Where does NKT Photonics A/S rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NKT Photonics A/S ranks #4,018 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 NKT Photonics A/S hold?

NKT Photonics A/S holds 90 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is NKT Photonics A/S's Innovation Score?

NKT Photonics A/S has an Innovation Score of 50.3 out of 100 (top 13% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does NKT Photonics A/S focus on?

NKT Photonics A/S's top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 70 patents. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

Is NKT Photonics A/S's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

NKT Photonics A/S's recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for NKT Photonics A/S's patents?

NKT Photonics A/S's patents average 21.2 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 NKT Photonics A/S 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

NKT Photonics A/S

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 90 granted patents across 16 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, NKT ranks #4,018 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 90 patents across 16 technology areas.

#4,018
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.3/100): 21.2
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4018 · Foreign Corporation #4,018 · 90 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 90 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,018/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH McKesson
CPC-FOCUS G02B · 16 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: McKesson 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Eberspächer Exhaust… · near

50
Kobayashi Pharmaceut… · near

50
Mapper Lithography… · near

50
NKT Photonics A/S · this assignee

50
Single Buoy Moorings · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows NKT's Innovation Score is 50.3/100 (top 13% 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.

Where NKT's grants concentrate

NKT Photonics A/S is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 77.8% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (15 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, NKT sits between Mirise Technologies Corporation and Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd..

NKT's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, NKT Photonics A/S moved from 28 to 33 grants (1.18x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Mirise

90
Mckesson

90
Musco

90
Nanjing Tech Univ…

90
Nuro

90
Pierburg Pump Tec…

90
Quanta Associates

90
Santen Pharmaceut…

90
NKT Photonics A/S ◀

90

What this shows NKT holds 90 patents at rank #4,018, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near NKT

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,018 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for NKT, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 50 Mapper Lithography IP B.V. 50 Single Buoy Moorings Inc. 50 Eberspächer Exhaust Technology GmbH 50

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (21.2 here).

Leap Motion, Inc. 21.2 avg BP Corporation North America Inc. 21.2 avg Analog Devices, Inc. 21.2 avg CreeLED, Inc. 21.2 avg

NKT's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 13% higher than 87% 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.

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NKT Photonics A/S patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	7.8%
2016	1	1.1%
2017	8	8.9%
2018	4	4.4%
2019	7	7.8%
2020	10	11.1%
2021	11	12.2%
2022	7	7.8%
2023	11	12.2%
2024	15	16.7%
2025partial year	9	10.0%

Which technologies does NKT Photonics A/S patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 70

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 54

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 44

C03B - Manufacture, Shaping, OR Supplementary Processes 22

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 16

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 15

C03C - Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other Materials 11

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 5

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 3

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 2

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 1

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 15 of 16 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#4,018

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

50.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

NKT Photonics A/S's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

NKT Photonics A/S's lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 77.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #4,018 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NKT Photonics A/S against Mirise Technologies Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.3/100 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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