Where does Nanoptics, Incorporated rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nanoptics, Incorporated ranks #29,549 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 Nanoptics, Incorporated hold?

Nanoptics, Incorporated holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Nanoptics, Incorporated's Innovation Score?

Nanoptics, Incorporated has an Innovation Score of 29.1 out of 100 (29th 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 Nanoptics, Incorporated focus on?

Nanoptics, Incorporated's top technology area is G01T (Measurement OF Nuclear OR X-radiation) with 9 patents, ranking #68 of 460 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nanoptics, Incorporated's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nanoptics, Incorporated's recent grant velocity is -87% 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 Nanoptics, Incorporated's patents?

Nanoptics, Incorporated's patents average 32.3 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 Nanoptics, Incorporated 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

Nanoptics, Incorporated

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: G01T (Measurement OF Nuclear OR X-radiation).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nanoptics ranks #29,549 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 3 technology areas.

#29,549
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 29th percentile
by Innovation Score (29.1/100): 32.3
avg claims per patent: -87%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R29549 · US Corporation #29,549 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #29,549/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nano-second Technology
CPC-NARROW G01T · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 32.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -87% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nano-second Technology Co., Ltd. (±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 Nanoptics’s 29.1 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 8.0 pts (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 6.1 pts (21%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (52%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Nanoptics Incorporated · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nanoptics's Innovation Score is 29.1/100 (29th 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 Nanoptics?

Each dot is one of Nanoptics’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). Nanoptics’s own 32.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Nanoptics's grants concentrate

Nanoptics, Incorporated is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G01T (Measurement OF Nuclear OR X-radiation). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Nanoptics sits between Nano-second Technology Co., Ltd. and Natreon, Inc..

Nano-second Techn…

9
Nanoear

9
Nanohive Medical

9
Nanophoton

9
Nantbioscience

9
National Institut…

9
Nationwide Indust…

9
Natreon

9
Nanoptics Incorpo… ◀

9

What this shows Nanoptics holds 9 patents at rank #29,515, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nanoptics

By rank, the assignees closest to #29,515 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01T (Measurement OF Nuclear OR X-radiation)

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

Nanoptics's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 29th percentile higher than 29% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Nanoptics, Incorporated patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	22.2%
2016	1	11.1%
2017	3	33.3%
2018	2	22.2%
2020	1	11.1%

Which technologies does Nanoptics, Incorporated patent most?

G01T - Measurement OF Nuclear OR X-radiation 9

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 8

G21K - Techniques FOR Handling Particles OR Ionising Radiation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Irradiation DEVICES; Gamma RAY OR X-ray Microscopes 7

Top 3 of 3 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

Nanoptics, Incorporated's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nanoptics, Incorporated's lead technology class is G01T (Measurement OF Nuclear OR X-radiation), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01T
Ranked #29,549 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nanoptics, Incorporated against Nano-second Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.1/100 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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