Where does OWL Labs Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), OWL Labs Inc. ranks #42,203 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 OWL Labs Inc. hold?

OWL Labs Inc. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2023, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is OWL Labs Inc.'s Innovation Score?

OWL Labs Inc. has an Innovation Score of 39.7 out of 100 (top 37% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does OWL Labs Inc. focus on?

OWL Labs Inc.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 4 patents, ranking #2,514 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is OWL Labs Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

OWL Labs Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +400% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for OWL Labs Inc.'s patents?

OWL Labs Inc.'s patents average 23.8 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 OWL Labs 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

OWL Labs Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2023. 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, OWL ranks #42,203 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 6 technology areas.

#42,203
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 37%
by Innovation Score (39.7/100): 23.8
avg claims per patent: +400%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R42203 · US Corporation #42,203 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #42,203/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Oakworks
CPC-NARROW H04N · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +400% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Oakworks, Inc. (±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 OWL’s 39.7 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 6.7 pts (17%) Velocity 10.0 pts (25%) Breadth 8.7 pts (22%) Claim depth 14.3 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
OWL Labs · this assignee

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows OWL's Innovation Score is 39.7/100 (top 37% 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 OWL?

Each dot is one of OWL’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). OWL’s own 23.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where OWL's grants concentrate

OWL Labs Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, OWL sits between Outsight and Oakworks, Inc..

OWL's three-year grant acceleration

OWL Labs Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Outsight

6
Ovard

6
Owkin France SAS

6
Owkin

6
Oxiscience

6
Oyster Optics

6
OZK

6
Oakworks

6
OWL Labs ◀

6

What this shows OWL holds 6 patents at rank #42,111, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near OWL

By rank, the assignees closest to #42,111 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

OWL's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 37% higher than 63% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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OWL Labs Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	16.7%
2020	1	16.7%
2021	1	16.7%
2022	1	16.7%
2023	2	33.3%

Which technologies does OWL Labs Inc. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 4

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

OWL Labs Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

OWL Labs Inc.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #42,203 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare OWL Labs Inc. against Outsight, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.7/100 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.