Where does Optos PLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Optos PLC ranks #5,177 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 Optos PLC hold?

Optos PLC holds 67 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Optos PLC's Innovation Score?

Optos PLC has an Innovation Score of 56.0 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Optos PLC focus on?

Optos PLC's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 59 patents, ranking #314 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is Optos PLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Optos PLC's recent grant velocity is +52% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Optos PLC's patents?

Optos PLC's patents average 19.4 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 Optos PLC 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

Optos PLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 67 granted patents across 15 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

RSS updates for this company

Explore the portfolio See the ranking

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Optos ranks #5,177 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 67 patents across 15 technology areas.

#5,177
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.0/100): 19.4
avg claims per patent: +52%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5177 · Foreign Corporation #5,177 · 67 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 67 grants
UPPER-Q #5,177/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Moen Incorporated
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 15 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +52% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Moen Incorporated (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bar-Ilan University · near

56
Optos · this assignee

56
SMR Patents S à r l · near

56
Universite DE… · near

56
Valeo Equipements… · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Optos's Innovation Score is 56.0/100 (top 6% 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.

Where Optos's grants concentrate

Optos PLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 88.1% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (13 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Optos sits between Moen Incorporated and SJ Semiconductor (Jiangyin) Corporation.

Optos's three-year grant acceleration

Optos PLC shows 29 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.

Moen Incorporated

67
NCS Multistage

67
National Universi…

67
Oncotherapy Scien…

67
Preh

67
Proterra

67
Shengyi Technology

67
SJ Semiconductor…

67
Optos ◀

67

What this shows Optos holds 67 patents at rank #5,177, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Optos

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,177 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Optos, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), Optos ranks #314 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

Universite DE Strasbourg 56 Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur 56 SMR Patents S.à.r.l. 56 Bar-Ilan University 56

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.4 here).

BRP US Inc. 19.4 avg Kofax, Inc. 19.4 avg Vonage Business Inc. 19.4 avg Cambridge Silicon Radio Limited 19.4 avg

Optos's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 6% higher than 94% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

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.

View data table

Optos PLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	4.5%
2016	4	6.0%
2017	5	7.5%
2018	5	7.5%
2019	6	9.0%
2020	1	1.5%
2021	5	7.5%
2022	5	7.5%
2023	13	19.4%
2024	11	16.4%
2025partial year	9	13.4%

Which technologies does Optos PLC patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 59

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 34

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 16

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 11

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 6

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 5

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 5

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 4

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 3

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 2

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 1

G02C - SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses 1

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 1

Top 15 of 15 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#5,177

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

56.0 out of 100

View all rankings →

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Optos PLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Optos PLC's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 88.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #5,177 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Optos PLC against Moen Incorporated, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.0/100 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

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.