Where does Obsidian Sensors, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Obsidian Sensors, Inc. ranks #16,253 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 Obsidian Sensors, Inc. hold?

Obsidian Sensors, Inc. holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Obsidian Sensors, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Obsidian Sensors, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 55.1 out of 100 (top 7% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Obsidian Sensors, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +150% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Obsidian Sensors, Inc.'s patents?

Obsidian Sensors, Inc.'s patents average 18.8 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 Obsidian Sensors, 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

Obsidian Sensors, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Obsidian Sensors, Inc. focus on?

Obsidian Sensors, Inc.'s top technology area is B81C (Processes OR Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OR Treatment OF Microstructural Devices OR Systems) with 9 patents, ranking #45 of 314 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: B81C (Processes OR Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OR Treatment OF Microstructural Devices OR Systems).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Obsidian ranks #16,253 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 15 technology areas.

#16,253
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (55.1/100): 18.8
avg claims per patent: +150%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16253 · US Corporation #16,253 · 18 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,253/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ohkuchi Materials
CPC-FOCUS B81C · 15 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +150% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ohkuchi Materials 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 Obsidian’s 55.1 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 10.2 pts (18%) Velocity 20.0 pts (36%) Breadth 13.7 pts (25%) Claim depth 11.3 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Obsidian Sensors · this assignee

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Obsidian's Innovation Score is 55.1/100 (top 7% 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 Obsidian?

Each dot is one of Obsidian’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). Obsidian’s own 18.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Obsidian's grants concentrate

Obsidian Sensors, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under B81C (Processes OR Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OR Treatment OF Microstructural Devices OR Systems). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Obsidian sits between OTO Photonics Inc. and Oplink Communications, LLC.

Obsidian's three-year grant acceleration

Obsidian Sensors, Inc. shows 9 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

OTO Photonics

18
Ours Technology

18
Outinfutures

18
Overkiz

18
Ohkuchi Materials

18
On Time Staffing

18
Opentable

18
Oplink Communicat…

18
Obsidian Sensors ◀

18

What this shows Obsidian holds 18 patents at rank #16,259, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Obsidian

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,259 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B81C (Processes OR Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufact…)

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

Obsidian's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 Top 7% higher than 93% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Obsidian Sensors, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	2	11.1%
2019	2	11.1%
2020	1	5.6%
2022	2	11.1%
2023	3	16.7%
2024	4	22.2%
2025partial year	4	22.2%

Which technologies does Obsidian Sensors, Inc. patent most?

B81C - Processes OR Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OR Treatment OF Microstructural Devices OR Systems 9

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 8

B81B - Microstructural Devices OR Systems, e.g. Micromechanical Devices 8

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 7

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 3

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 3

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 2

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 2

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

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 1

Top 15 of 15 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

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

Obsidian Sensors, Inc.'s lead technology class is B81C (Processes OR Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OR Treatment OF Microstructural Devices OR Systems), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B81C
Ranked #16,253 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Obsidian Sensors, Inc. against OTO Photonics Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 55.1/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.