Where does Princeton Optronics, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Princeton Optronics, Inc. ranks #18,015 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 Princeton Optronics, Inc. hold?

Princeton Optronics, Inc. holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Princeton Optronics, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Princeton Optronics, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 44.8 out of 100 (top 25% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Princeton Optronics, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Princeton Optronics, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +0% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Princeton Optronics, Inc.'s patents?

Princeton Optronics, Inc.'s patents average 22.3 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 Princeton Optronics, 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

Princeton Optronics, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Princeton Optronics, Inc. focus on?

Princeton Optronics, Inc.'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 14 patents, ranking #100 of 855 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 18 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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, Princeton ranks #18,015 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 18 technology areas.

#18,015
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 25%
by Innovation Score (44.8/100): 22.3
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18015 · US Corporation #18,015 · 16 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #18,015/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Prelude Therapeutics…
CPC-FOCUS H01S · 18 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Prelude Therapeutics, Incorporated (±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 Princeton’s 44.8 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 9.8 pts (22%) Velocity 6.7 pts (15%) Breadth 15.0 pts (33%) Claim depth 13.4 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Princeton Optronics · this assignee

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Princeton's Innovation Score is 44.8/100 (top 25% 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 Princeton?

Each dot is one of Princeton’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). Princeton’s own 22.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Princeton's grants concentrate

Princeton Optronics, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 87.5% 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). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Princeton sits between Prelude Therapeutics, Incorporated and Pura Scents, Inc..

Princeton's three-year grant acceleration

Princeton Optronics, Inc. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Prelude Therapeut…

16
Premier Introduct…

16
Prevar

16
Pridefield

16
Pro Mart Industri…

16
Professional Disp…

16
Proton Power

16
Pura Scents

16
Princeton Optroni… ◀

16

What this shows Princeton holds 16 patents at rank #18,016, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Princeton

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,016 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Princeton's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 25% higher than 75% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Princeton Optronics, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	6.3%
2016	2	12.5%
2017	2	12.5%
2018	1	6.3%
2019	2	12.5%
2020	1	6.3%
2021	2	12.5%
2022	3	18.8%
2023	1	6.3%
2024	1	6.3%

Which technologies does Princeton Optronics, Inc. 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 14

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 5

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 5

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 2

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 2

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

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

F02P - Ignition, Other Than Compression Ignition, FOR Internal-combustion ENGINES; Testing OF Ignition Timing IN Compression-ignition Engines 1

F02B - Internal-combustion Piston ENGINES; Combustion Engines IN General 1

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 1

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

Top 15 of 18 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

Princeton Optronics, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Princeton Optronics, Inc.'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), 87.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01S
Ranked #18,015 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Princeton Optronics, Inc. against Prelude Therapeutics, Incorporated, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.8/100 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.

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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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