Where does Optum, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Optum, Inc. ranks #1,987 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 Optum, Inc. hold?

Optum, Inc. holds 202 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is Optum, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Optum, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 64.2 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Optum, Inc. focus on?

Optum, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 129 patents. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

Is Optum, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Optum, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +297% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Optum, Inc.'s patents?

Optum, Inc.'s patents average 16.7 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 Optum, Inc. 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 US Corporation

Optum, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 202 granted patents across 20 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Optum ranks #1,987 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 202 patents across 20 technology areas.

#1,987
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (64.2/100): 16.7
avg claims per patent: +297%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1987 · US Corporation #1,987 · 202 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 202 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,987/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hongfujin Precision…
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 20 areas
INNOV-STRONG 64.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +297% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hongfujin Precision Industry (WUHAN) Co., Ltd. (±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
Sharp Display… · near

64
Toyota Connected… · near

64
Optum · this assignee

64
Hill-Rom Services · near

64
Hisense Visual… · near

64
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Optum's Innovation Score is 64.2/100 (top 2% 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 Optum's grants concentrate

Optum, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 63.9% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (43 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Optum sits between Hongfujin Precision Industry (WUHAN) Co., Ltd. and Intervet Inc..

Optum's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Optum, Inc. moved from 32 to 100 grants (3.13x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #77. See the growth leaderboard.

Hongfujin Precisi…

202
Invue Security Pr…

202
Indian Oil

202
Kawasaki Motors

202
Tokuyama

202
Optum ◀

202
Department OF Vet…

201
Enseo

201
Intervet

201

What this shows Optum holds 202 patents at rank #1,987, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Optum

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,987 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Optum, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (64 here).

Hill-Rom Services, Inc. 64 Toyota Connected North America, Inc. 64 Sharp Display Technology Corporation 64 Hisense Visual Technology Co., Ltd. 64

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.7 here).

Go Daddy Operating Company, LLC 16.7 avg Acacia Communications, Inc. 16.7 avg Sercel, Inc 16.7 avg Steelcase Inc. 16.7 avg

Optum's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

64 Top 2% higher than 98% 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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Optum, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	0.5%
2016	19	9.4%
2017	5	2.5%
2018	2	1.0%
2019	5	2.5%
2020	10	5.0%
2021	17	8.4%
2022	23	11.4%
2023	43	21.3%
2024	34	16.8%
2025partial year	43	21.3%

Which technologies does Optum, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 129

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 66

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 57

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 34

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 25

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 17

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 12

H04M - Telephonic Communication 11

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 9

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 6

G16Z - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Specific Application Fields, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 3

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

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

Top 15 of 20 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,987

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

64.2 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Optum, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Optum, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 63.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #1,987 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Optum, Inc. against Hongfujin Precision Industry (WUHAN) Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 64.2/100 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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