Where does Osram GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Osram GmbH ranks #733 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 Osram GmbH hold?

Osram GmbH holds 622 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 101 technology areas.

What is Osram GmbH's Innovation Score?

Osram GmbH has an Innovation Score of 56.9 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Osram GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Osram GmbH's recent grant velocity is -79% 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 Osram GmbH's patents?

Osram GmbH's patents average 13.4 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 Osram 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

Osram GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Osram GmbH focus on?

Osram GmbH's top technology area is F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 274 patents, ranking #6 of 1,842 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 101 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 622 granted patents across 101 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: F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Osram ranks #733 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 622 patents across 101 technology areas.

#733
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.9/100): 13.4
avg claims per patent: -79%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R733 · Foreign Corporation #733 · 622 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 622 grants
TOP-DECILE #733/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Helen OF Troy
CPC-WIDE F21V · 101 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -79% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Helen OF Troy Limited (±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 Osram’s 56.9 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 22.2 pts (39%) Velocity 1.7 pts (3%) Breadth 25.0 pts (44%) Claim depth 8.0 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Institute of… · near

57
Lite-on (GUANGZHOU) · near

57
Osram · this assignee

57
Evonik Degussa · near

57
Oceaneering… · near

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Osram's Innovation Score is 56.9/100 (top 6% 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 Osram?

Each dot is one of Osram’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). Osram’s own 13.4 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.

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

How Osram's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Osram GmbH received 106 grants versus 509 in 2015–2019 (-79% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2016 at 133 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 8. Lead class F21V accounts for 44.1% of the portfolio across 101 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Inventio AG (#729) and Semes Co., Ltd. (#737).

Osram's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Osram GmbH moved from 165 to 42 grants (0.26x 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 #3,037. See the growth leaderboard.

Inventio

623
Siemens Medical S…

623
Helen OF Troy

622
King Saud Univers…

622
Osram ◀

622
Baxter Internatio…

620
Siemens Energy Gl…

620
Hitachi Kokusai E…

618
Semes

618

What this shows Osram holds 622 patents at rank #733, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Osram

By rank, the assignees closest to #733 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Sys…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Osram, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Sys…), Osram ranks #6 of 1,842 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

Lite-on Electronics (GUANGZHOU) Limited 57 Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences 57 Evonik Degussa GMBH 57 Oceaneering International, Inc. 57

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.4 here).

Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd. 13.4 avg Dreamwell, Ltd. 13.4 avg Chimei Corporation 13.4 avg Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 13.4 avg

Osram's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 6% higher than 94% 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.

View data table

Osram GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	114	18.3%
2016	133	21.4%
2017	96	15.4%
2018	65	10.5%
2019	101	16.2%
2020	32	5.1%
2021	32	5.1%
2022	24	3.9%
2023	10	1.6%
2024	8	1.3%
2025partial year	7	1.1%

Which technologies does Osram GmbH patent most?

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 274

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 247

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 169

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 167

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 140

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 90

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 82

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 72

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 63

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 47

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 41

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 40

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 36

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 35

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 30

Top 15 of 101 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

Osram GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Osram GmbH's lead technology class is F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 44.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21V
Ranked #733 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Osram GmbH against Inventio AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.9/100 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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