Where does Optotune AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Optotune AG ranks #18,983 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 Optotune AG hold?

Optotune AG holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Optotune AG's Innovation Score?

Optotune AG has an Innovation Score of 40.5 out of 100 (top 36% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Optotune AG focus on?

Optotune AG's top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 14 patents, ranking #859 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is Optotune AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Optotune AG's recent grant velocity is +80% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Optotune AG's patents?

Optotune AG's patents average 24.5 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 Optotune AG 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

Optotune AG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Optotune ranks #18,983 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 15 technology areas.

#18,983
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.5/100): 24.5
avg claims per patent: +80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18983 · Foreign Corporation #18,983 · 15 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,983/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH OneSpan North America
CPC-FOCUS G02B · 15 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: OneSpan North America 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 Optotune’s 40.5 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 9.6 pts (24%) Velocity 2.5 pts (6%) Breadth 13.7 pts (34%) Claim depth 14.7 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Optotune · this assignee

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Optotune's Innovation Score is 40.5/100 (top 36% 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 Optotune?

Each dot is one of Optotune’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). Optotune’s own 24.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Optotune's grants concentrate

Optotune AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 93.3% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Optotune sits between OneSpan North America Inc. and Otter.ai, Inc..

Optotune's three-year grant acceleration

Optotune AG shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Onespan North Ame…

15
Openhydro IP

15
Optipulse

15
Optimum Energy

15
Orbis Intelligent…

15
Orbsen Therapeuti…

15
Otago Innovation

15
Otter ai

15
Optotune ◀

15

What this shows Optotune holds 15 patents at rank #18,984, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Optotune

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,984 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Optotune's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 36% higher than 64% 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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Optotune AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	13.3%
2017	1	6.7%
2019	2	13.3%
2020	5	33.3%
2021	1	6.7%
2022	1	6.7%
2023	1	6.7%
2024	1	6.7%
2025partial year	1	6.7%

Which technologies does Optotune AG patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 14

G02C - SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses 5

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 2

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 1

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 1

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 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

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 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

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

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

F21K - Non-electric Light Sources Using LUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using Charges OF Combustible MATERIAL; Light Sources Using Semiconductor Devices AS Light-generating ELEMENTS; Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 1

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 15 of 15 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

Optotune AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Optotune AG's lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 93.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #18,983 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Optotune AG against OneSpan North America Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.5/100 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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