Where does Philips Photonics GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Philips Photonics GMBH ranks #36,962 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 Philips Photonics GMBH hold?

Philips Photonics GMBH holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2019, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Philips Photonics GMBH's Innovation Score?

Philips Photonics GMBH has an Innovation Score of 28.8 out of 100 (28th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Philips Photonics GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Philips Photonics GMBH'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 Philips Photonics GMBH's patents?

Philips Photonics GMBH's patents average 14.7 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 Philips Photonics 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

Philips Photonics GMBH

Q: What technology areas does Philips Photonics GMBH focus on?

Philips Photonics GMBH's top technology area is H01S (Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical) with 6 patents. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2019. 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: H01S (Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Philips ranks #36,962 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 13 technology areas.

#36,962
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 28th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.8/100): 14.7
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36962 · Foreign Corporation #36,962 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,962/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Pevco Systems…
CPC-FOCUS H01S · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Pevco Systems International 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Stone Lock Global · near

29
New Audio · near

29
Panaya · near

29
Philips Photonics · this assignee

29
Shanghai Allist… · near

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Philips's Innovation Score is 28.8/100 (28th 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.

Where Philips's grants concentrate

Philips Photonics GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 85.7% of grants classified under H01S (Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges). By volume, Philips sits between Pevco Systems International Inc. and Phytoplant Research S.L..

Pevco Systems Int…

7
PF Consumer Healt…

7
PFG IP

7
Pharmaleads

7
Photocentric

7
Photoscience Japan

7
Phraxis

7
Phytoplant Resear…

7
Philips Photonics ◀

7

What this shows Philips holds 7 patents at rank #36,900, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Philips

By rank, the assignees closest to #36,900 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01S (Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimu…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Philips, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (29 here).

Shanghai Allist Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. 29 Panaya Ltd. 29 New Audio LLC 29 Stone Lock Global, Inc. 29

Philips's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 28th percentile higher than 28% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Philips Photonics GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	7	100.0%

Which technologies does Philips Photonics GMBH patent most?

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 6

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 3

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 3

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 1

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 1

G03G - ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; Magnetography 1

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 1

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 1

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

Top 13 of 13 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#36,962

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

28.8 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Philips Photonics GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Philips Photonics GMBH's lead technology class is H01S (Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges), 85.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01S
Ranked #36,962 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Philips Photonics GMBH against Pevco Systems International Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.8/100 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

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