Where does Olympus America Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Olympus America Inc. ranks #14,185 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 Olympus America Inc. hold?

Olympus America Inc. holds 21 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2024, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Olympus America Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Olympus America Inc. has an Innovation Score of 37.2 out of 100 (top 44% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Olympus America Inc. focus on?

Olympus America Inc.'s top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 14 patents, ranking #1,082 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Olympus America Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Olympus America Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Olympus America Inc.'s patents?

Olympus America Inc.'s patents average 17.3 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 Olympus America 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

Olympus America Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 21 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2024. 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Olympus ranks #14,185 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 21 patents across 10 technology areas.

#14,185
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.2/100): 17.3
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14185 · US Corporation #14,185 · 21 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 21 grants
MID-PACK #14,185/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ogosport
CPC-FOCUS G01N · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2024 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ogosport LLC (±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 Olympus’s 37.2 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 10.7 pts (29%) Velocity 5.0 pts (13%) Breadth 11.2 pts (30%) Claim depth 10.4 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Olympus America · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Olympus's Innovation Score is 37.2/100 (top 44% 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 Olympus?

Each dot is one of Olympus’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). Olympus’s own 17.3 claims/patent is at or below the 17.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Olympus's grants concentrate

Olympus America Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (10 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Olympus sits between Opswat Inc. and OpenPeak LLC.

Olympus's three-year grant acceleration

Olympus America Inc. shows 9 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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.

Opswat

21
Origin Electric

21
Origin Research W…

21
Ogosport

21
Onq Solutions

21
Oned Material

21
Open Water Intern…

21
Openpeak

21
Olympus America ◀

21

What this shows Olympus holds 21 patents at rank #14,186, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Olympus

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,186 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

Olympus's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 44% higher than 56% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2024

Grants by year

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

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Olympus America Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	2	9.5%
2021	10	47.6%
2022	6	28.6%
2023	2	9.5%
2024	1	4.8%

Which technologies does Olympus America Inc. patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 14

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 5

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 4

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 3

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 1

G01T - Measurement OF Nuclear OR X-radiation 1

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 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

Olympus America Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Olympus America Inc.'s lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #14,185 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Olympus America Inc. against Opswat Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.2/100 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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