Where does Mapper Lithography IP B.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Mapper Lithography IP B.V. ranks #4,049 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 Mapper Lithography IP B.V. hold?

Mapper Lithography IP B.V. holds 89 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 33 technology areas.

What is Mapper Lithography IP B.V.'s Innovation Score?

Mapper Lithography IP B.V. has an Innovation Score of 50.3 out of 100 (top 13% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Mapper Lithography IP B.V. focus on?

Mapper Lithography IP B.V.'s top technology area is H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps) with 67 patents, ranking #39 of 1,076 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 33 CPC subclasses total.

Is Mapper Lithography IP B.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Mapper Lithography IP B.V.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Mapper Lithography IP B.V.'s patents?

Mapper Lithography IP B.V.'s patents average 24.1 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 Mapper Lithography IP B.V. 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

Mapper Lithography IP B.V.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 89 granted patents across 33 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Mapper ranks #4,049 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 89 patents across 33 technology areas.

#4,049
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.3/100): 24.1
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4049 · Foreign Corporation #4,049 · 89 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 89 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,049/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ineos Styrolution…
CPC-FOCUS H01J · 33 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ineos Styrolution Group GMBH (±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 Mapper’s 50.3 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 15.5 pts (31%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 20.3 pts (40%) Claim depth 14.5 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Eberspächer Exhaust… · near

50
Kobayashi Pharmaceut… · near

50
Mapper Lithography… · this assignee

50
NKT Photonics A/S · near

50
Single Buoy Moorings · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mapper's Innovation Score is 50.3/100 (top 13% 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 Mapper?

Each dot is one of Mapper’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). Mapper’s own 24.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Mapper's grants concentrate

Mapper Lithography IP B.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 33 CPC subclasses with 75.3% of grants classified under H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (26 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2019. By volume, Mapper sits between Ineos Styrolution Group GMBH and Nalco Company LLC.

Ineos Styrolution…

89
Innio Jenbacher &…

89
Innogrit

89
L-3 Communications

89
Mikro Mesa Techno…

89
Mobileiron

89
Mclaren Automotive

89
Nalco

89
Mapper Lithograph… ◀

89

What this shows Mapper holds 89 patents at rank #4,049, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Mapper

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,049 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Mapper, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps), Mapper ranks #39 of 1,076 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

NKT Photonics A/S 50 Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 50 Single Buoy Moorings Inc. 50 Eberspächer Exhaust Technology GmbH 50

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (24.1 here).

Donnelly Corporation 24.1 avg Allegro MicroSystems, LLC 24.1 avg Brooks Automation US, LLC 24.1 avg Knauf Insulation, Inc. 24.1 avg

Mapper's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 13% higher than 87% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Mapper Lithography IP B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	26	29.2%
2016	24	27.0%
2017	17	19.1%
2018	19	21.3%
2019	3	3.4%

Which technologies does Mapper Lithography IP B.V. patent most?

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 67

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; 53

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 35

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 15

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 8

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

G21K - Techniques FOR Handling Particles OR Ionising Radiation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Irradiation DEVICES; Gamma RAY OR X-ray Microscopes 6

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 6

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 4

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 3

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

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 3

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

Top 15 of 33 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

Mapper Lithography IP B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Mapper Lithography IP B.V.'s lead technology class is H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps), 75.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01J
Ranked #4,049 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Mapper Lithography IP B.V. against Ineos Styrolution Group GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.3/100 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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