Where does Lumentum Operations LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Lumentum Operations LLC ranks #1,208 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 Lumentum Operations LLC hold?

Lumentum Operations LLC holds 351 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 56 technology areas.

What is Lumentum Operations LLC's Innovation Score?

Lumentum Operations LLC has an Innovation Score of 66.6 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Lumentum Operations LLC focus on?

Lumentum Operations LLC's top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 174 patents, ranking #89 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 56 CPC subclasses total.

Is Lumentum Operations LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Lumentum Operations LLC's recent grant velocity is +83% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Lumentum Operations LLC's patents?

Lumentum Operations LLC's patents average 20.1 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 Lumentum Operations LLC 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 US Corporation

Lumentum Operations LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 351 granted patents across 56 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Lumentum ranks #1,208 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 351 patents across 56 technology areas.

#1,208
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (66.6/100): 20.1
avg claims per patent: +83%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1208 · US Corporation #1,208 · 351 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 351 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,208/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Biedermann & KG
CPC-WIDE G02B · 56 areas
INNOV-STRONG 66.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +83% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Biedermann Technologies GMBH & Co. KG (±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 Lumentum’s 66.6 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 20.3 pts (30%) Velocity 9.3 pts (14%) Breadth 25.0 pts (37%) Claim depth 12.1 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Genentech · near

67
Renesas America · near

67
Lumentum Operations · this assignee

67
TDK · near

67
The General Hospital · near

67
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Lumentum's Innovation Score is 66.6/100 (top 1% 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 Lumentum?

Each dot is one of Lumentum’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). Lumentum’s own 20.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Lumentum's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Lumentum Operations LLC received 207 grants versus 113 in 2015–2019 (+83% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 54 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 2. Lead class G02B accounts for 49.6% of the portfolio across 56 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Praxair Technology, Inc. (#1,204) and Codexis, Inc. (#1,212).

Lumentum's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Lumentum Operations LLC moved from 97 to 135 grants (1.39x 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 #525. See the growth leaderboard.

Praxair Technology

352
Seiko Instruments

352
Biedermann & KG

351
Dongwoo Fine-chem

351
Shanghai Tianma A…

351
Shenzhen Smoore T…

351
Lumentum Operatio… ◀

351
Clarion

350
Codexis

350

What this shows Lumentum holds 351 patents at rank #1,208, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Lumentum

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,208 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Lumentum, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G02B (Optical Elements), Lumentum ranks #89 of 4,891 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (67 here).

Genentech, Inc. 67 Renesas Electronics America Inc. 67 The General Hospital Corporation 67 TDK Corporation 67

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.1 here).

Harmonic, Inc. 20.1 avg D2L Corporation 20.1 avg Means Industries, Inc. 20.1 avg e-Vision Smart Optics, Inc. 20.1 avg

Lumentum's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

67 Top 1% higher than 99% 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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Lumentum Operations LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	0.6%
2016	29	8.3%
2017	31	8.8%
2018	26	7.4%
2019	25	7.1%
2020	39	11.1%
2021	33	9.4%
2022	41	11.7%
2023	40	11.4%
2024	54	15.4%
2025partial year	31	8.8%

Which technologies does Lumentum Operations LLC patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 174

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 167

H04B - Transmission 44

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 40

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 32

H04J - Multiplex Communication 19

H04Q - Selecting 15

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 14

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 13

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 11

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 10

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 9

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 9

B81B - Microstructural Devices OR Systems, e.g. Micromechanical Devices 7

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 7

Top 15 of 56 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

Lumentum Operations LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Lumentum Operations LLC's lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 49.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #1,208 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Lumentum Operations LLC against Praxair Technology, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 66.6/100 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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