Where does Microvision, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Microvision, Inc. ranks #3,932 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 Microvision, Inc. hold?

Microvision, Inc. holds 92 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 25 technology areas.

What is Microvision, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Microvision, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 51.0 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Microvision, Inc. focus on?

Microvision, Inc.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 43 patents, ranking #417 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 25 CPC subclasses total.

Is Microvision, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Microvision, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -16% 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 Microvision, Inc.'s patents?

Microvision, Inc.'s patents average 17.9 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 Microvision, Inc. 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

Microvision, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 92 granted patents across 25 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Microvision ranks #3,932 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 92 patents across 25 technology areas.

#3,932
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (51.0/100): 17.9
avg claims per patent: -16%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3932 · US Corporation #3,932 · 92 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 92 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,932/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Lindsay
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 25 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -16% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Lindsay Corporation (±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 Microvision’s 51.0 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 15.7 pts (31%) Velocity 6.9 pts (14%) Breadth 17.7 pts (35%) Claim depth 10.7 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
OrCam · near

51
VAT Holding · near

51
Microvision · this assignee

51
RF Micro Devices · near

51
Virtual Hold… · near

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Microvision's Innovation Score is 51.0/100 (top 12% 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 Microvision?

Each dot is one of Microvision’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). Microvision’s own 17.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Microvision's grants concentrate

Microvision, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 25 CPC subclasses with 46.7% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (14 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2016. By volume, Microvision sits between Lindsay Corporation and Nicoventures Holdings Limited.

Microvision's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Microvision, Inc. moved from 25 to 26 grants (1.04x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Lindsay

92
Liqid

92
Mainstream Engine…

92
Master Lock

92
Mongodb

92
Morphotrust USA

92
Nautilus

92
Nicoventures Hold…

92
Microvision ◀

92

What this shows Microvision holds 92 patents at rank #3,932, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Microvision

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,932 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Microvision, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04N (Pictorial Communication), Microvision ranks #417 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

Virtual Hold Technology Solutions, LLC 51 RF Micro Devices, Inc. 51 OrCam Technologies Ltd. 51 VAT Holding AG 51

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.9 here).

Chep Technology Pty Limited 17.9 avg Credo Technology Group Limited 17.9 avg Ericsson AB 17.9 avg JD.com American Technologies Corporation 17.9 avg

Microvision's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% 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.

View data table

Microvision, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	11	12.0%
2016	3	3.3%
2017	11	12.0%
2018	14	15.2%
2019	10	10.9%
2020	10	10.9%
2021	5	5.4%
2022	7	7.6%
2023	13	14.1%
2024	6	6.5%
2025partial year	2	2.2%

Which technologies does Microvision, Inc. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 43

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 42

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 40

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 15

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 14

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 5

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 5

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 4

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 4

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 4

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 3

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B81B - Microstructural Devices OR Systems, e.g. Micromechanical Devices 2

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 1

Top 15 of 25 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

Microvision, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Microvision, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 46.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #3,932 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Microvision, Inc. against Lindsay Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.0/100 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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