Where does Optotech Optikmaschinen GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Optotech Optikmaschinen GMBH ranks #21,561 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 Optotech Optikmaschinen GMBH hold?

Optotech Optikmaschinen GMBH holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Optotech Optikmaschinen GMBH's Innovation Score?

Optotech Optikmaschinen GMBH has an Innovation Score of 33.3 out of 100 (44th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Optotech Optikmaschinen GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Optotech Optikmaschinen GMBH's recent grant velocity is -67% 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 Optotech Optikmaschinen GMBH's patents?

Optotech Optikmaschinen GMBH's patents average 14.2 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 Optotech Optikmaschinen GMBH 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

Optotech Optikmaschinen GMBH

Q: What technology areas does Optotech Optikmaschinen GMBH focus on?

Optotech Optikmaschinen GMBH's top technology area is B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents) with 8 patents, ranking #70 of 468 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 10 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: B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Optotech ranks #21,561 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 10 technology areas.

#21,561
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 44th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.3/100): 14.2
avg claims per patent: -67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21561 · Foreign Corporation #21,561 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,561/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH OK International
CPC-FOCUS B24B · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: OK International, Inc. (±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 Optotech’s 33.3 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 9.1 pts (27%) Velocity 4.4 pts (13%) Breadth 11.2 pts (34%) Claim depth 8.5 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Optotech Optikmaschi… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Optotech's Innovation Score is 33.3/100 (44th 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 Optotech?

Each dot is one of Optotech’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). Optotech’s own 14.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Optotech's grants concentrate

Optotech Optikmaschinen GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 61.5% of grants classified under B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Optotech sits between OK International, Inc. and Osaka Organic Chemical Industry Co., Ltd..

Optotech's three-year grant acceleration

Optotech Optikmaschinen GMBH shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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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What this shows Optotech holds 13 patents at rank #21,549, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Optotech

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,549 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B24B (Machines)

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

Optotech's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 44th percentile higher than 44% 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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Optotech Optikmaschinen GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	15.4%
2016	1	7.7%
2017	2	15.4%
2018	2	15.4%
2019	2	15.4%
2020	1	7.7%
2023	1	7.7%
2024	1	7.7%
2025partial year	1	7.7%

Which technologies does Optotech Optikmaschinen GMBH patent most?

B24B - Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents 8

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 6

B23B - TURNING; Boring 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

G02C - SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses 3

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 1

B23C - Milling 1

Top 10 of 10 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

Optotech Optikmaschinen GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Optotech Optikmaschinen GMBH's lead technology class is B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents), 61.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B24B
Ranked #21,561 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Optotech Optikmaschinen GMBH against OK International, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.3/100 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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