Where does Morton Photonics Incorporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Morton Photonics Incorporation ranks #15,470 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 Morton Photonics Incorporation hold?

Morton Photonics Incorporation holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Morton Photonics Incorporation's Innovation Score?

Morton Photonics Incorporation has an Innovation Score of 31.2 out of 100 (37th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Morton Photonics Incorporation focus on?

Morton Photonics Incorporation's top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 14 patents, ranking #859 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Morton Photonics Incorporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Morton Photonics Incorporation's recent grant velocity is -27% 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 Morton Photonics Incorporation's patents?

Morton Photonics Incorporation's patents average 17.4 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 Morton Photonics Incorporation 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

Morton Photonics Incorporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 7 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Morton ranks #15,470 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 7 technology areas.

#15,470
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 37th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.2/100): 17.4
avg claims per patent: -27%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15470 · US Corporation #15,470 · 19 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,470/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Madrigal Pharmaceuti…
CPC-NARROW G02B · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -27% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (±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 Morton’s 31.2 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 10.3 pts (33%) Velocity 1.1 pts (4%) Breadth 9.4 pts (30%) Claim depth 10.4 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Morton Photonics… · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Morton's Innovation Score is 31.2/100 (37th 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 Morton?

Each dot is one of Morton’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). Morton’s own 17.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Morton's grants concentrate

Morton Photonics Incorporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 73.7% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Morton sits between Meta System S.p.A. and Magik Eye Inc..

Morton's three-year grant acceleration

Morton Photonics Incorporation shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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.

Meta System S p A

19
Miragen Therapeut…

19
Mocana

19
Moda-innochips

19
MSN Laboratories…

19
Murray AND Poole…

19
Madrigal Pharmace…

19
Magik Eye

19
Morton Photonics… ◀

19

What this shows Morton holds 19 patents at rank #15,450, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Morton

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,450 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Morton's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 37th percentile higher than 37% 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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Morton Photonics Incorporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	5.3%
2017	2	10.5%
2018	2	10.5%
2019	6	31.6%
2020	4	21.1%
2021	2	10.5%
2022	1	5.3%
2023	1	5.3%

Which technologies does Morton Photonics Incorporation patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 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 9

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 8

H04Q - Selecting 7

H04B - Transmission 7

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 6

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Morton Photonics Incorporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Morton Photonics Incorporation's lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 73.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #15,470 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Morton Photonics Incorporation against Meta System S.p.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.2/100 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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