Standard

Velocity Accelerating

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#4,961

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

48.0 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

How many patents does Leica Instruments (singapore) Pte. Ltd hold?

Leica Instruments (singapore) Pte. Ltd holds 70 US granted patents filed between 2018 and 2025, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is Leica Instruments (singapore) Pte. Ltd's Innovation Score?

Leica Instruments (singapore) Pte. Ltd has an Innovation Score of 48.0 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Leica Instruments (singapore) Pte. Ltd focus on?

Leica Instruments (singapore) Pte. Ltd's top technology area is G02B (OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS) with 59 patents. The company has filed patents in 20 CPC subclasses total.

Is Leica Instruments (singapore) Pte. Ltd's patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?

Leica Instruments (singapore) Pte. Ltd's recent filing velocity is +967% compared to the prior five-year period. This indicates accelerating innovation.

What does claim depth mean for Leica Instruments (singapore) Pte. Ltd's patents?

Leica Instruments (singapore) Pte. Ltd's patents average 14.3 claims each. This falls within the standard range, providing solid legal coverage.

How is the Leica Instruments (singapore) Pte. Ltd 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.

How to use this portfolio

Leica's 70 grants land it in the top 17% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Leica ranks #4,961 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in G02B - see who else leads that technology area. G02B leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent Editorial

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 Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.