Where does OTO Melara S.P.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), OTO Melara S.P.A. ranks #24,959 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 OTO Melara S.P.A. hold?

OTO Melara S.P.A. holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is OTO Melara S.P.A.'s Innovation Score?

OTO Melara S.P.A. has an Innovation Score of 24.2 out of 100 (14th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is OTO Melara S.P.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

OTO Melara S.P.A.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 OTO Melara S.P.A.'s patents?

OTO Melara S.P.A.'s patents average 8.4 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 OTO Melara S.P.A. 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

OTO Melara S.P.A.

Q: What technology areas does OTO Melara S.P.A. focus on?

OTO Melara S.P.A.'s top technology area is F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance) with 6 patents, ranking #106 of 374 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, OTO ranks #24,959 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 9 technology areas.

#24,959
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 14th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.2/100): 8.4
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24959 · Foreign Corporation #24,959 · 11 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,959/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ObsEva
CPC-NARROW F41A · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ObsEva S.A. (±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 OTO’s 24.2 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 8.6 pts (36%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.6 pts (44%) Claim depth 5.0 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
OTO Melara S P A · this assignee

24
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows OTO's Innovation Score is 24.2/100 (14th percentile 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 OTO?

Each dot is one of OTO’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). OTO’s own 8.4 claims/patent is at or below the 11.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where OTO's grants concentrate

OTO Melara S.P.A. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 54.5% of grants classified under F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, OTO sits between Orta Dogu Teknik Universitesi and Oculis Operations Sàrl.

Orta Dogu Teknik…

11
Osong Medical Inn…

11
Ossium Health

11
Otitopic

11
Otto Engineering

11
Outdoor Element

11
Obseva

11
Oculis Operations…

11
OTO Melara S P A ◀

11

What this shows OTO holds 11 patents at rank #24,927, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near OTO

By rank, the assignees closest to #24,927 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms A…)

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

OTO's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

24 14th percentile higher than 14% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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OTO Melara S.P.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	54.5%
2016	1	9.1%
2017	2	18.2%
2018	2	18.2%

Which technologies does OTO Melara S.P.A. patent most?

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 6

F41H - ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General 5

B60B - Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion 1

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 1

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 1

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 1

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 1

B63G - Offensive OR Defensive Arrangements ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; Aircraft Carriers 1

Top 9 of 9 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

OTO Melara S.P.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

OTO Melara S.P.A.'s lead technology class is F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance), 54.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F41A
Ranked #24,959 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare OTO Melara S.P.A. against Orta Dogu Teknik Universitesi, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.2/100 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

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