Where does Optelec Holding B.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Optelec Holding B.V. ranks #49,336 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 Optelec Holding B.V. hold?

Optelec Holding B.V. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2021, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Optelec Holding B.V.'s Innovation Score?

Optelec Holding B.V. has an Innovation Score of 25.3 out of 100 (17th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Optelec Holding B.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Optelec Holding B.V.'s recent grant velocity is +50% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Optelec Holding B.V.'s patents?

Optelec Holding B.V.'s patents average 20.0 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 Optelec Holding B.V. 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 Foreign Corporation

Optelec Holding B.V.

Q: What technology areas does Optelec Holding B.V. focus on?

Optelec Holding B.V.'s top technology area is G09B (Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams) with 5 patents, ranking #216 of 1,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2021. 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: G09B (Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Optelec ranks #49,336 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 4 technology areas.

#49,336
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 17th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.3/100): 20.0
avg claims per patent: +50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R49336 · Foreign Corporation #49,336 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #49,336/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Open World Entertain…
CPC-NARROW G09B · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Open World Entertainment 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 Optelec’s 25.3 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 6.2 pts (25%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.1 pts (28%) Claim depth 12.0 pts (47%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Optelec Holding B V · this assignee

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Optelec's Innovation Score is 25.3/100 (17th 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 Optelec?

Each dot is one of Optelec’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). Optelec’s own 20.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Optelec's grants concentrate

Optelec Holding B.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G09B (Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Optelec sits between Open World Entertainment LLC and Optic, Inc..

Open World Entert…

5
Opensynergy

5
Openvpn

5
Optcts

5
Opti-logic

5
Optiflow

5
Optikam Tech

5
Optic

5
Optelec Holding B… ◀

5

What this shows Optelec holds 5 patents at rank #49,391, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Optelec

By rank, the assignees closest to #49,391 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G09B (Educational OR Demonstration Appliances)

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

Optelec's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 17th percentile higher than 17% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2021

Grants by year

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

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Optelec Holding B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	20.0%
2018	1	20.0%
2021	3	60.0%

Which technologies does Optelec Holding B.V. patent most?

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 5

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

Top 4 of 4 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

Optelec Holding B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Optelec Holding B.V.'s lead technology class is G09B (Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G09B
Ranked #49,336 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Optelec Holding B.V. against Open World Entertainment LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 25.3/100 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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