Where does Ocean Optics, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ocean Optics, Inc. ranks #20,184 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 Ocean Optics, Inc. hold?

Ocean Optics, Inc. holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Ocean Optics, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Ocean Optics, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 24.9 out of 100 (16th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Ocean Optics, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ocean Optics, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -56% 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 Ocean Optics, Inc.'s patents?

Ocean Optics, Inc.'s patents average 7.2 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 Ocean Optics, 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

Ocean Optics, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Ocean Optics, Inc. focus on?

Ocean Optics, Inc.'s top technology area is G01J (Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry) with 6 patents, ranking #226 of 1,478 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: G01J (Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ocean ranks #20,184 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 10 technology areas.

#20,184
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 16th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.9/100): 7.2
avg claims per patent: -56%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20184 · US Corporation #20,184 · 14 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,184/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH OAV Equipment AND…
CPC-FOCUS G01J · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.9/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -56% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: OAV Equipment AND Tools, 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 Ocean’s 24.9 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 9.4 pts (38%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.2 pts (45%) Claim depth 4.3 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ocean Optics · this assignee

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ocean's Innovation Score is 24.9/100 (16th 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 Ocean?

Each dot is one of Ocean’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). Ocean’s own 7.2 claims/patent is at or below the 8.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Ocean's grants concentrate

Ocean Optics, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 42.9% of grants classified under G01J (Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Ocean sits between OAV Equipment AND Tools, Inc. and Oil-dri Corporation OF America.

OAV Equipment AND…

14
Ober ALP S P A

14
Oblamatik

14
Obschestvo S Ogra…

14
Octopus Energy He…

14
Ogura Clutch

14
OIL Crops Researc…

14
Oil-dri OF America

14
Ocean Optics ◀

14

What this shows Ocean holds 14 patents at rank #20,182, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ocean

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,182 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01J (Measurement OF Intensity)

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

Ocean's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 16th percentile higher than 16% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Ocean Optics, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	3	21.4%
2018	3	21.4%
2019	3	21.4%
2020	1	7.1%
2021	3	21.4%
2025partial year	1	7.1%

Which technologies does Ocean Optics, Inc. patent most?

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 6

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 4

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 1

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 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

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

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 1

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 1

Top 10 of 10 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

Ocean Optics, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ocean Optics, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01J (Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry), 42.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01J
Ranked #20,184 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ocean Optics, Inc. against OAV Equipment AND Tools, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.9/100 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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