Where does Optovate Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Optovate Limited ranks #14,835 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 Optovate Limited hold?

Optovate Limited holds 20 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Optovate Limited's Innovation Score?

Optovate Limited has an Innovation Score of 45.0 out of 100 (top 24% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Optovate Limited focus on?

Optovate Limited's top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 18 patents, ranking #717 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is Optovate Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Optovate Limited's recent grant velocity is +133% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Optovate Limited's patents?

Optovate Limited's patents average 25.3 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 Optovate Limited 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

Optovate Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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, Optovate ranks #14,835 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 15 technology areas.

#14,835
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 24%
by Innovation Score (45.0/100): 25.3
avg claims per patent: +133%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14835 · Foreign Corporation #14,835 · 20 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 20 grants
MID-PACK #14,835/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ocera Therapeutics
CPC-FOCUS G02B · 15 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 25.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +133% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ocera Therapeutics, 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 Optovate’s 45.0 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 10.5 pts (23%) Velocity 5.8 pts (13%) Breadth 13.7 pts (30%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Optovate · this assignee

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Optovate's Innovation Score is 45.0/100 (top 24% 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 Optovate?

Each dot is one of Optovate’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). Optovate’s own 25.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Optovate's grants concentrate

Optovate Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 90% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Optovate sits between Ocera Therapeutics, Inc. and Owl biomedical, Inc..

Optovate's three-year grant acceleration

Optovate Limited shows 7 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.

Ocera Therapeutics

20
Olin

20
Omega (Omega )(Om…

20
Oneida Air Systems

20
Ostomycure AS

20
Otonexus Medical

20
Otsuka Medical De…

20
Owl biomedical

20
Optovate ◀

20

What this shows Optovate holds 20 patents at rank #14,832, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Optovate

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,832 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Optovate's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 24% higher than 76% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Optovate Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	20.0%
2017	1	5.0%
2019	1	5.0%
2020	6	30.0%
2021	1	5.0%
2022	2	10.0%
2023	2	10.0%
2024	3	15.0%

Which technologies does Optovate Limited patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 18

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 17

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 16

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 16

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 14

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 14

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 14

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 12

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 12

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 1

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 1

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 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

Optovate Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Optovate Limited's lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 90% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #14,835 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Optovate Limited against Ocera Therapeutics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.0/100 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

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