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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ortronics, Inc. ranks #7,751 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 Ortronics, Inc. hold?

Ortronics, Inc. holds 42 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is Ortronics, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Ortronics, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 43.7 out of 100 (top 27% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Ortronics, Inc. focus on?

Ortronics, Inc.'s top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 22 patents, ranking #608 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

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

Ortronics, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -50% 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 Ortronics, Inc.'s patents?

Ortronics, Inc.'s patents average 17.5 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 Ortronics, 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

Ortronics, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 42 granted patents across 22 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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, Ortronics ranks #7,751 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 42 patents across 22 technology areas.

#7,751
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (43.7/100): 17.5
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7751 · US Corporation #7,751 · 42 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 42 grants
UPPER-Q #7,751/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Northwestern…
CPC-FOCUS G02B · 22 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Northwestern Polytechnical University (±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 Ortronics’s 43.7 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 13.0 pts (30%) Velocity 3.6 pts (8%) Breadth 16.6 pts (38%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Goji · near

44
Koolbridge Solar · near

44
Ortronics · this assignee

44
Synaptics Japan GK · near

44
Vlaamse Instelling… · near

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ortronics's Innovation Score is 43.7/100 (top 27% 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 Ortronics?

Each dot is one of Ortronics’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). Ortronics’s own 17.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Ortronics's grants concentrate

Ortronics, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 52.4% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (8 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2023. By volume, Ortronics sits between Northwestern Polytechnical University and Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS).

Ortronics's three-year grant acceleration

Ortronics, Inc. shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 13 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.

Northwestern Poly…

42
Osaka Prefecture…

42
Orbotech

42
Orthofix S R L

42
Ouraring

42
Overstock com

42
Peraso

42
Petroliam Nasiona…

42
Ortronics ◀

42

What this shows Ortronics holds 42 patents at rank #7,751, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ortronics

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,751 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Ortronics, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G02B (Optical Elements), Ortronics ranks #608 of 4,891 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

Goji Limited 44 Koolbridge Solar, Inc. 44 Synaptics Japan GK 44 Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek NV (VITO) 44

Ortronics's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 27% higher than 73% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Ortronics, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	9.5%
2016	5	11.9%
2017	8	19.0%
2018	5	11.9%
2019	6	14.3%
2020	7	16.7%
2022	5	11.9%
2023	2	4.8%

Which technologies does Ortronics, Inc. patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 22

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 18

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 15

H04Q - Selecting 11

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 11

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 9

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 6

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 2

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 2

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 1

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 1

E05D - Hinges OR Suspension Devices FOR Doors, Windows OR Wings 1

Top 15 of 22 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

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

Ortronics, Inc.'s lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 52.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #7,751 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ortronics, Inc. against Northwestern Polytechnical University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.7/100 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.