USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Lumentum Operations Llc

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 351 granted patents across 56 technology areas, active 2015–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: G02B (OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS).

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

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351

Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

20.1

Avg claims per patent

+111%

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Lumentum holds 351 US patents across 56 technology areas, rank #1,208 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#1,208
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (66.6/100): 20.1
avg claims per patent: +111%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Lumentum Operations Llc has been granted 351 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Lumentum Operations Llc at rank #1,208 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 56 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 20.1 claims per patent with primary concentration in G02B (OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS). As a US Corporation, Lumentum Operations Llc is one of the broader-portfolio assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Lumentum sits between Praxair Technology, Inc. (352 patents, rank #1,204) and Codexis, Inc. (350 patents, rank #1,212) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 66.6/100 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 238 grants, compared with 113 in the 2015–2019 window, a +111% shift in five-year velocity. An acceleration of this magnitude signals aggressive R&D investment and expanding technical ambition. The US 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. Lumentum Operations Llc's 20.1 average claims per patent reflects complex, broadly scoped inventions that are difficult for competitors to design around, while a multi-domain presence across 56 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Lumentum Operations Llc against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

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352
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352
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351
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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.

Lumentum's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

67 Top 1% higher than 99% of 50,000 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%
2025	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

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Moderate

Tech Breadth Multi-domain

Claim Depth Complex

Velocity Accelerating

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,208

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

66.6 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 Lumentum Operations Llc hold?

Lumentum Operations Llc holds 351 US granted patents filed 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. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing 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. The company has filed patents in 56 CPC subclasses total.

Is Lumentum Operations Llc's patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?

Lumentum Operations Llc's recent filing velocity is +111% compared to the prior five-year period. This indicates accelerating innovation.

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

Lumentum Operations Llc's patents average 20.1 claims each. This indicates complex, broadly scoped patents that are harder for competitors to design around.

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.

How to use this portfolio

Lumentum's 351 grants land it in the top 1% 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 - Lumentum ranks #1,208 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 byPlainPatent 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.