Where does Onicon Incorporated rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Onicon Incorporated ranks #21,555 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 Onicon Incorporated hold?

Onicon Incorporated holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Onicon Incorporated's Innovation Score?

Onicon Incorporated has an Innovation Score of 43.0 out of 100 (top 29% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Onicon Incorporated focus on?

Onicon Incorporated's top technology area is G01F (Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume) with 13 patents, ranking #63 of 1,205 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is Onicon Incorporated's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Onicon Incorporated's recent grant velocity is +40% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Onicon Incorporated's patents?

Onicon Incorporated's patents average 18.5 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 Onicon Incorporated 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

Onicon Incorporated

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 3 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: G01F (Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Onicon ranks #21,555 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 3 technology areas.

#21,555
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 29%
by Innovation Score (43.0/100): 18.5
avg claims per patent: +40%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21555 · US Corporation #21,555 · 13 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,555/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH OcuJect
CPC-NARROW G01F · 3 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +40% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: OcuJect, 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 Onicon’s 43.0 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 9.1 pts (21%) Velocity 16.7 pts (39%) Breadth 6.1 pts (14%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Onicon Incorporated · this assignee

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Onicon's Innovation Score is 43.0/100 (top 29% 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 Onicon?

Each dot is one of Onicon’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). Onicon’s own 18.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Onicon's grants concentrate

Onicon Incorporated is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G01F (Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Onicon sits between OcuJect, LLC and Opterus Research and Development, Inc..

Onicon's three-year grant acceleration

Onicon Incorporated shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

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13

What this shows Onicon holds 13 patents at rank #21,560, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Onicon

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,560 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01F (Measuring Volume)

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

Onicon's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 29% higher than 71% 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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Onicon Incorporated patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	7.7%
2016	2	15.4%
2017	1	7.7%
2018	1	7.7%
2020	1	7.7%
2021	1	7.7%
2022	2	15.4%
2023	1	7.7%
2024	2	15.4%
2025partial year	1	7.7%

Which technologies does Onicon Incorporated patent most?

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 13

F15D - Fluid Dynamics, i.e. Methods OR Means FOR Influencing THE Flow OF Gases OR Liquids 3

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 1

Top 3 of 3 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

Onicon Incorporated's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Onicon Incorporated's lead technology class is G01F (Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01F
Ranked #21,555 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Onicon Incorporated against OcuJect, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.0/100 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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