Where does Physical Optics Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Physical Optics Corporation ranks #9,844 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 Physical Optics Corporation hold?

Physical Optics Corporation holds 32 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 25 technology areas.

What is Physical Optics Corporation's Innovation Score?

Physical Optics Corporation has an Innovation Score of 38.8 out of 100 (top 40% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Physical Optics Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Physical Optics Corporation's recent grant velocity is -90% 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 Physical Optics Corporation's patents?

Physical Optics Corporation's patents average 13.3 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 Physical Optics Corporation 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

Physical Optics Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Physical Optics Corporation focus on?

Physical Optics Corporation's top technology area is 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) with 6 patents, ranking #850 of 3,153 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 25 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 32 granted patents across 25 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: 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 Arra).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

RSS updates for this company

Explore the portfolio See the ranking

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Physical ranks #9,844 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 32 patents across 25 technology areas.

#9,844
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 40%
by Innovation Score (38.8/100): 13.3
avg claims per patent: -90%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9844 · US Corporation #9,844 · 32 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 32 grants
UPPER-Q #9,844/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH New BIS Safe Luxco…
CPC-FOCUS G01S · 25 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -90% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: New BIS Safe Luxco S.à r.l (±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 Physical’s 38.8 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 12.1 pts (31%) Velocity 1.1 pts (3%) Breadth 17.7 pts (46%) Claim depth 8.0 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Boral IP Holdings… · near

39
Fondazione Telethon · near

39
Hemanext · near

39
Physical Optics · this assignee

39
Valeo Iluminacion · near

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Physical's Innovation Score is 38.8/100 (top 40% 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 Physical?

Each dot is one of Physical’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). Physical’s own 13.3 claims/patent is at or below the 16.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Physical's grants concentrate

Physical Optics Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 25 CPC subclasses with 18.8% of grants classified under 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 Arra). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Physical sits between New BIS Safe Luxco S.à r.l and Paper Converting Machine Company.

Physical's three-year grant acceleration

Physical Optics Corporation shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

New BIS Safe Luxc…

32
New Relic

32
Ogio International

32
Orthopediatrics

32
Piamond

32
POE Lang Enterpri…

32
Purelifi

32
Paper Converting…

32
Physical Optics ◀

32

What this shows Physical holds 32 patents at rank #9,839, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Physical

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,839 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01S (Radio Direction-finding)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Physical, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01S (Radio Direction-finding), Physical ranks #850 of 3,153 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

Fondazione Telethon 39 Boral IP Holdings (AUSTRALIA) PTY Limited 39 Valeo Iluminacion 39 Hemanext Inc. 39

Physical's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 40% higher than 60% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

View data table

Physical Optics Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	9	28.1%
2016	6	18.8%
2017	9	28.1%
2018	1	3.1%
2019	4	12.5%
2020	2	6.3%
2022	1	3.1%

Which technologies does Physical Optics Corporation patent most?

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 6

H03F - Amplifiers 4

H04B - Transmission 4

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 1

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 1

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 1

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 1

G01W - Meteorology 1

Top 15 of 25 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Physical Optics Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Physical Optics Corporation's lead technology class is 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 Arra), 18.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01S
Ranked #9,844 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Physical Optics Corporation against New BIS Safe Luxco S.à r.l, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.8/100 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

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.