Overall rank by patents
#4,961
of 49,997 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 70 granted patents across 20 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Leica ranks #4,961 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 70 patents across 20 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R4961 · Foreign Corporation #4,961 · 70 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Laboratoire Francais du Fractionnement et des Biotechnologies (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
B Braun Medical · near
48 score
East Carolina… · near
48 score
Leica Instruments… · this assignee
48 score
Mitel Networks · near
48 score
The University of… · near
48 score
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Leica's Innovation Score is 48.0/100 (top 17% 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.
Leica Instruments (Singapore) Pte. Ltd is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 84.3% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (12 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2018. By volume, Leica sits between Largan Digital Co., Ltd. and MasterCraft Boat Company, LLC.
From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Leica Instruments (Singapore) Pte. Ltd moved from 24 to 32 grants (1.33x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Largan Digital Co., Ltd.
70 patents
Laboratoire Francais du Fractionnement et des Biotechnologies
70 patents
Lehigh University
70 patents
Leica Biosystems Nussloch GmbH
70 patents
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
70 patents
Lumenis Ltd.
70 patents
Morehouse School OF Medicine
70 patents
MasterCraft Boat Company, LLC
70 patents
Leica Instruments (Singapore) Pte. Ltd
70 patents
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.
By rank, the assignees closest to #4,961 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Leica's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Leica, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.3 here).
Leica's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
48 Top 17% higher than 83% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| 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% |
| 2025partial year | 11 | 15.7% |
Top 15 of 20 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#4,961
of 49,997 tracked assignees
48.0 out of 100
What to do with this data
Leica Instruments (Singapore) Pte. Ltd's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.
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