Where does Micro-epsilon Optronic GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Micro-epsilon Optronic GmbH ranks #48,726 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 Micro-epsilon Optronic GmbH hold?

Micro-epsilon Optronic GmbH holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Micro-epsilon Optronic GmbH's Innovation Score?

Micro-epsilon Optronic GmbH has an Innovation Score of 31.1 out of 100 (36th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Micro-epsilon Optronic GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Micro-epsilon Optronic GmbH's recent grant velocity is -75% 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 Micro-epsilon Optronic GmbH's patents?

Micro-epsilon Optronic GmbH's patents average 17.2 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 Micro-epsilon Optronic GmbH 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

Micro-epsilon Optronic GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Micro-epsilon Optronic GmbH focus on?

Micro-epsilon Optronic GmbH's top technology area is G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours) with 2 patents, ranking #719 of 2,030 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Micro-epsilon ranks #48,726 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 5 technology areas.

#48,726
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 36th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.1/100): 17.2
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R48726 · Foreign Corporation #48,726 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #48,726/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mi4spine
CPC-NARROW G01B · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mi4spine, LLC (±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 Micro-epsilon’s 31.1 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 6.2 pts (20%) Velocity 6.7 pts (22%) Breadth 7.9 pts (25%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Micro-epsilon Optronic · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Micro-epsilon's Innovation Score is 31.1/100 (36th 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 Micro-epsilon?

Each dot is one of Micro-epsilon’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). Micro-epsilon’s own 17.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Micro-epsilon's grants concentrate

Micro-epsilon Optronic GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 40% of grants classified under G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Micro-epsilon sits between Mi4spine, LLC and Micropower Global Limited.

Micro-epsilon's three-year grant acceleration

Micro-epsilon Optronic GmbH shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

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5

What this shows Micro-epsilon holds 5 patents at rank #48,624, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Micro-epsilon

By rank, the assignees closest to #48,624 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01B (Measuring Length)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Micro-epsilon's primary technology class.

Micro-epsilon's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 36th percentile higher than 36% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Micro-epsilon Optronic GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	40.0%
2016	1	20.0%
2017	1	20.0%
2024	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Micro-epsilon Optronic GmbH patent most?

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

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 2

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

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 1

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Micro-epsilon Optronic GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Micro-epsilon Optronic GmbH's lead technology class is G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours), 40% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01B
Ranked #48,726 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Micro-epsilon Optronic GmbH against Mi4spine, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.1/100 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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