Where does Onto Innovation Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Onto Innovation Inc. ranks #7,315 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 Onto Innovation Inc. hold?

Onto Innovation Inc. holds 45 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is Onto Innovation Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Onto Innovation Inc. has an Innovation Score of 55.8 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%).

What technology areas does Onto Innovation Inc. focus on?

Onto Innovation Inc.'s top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 26 patents, ranking #569 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

Is Onto Innovation Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Onto Innovation Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Onto Innovation Inc.'s patents?

Onto Innovation Inc.'s patents average 25.0 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 Onto Innovation 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

Onto Innovation Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 45 granted patents across 21 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Onto ranks #7,315 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 45 patents across 21 technology areas.

#7,315
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (55.8/100): 25.0
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7315 · US Corporation #7,315 · 45 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 45 grants
UPPER-Q #7,315/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Neo Wireless
CPC-FOCUS G01N · 21 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 25.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Neo Wireless 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 Onto’s 55.8 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 13.2 pts (24%) Velocity 11.4 pts (20%) Breadth 16.2 pts (29%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Halo Microelectronic… · near

56
Dresser · near

56
Hosiden · near

56
Mythical · near

56
Onto Innovation · this assignee

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Onto's Innovation Score is 55.8/100 (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 Onto?

Each dot is one of Onto’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). Onto’s own 25.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Onto's grants concentrate

Onto Innovation Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 57.8% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (10 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2023. By volume, Onto sits between Novaliq GMBH and Reynolds Consumer Products LLC.

Onto's three-year grant acceleration

Onto Innovation Inc. shows 24 grants in 2022–2024 against only 14 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.

Novaliq

45
Neo Wireless

45
Oneplus Technolog…

45
Opower

45
Paul Hartmann

45
Polyplus Battery

45
Precision Bioscie…

45
Reynolds Consumer…

45
Onto Innovation ◀

45

What this shows Onto holds 45 patents at rank #7,313, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Onto

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,313 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Onto, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), Onto ranks #569 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

Dresser, LLC 56 Mythical, Inc. 56 Hosiden Corporation 56 Halo Microelectronics International 56

Onto's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 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 · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Onto Innovation Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	6	13.3%
2021	8	17.8%
2022	10	22.2%
2023	5	11.1%
2024	9	20.0%
2025partial year	7	15.6%

Which technologies does Onto Innovation Inc. patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 26

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 18

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 14

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; 10

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 7

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 6

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 5

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 5

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 2

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 2

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 1

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 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

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 1

Top 15 of 21 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

Onto Innovation Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Onto Innovation Inc.'s lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 57.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #7,315 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Onto Innovation Inc. against Novaliq GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 55.8/100 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.