Where does Mesa Photonics, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Mesa Photonics, LLC ranks #41,663 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 Mesa Photonics, LLC hold?

Mesa Photonics, LLC holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Mesa Photonics, LLC's Innovation Score?

Mesa Photonics, LLC has an Innovation Score of 47.2 out of 100 (top 19% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Mesa Photonics, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Mesa Photonics, LLC's recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Mesa Photonics, LLC's patents?

Mesa Photonics, LLC's patents average 21.0 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 Mesa Photonics, 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

Mesa Photonics, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Mesa Photonics, LLC focus on?

Mesa Photonics, LLC's top technology area is G01J (Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry) with 4 patents. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: G01J (Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Mesa ranks #41,663 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 5 technology areas.

#41,663
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 19%
by Innovation Score (47.2/100): 21.0
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R41663 · US Corporation #41,663 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #41,663/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH MEOPTA—OPTIKA S R O
CPC-NARROW G01J · 5 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: MEOPTA—OPTIKA, S.R.O. (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Mesa Photonics · this assignee

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mesa's Innovation Score is 47.2/100 (top 19% 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.

Where Mesa's grants concentrate

Mesa Photonics, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under G01J (Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Mesa sits between MEOPTA—OPTIKA, S.R.O. and Meter Group, Inc. USA.

Mesa's three-year grant acceleration

Mesa Photonics, LLC shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Meopta—Optika S R…

6
Meprolight (1990)

6
Mercia Pharma

6
Merlin MD PTE

6
Mesdan S P A

6
Mester LED

6
Metamaterial USA

6
Meter Group USA

6
Mesa Photonics ◀

6

What this shows Mesa holds 6 patents at rank #41,568, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Mesa

By rank, the assignees closest to #41,568 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01J (Measurement OF Intensity)

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

Mesa's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 19% higher than 81% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2023

Grants by year

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

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Mesa Photonics, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	16.7%
2019	1	16.7%
2022	1	16.7%
2023	3	50.0%

Which technologies does Mesa Photonics, LLC patent most?

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 4

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 2

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 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 2

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#41,663

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

47.2 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Mesa Photonics, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Mesa Photonics, LLC's lead technology class is G01J (Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01J
Ranked #41,663 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Mesa Photonics, LLC against MEOPTA—OPTIKA, S.R.O., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.2/100 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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