Where does Leica Microsystems (Schweiz) AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Leica Microsystems (Schweiz) AG ranks #9,302 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 (Schweiz) AG hold?

Leica Microsystems (Schweiz) AG holds 34 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Leica Microsystems (Schweiz) AG's Innovation Score?

Leica Microsystems (Schweiz) AG has an Innovation Score of 33.6 out of 100 (45th percentile 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 (Schweiz) AG focus on?

Leica Microsystems (Schweiz) AG's top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 24 patents, ranking #571 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is Leica Microsystems (Schweiz) AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Leica Microsystems (Schweiz) AG's recent grant velocity is -79% 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 Microsystems (Schweiz) AG's patents?

Leica Microsystems (Schweiz) AG's patents average 11.4 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 (Schweiz) 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 Microsystems (Schweiz) AG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 34 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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 #9,302 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 34 patents across 15 technology areas.

#9,302
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 45th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.6/100): 11.4
avg claims per patent: -79%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9302 · Foreign Corporation #9,302 · 34 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 34 grants
UPPER-Q #9,302/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Landscape Structures
CPC-FOCUS G02B · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -79% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Landscape Structures 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 33.6 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 12.3 pts (37%) Velocity 0.7 pts (2%) Breadth 13.7 pts (41%) Claim depth 6.9 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Camfil AB · near

34
Leica Microsystems… · this assignee

34
Tazmo · near

34
Crystaphase Products · near

34
Pieris Pharmaceuticals · near

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Leica's Innovation Score is 33.6/100 (45th percentile 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 11.4 claims/patent is at or below the 16.1 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 (Schweiz) AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 70.6% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Leica sits between Liebherr Machines Bulle SA and Lund, Inc..

Leica's three-year grant acceleration

Leica Microsystems (Schweiz) AG shows 1 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.

Liebherr Machines…

34
Logicdata & Softw…

34
Ltag Systems

34
Landscape Structu…

34
Lipoxen

34
Lodge Manufacturi…

34
Loxo Oncology

34
Lund

34
Leica Microsystem… ◀

34

What this shows Leica holds 34 patents at rank #9,305, 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 #9,305 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 #571 of 4,891 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (34 here).

Camfil AB 34 Tazmo Co., Ltd. 34 Pieris Pharmaceuticals GmbH 34 Crystaphase Products, Inc. 34

Leica's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 45th percentile higher than 45% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

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 Microsystems (Schweiz) AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	14.7%
2016	4	11.8%
2017	6	17.6%
2018	9	26.5%
2019	4	11.8%
2020	3	8.8%
2021	2	5.9%
2023	1	2.9%

Which technologies does Leica Microsystems (Schweiz) AG patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 24

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 8

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 6

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 3

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 1

B60B - Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion 1

B60T - Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted Movement OF VEHICLES; Vehicle Modifications TO Facilitate Cooling OF Brakes 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

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 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 1

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 1

Top 15 of 15 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 (Schweiz) AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Leica Microsystems (Schweiz) AG's lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 70.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #9,302 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Leica Microsystems (Schweiz) AG against Liebherr Machines Bulle SA, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.6/100 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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