Where does Leica Microsystems Ltd., Shanghai rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Leica Microsystems Ltd., Shanghai ranks #11,324 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 Microsystems Ltd., Shanghai hold?

Leica Microsystems Ltd., Shanghai holds 27 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Leica Microsystems Ltd., Shanghai's Innovation Score?

Leica Microsystems Ltd., Shanghai has an Innovation Score of 36.9 out of 100 (top 45% 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 Microsystems Ltd., Shanghai focus on?

Leica Microsystems Ltd., Shanghai's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 12 patents, ranking #1,245 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is Leica Microsystems Ltd., Shanghai's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Leica Microsystems Ltd., Shanghai's recent grant velocity is +171% 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 Microsystems Ltd., Shanghai's patents?

Leica Microsystems Ltd., Shanghai's patents average 8.7 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 Microsystems Ltd., Shanghai 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 Microsystems Ltd., Shanghai

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 27 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Leica ranks #11,324 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 27 patents across 13 technology areas.

#11,324
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 45%
by Innovation Score (36.9/100): 8.7
avg claims per patent: +171%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11324 · Foreign Corporation #11,324 · 27 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 27 grants
UPPER-Q #11,324/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH LaserMotive
CPC-FOCUS G01N · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +171% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: LaserMotive, Inc. (±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 36.9 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 11.5 pts (31%) Velocity 7.4 pts (20%) Breadth 12.7 pts (35%) Claim depth 5.2 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Dexin · near

37
FN Herstal · near

37
Leica Microsystems… · this assignee

37
Wilkins IP · near

37
Borgwarner Sweden AB · near

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Leica's Innovation Score is 36.9/100 (top 45% 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 8.7 claims/patent is at or below the 14.6 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 Microsystems Ltd., Shanghai is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 44.4% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (6 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Leica sits between Lunella Biotech, Inc. and LovePop, Inc..

Leica's three-year grant acceleration

Leica Microsystems Ltd., Shanghai shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Lunella Biotech

27
Luziferlamps S L

27
Lasermotive

27
Latchways

27
Leopold Kostal &…

27
Limflow

27
Liposcience

27
Lovepop

27
Leica Microsystem… ◀

27

What this shows Leica holds 27 patents at rank #11,328, 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 #11,328 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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 G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), Leica ranks #1,245 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (37 here).

FN Herstal S.A. 37 Wilkins IP, LLC 37 Dexin Electronic Ltd. 37 Borgwarner Sweden AB 37

Leica's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 45% higher than 55% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Leica Microsystems Ltd., Shanghai patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	7.4%
2018	5	18.5%
2020	6	22.2%
2021	3	11.1%
2022	2	7.4%
2023	4	14.8%
2024	4	14.8%
2025partial year	1	3.7%

Which technologies does Leica Microsystems Ltd., Shanghai patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 12

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 3

F16H - Gearing 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 1

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 1

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 1

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 1

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 1

Top 13 of 13 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 Microsystems Ltd., Shanghai's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Leica Microsystems Ltd., Shanghai's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 44.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #11,324 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Leica Microsystems Ltd., Shanghai against Lunella Biotech, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.9/100 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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