Where does OmniVision Technologies, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), OmniVision Technologies, Inc. ranks #498 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 OmniVision Technologies, Inc. hold?

OmniVision Technologies, Inc. holds 897 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 71 technology areas.

What is OmniVision Technologies, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

OmniVision Technologies, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 66.1 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does OmniVision Technologies, Inc. focus on?

OmniVision Technologies, Inc.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 471 patents, ranking #64 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 71 CPC subclasses total.

Is OmniVision Technologies, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

OmniVision Technologies, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -32% 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 OmniVision Technologies, Inc.'s patents?

OmniVision Technologies, Inc.'s patents average 18.4 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 OmniVision Technologies, 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

OmniVision Technologies, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 897 granted patents across 71 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Omnivision ranks #498 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 897 patents across 71 technology areas.

#498
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (66.1/100): 18.4
avg claims per patent: -32%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R498 · US Corporation #498 · 897 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 897 grants
TOP-DECILE #498/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Globalfoundries U S
CPC-WIDE H04N · 71 areas
INNOV-STRONG 66.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -32% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Globalfoundries U.S. Inc. (±1 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 Omnivision’s 66.1 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 23.5 pts (36%) Velocity 6.5 pts (10%) Breadth 25.0 pts (38%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Wisconsin Alumni… · near

66
OmniVision · this assignee

66
Varian Medical Systems · near

66
The Trustees of the… · near

66
Howmedica Osteonics · near

66
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Omnivision's Innovation Score is 66.1/100 (top 1% 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 Omnivision?

Each dot is one of Omnivision’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). Omnivision’s own 18.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Omnivision's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, OmniVision Technologies, Inc. received 336 grants versus 497 in 2015–2019 (-32% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2016 at 119 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 57. Lead class H04N accounts for 52.5% of the portfolio across 71 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (#494) and Nissan North America, Inc. (#502).

Omnivision's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, OmniVision Technologies, Inc. moved from 215 to 210 grants (0.98x 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 #1,242. See the growth leaderboard.

Idemitsu Kosan

905
Dolby Internation…

903
Koito Manufacturi…

902
BAE Systems Infor…

900
Omnivision ◀

897
Globalfoundries U…

896
Arkema France

892
Illumina

890
Nissan North Amer…

890

What this shows OmniVision holds 897 patents at rank #498, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near OmniVision

By rank, the assignees closest to #498 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for OmniVision, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04N (Pictorial Communication), OmniVision ranks #64 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (66 here).

Varian Medical Systems, Inc. 66 The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania 66 Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation 66 Howmedica Osteonics Corp. 66

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.4 here).

American Regent, Inc. 18.4 avg Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH & Co. KG 18.4 avg Cambrios Film Solutons Corporation 18.4 avg iRhythm Technologies, Inc. 18.4 avg

Omnivision's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

66 Top 1% higher than 99% 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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OmniVision Technologies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	77	8.6%
2016	119	13.3%
2017	105	11.7%
2018	107	11.9%
2019	89	9.9%
2020	62	6.9%
2021	64	7.1%
2022	79	8.8%
2023	74	8.2%
2024	57	6.4%
2025partial year	64	7.1%

Which technologies does OmniVision Technologies, Inc. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 471

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 452

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 118

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 67

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 45

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 43

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 39

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 36

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 31

H03K - Pulse Technique 31

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 29

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 27

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 26

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 19

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 18

Top 15 of 71 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

OmniVision Technologies, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

OmniVision Technologies, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 52.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #498 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare OmniVision Technologies, Inc. against Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 66.1/100 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

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