Where does Nanotronics Imaging, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nanotronics Imaging, Inc. ranks #3,021 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 Nanotronics Imaging, Inc. hold?

Nanotronics Imaging, Inc. holds 126 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 28 technology areas.

What is Nanotronics Imaging, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Nanotronics Imaging, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 61.0 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nanotronics Imaging, Inc. focus on?

Nanotronics Imaging, Inc.'s top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 39 patents, ranking #387 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 28 CPC subclasses total.

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

Nanotronics Imaging, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +538% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Nanotronics Imaging, Inc.'s patents?

Nanotronics Imaging, Inc.'s patents average 18.5 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 Nanotronics Imaging, 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

Nanotronics Imaging, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 126 granted patents across 28 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nanotronics ranks #3,021 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 126 patents across 28 technology areas.

#3,021
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.0/100): 18.5
avg claims per patent: +538%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3021 · US Corporation #3,021 · 126 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 126 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,021/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Keurig Green Mountain
CPC-FOCUS G02B · 28 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +538% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Keurig Green Mountain, 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 Nanotronics’s 61.0 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 16.7 pts (27%) Velocity 14.4 pts (24%) Breadth 18.7 pts (31%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cambridge Enterprise · near

61
FMR · near

61
GS Yuasa International · near

61
Nanotronics Imaging · this assignee

61
Faurecia Clarion · near

61
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nanotronics's Innovation Score is 61.0/100 (top 3% 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 Nanotronics?

Each dot is one of Nanotronics’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). Nanotronics’s own 18.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Nanotronics's grants concentrate

Nanotronics Imaging, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 28 CPC subclasses with 31% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (45 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Nanotronics sits between Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. and SUN Pharmaceutical Industries Limited.

Nanotronics's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Nanotronics Imaging, Inc. moved from 36 to 78 grants (2.17x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #177. See the growth leaderboard.

Keurig Green Moun…

126
L3harris

126
MX

126
NEC Laboratories…

126
Piolax

126
Pinterest

126
S&C Electric

126
SUN Pharmaceutica…

126
Nanotronics Imagi… ◀

126

What this shows Nanotronics holds 126 patents at rank #3,021, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nanotronics

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,021 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nanotronics, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G02B (Optical Elements), Nanotronics ranks #387 of 4,891 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

Cambridge Enterprise Limited 61 FMR LLC 61 GS Yuasa International Ltd. 61 Faurecia Clarion Electronics Co., Ltd. 61

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.5 here).

Omnissa, LLC 18.5 avg Young Optics Inc. 18.5 avg Spin Memory, Inc. 18.5 avg Walgreen Co. 18.5 avg

Nanotronics's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

61 Top 3% higher than 97% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

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

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Nanotronics Imaging, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	0.8%
2017	1	0.8%
2018	2	1.6%
2019	12	9.5%
2020	7	5.6%
2021	17	13.5%
2022	9	7.1%
2023	24	19.0%
2024	45	35.7%
2025partial year	8	6.3%

Which technologies does Nanotronics Imaging, Inc. patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 39

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 39

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 37

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 37

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 32

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 26

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 26

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 20

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 16

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 7

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 7

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 6

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 6

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 5

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 5

Top 15 of 28 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

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

Nanotronics Imaging, Inc.'s lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 31% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #3,021 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nanotronics Imaging, Inc. against Keurig Green Mountain, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.0/100 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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