Where does Otto Engineering, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Otto Engineering, Inc. ranks #24,960 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 Otto Engineering, Inc. hold?

Otto Engineering, Inc. holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Otto Engineering, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Otto Engineering, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 43.8 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%).

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

Otto Engineering, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -17% 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 Otto Engineering, Inc.'s patents?

Otto Engineering, Inc.'s patents average 11.0 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 Otto Engineering, 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

Otto Engineering, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Otto Engineering, Inc. focus on?

Otto Engineering, Inc.'s top technology area is H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems) with 4 patents, ranking #536 of 1,513 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 6 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: H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Otto ranks #24,960 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 6 technology areas.

#24,960
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (43.8/100): 11.0
avg claims per patent: -17%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24960 · US Corporation #24,960 · 11 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,960/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ObsEva
CPC-NARROW H04R · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.8/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -17% 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 Otto’s 43.8 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 (20%) Velocity 20.0 pts (46%) Breadth 8.7 pts (20%) Claim depth 6.6 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Otto Engineering · this assignee

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Otto's Innovation Score is 43.8/100 (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 Otto?

Each dot is one of Otto’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). Otto’s own 11.0 claims/patent is at or below the 16.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Otto's grants concentrate

Otto Engineering, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 36.4% of grants classified under H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Otto sits between Osong Medical Innovation Foundation and Ocuphire Pharma, Inc..

Otto's three-year grant acceleration

Otto Engineering, Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Osong Medical Inn…

11
Ossium Health

11
Otitopic

11
OTO Melara S P A

11
Outdoor Element

11
Obseva

11
Oculis Operations…

11
Ocuphire Pharma

11
Otto Engineering ◀

11

What this shows Otto holds 11 patents at rank #24,928, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Otto

By rank, the assignees closest to #24,928 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04R (Loudspeakers)

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

Otto'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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Otto Engineering, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	27.3%
2016	2	18.2%
2018	1	9.1%
2021	1	9.1%
2022	1	9.1%
2023	3	27.3%

Which technologies does Otto Engineering, Inc. patent most?

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 4

H04S - Stereophonic Systems 3

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 2

G05G - Control Devices OR Systems Insofar AS Characterised BY Mechanical Features Only 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

Top 6 of 6 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

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

Otto Engineering, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems), 36.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04R
Ranked #24,960 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Otto Engineering, Inc. against Osong Medical Innovation Foundation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.8/100 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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