Where does Q.ANT GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Q.ANT GMBH ranks #49,862 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 Q.ANT GMBH hold?

Q.ANT GMBH holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Q.ANT GMBH's Innovation Score?

Q.ANT GMBH has an Innovation Score of 48.6 out of 100 (top 16% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Q.ANT GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Q.ANT GMBH.

What does claim depth mean for Q.ANT GMBH's patents?

Q.ANT GMBH's patents average 18.8 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 Q.ANT 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

Q.ANT GMBH

Q: What technology areas does Q.ANT GMBH focus on?

Q.ANT GMBH's top technology area is G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters) with 3 patents, ranking #637 of 1,354 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2025. 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: G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optica).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Q.ant ranks #49,862 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 10 technology areas.

#49,862
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 16%
by Innovation Score (48.6/100): 18.8
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R49862 · Foreign Corporation #49,862 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #49,862/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Python Medical
CPC-FOCUS G02F · 10 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2022–2025 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Python Medical, 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 Q.ant’s 48.6 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 6.2 pts (13%) Velocity 20.0 pts (41%) Breadth 11.2 pts (23%) Claim depth 11.3 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Q ANT · this assignee

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Q.ant's Innovation Score is 48.6/100 (top 16% 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 Q.ant?

Each dot is one of Q.ant’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). Q.ant’s own 18.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Q.ant's grants concentrate

Q.ANT GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optica). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Q.ant sits between Python Medical, Inc. and Qbas Co., Ltd..

Q.ant's three-year grant acceleration

Q.ANT GMBH shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Python Medical

5
Q-ba-maze

5
Q-genetics Aps

5
Q-state Bioscienc…

5
Q1 Nanosystems

5
QA1 Precision Pro…

5
Qardio

5
Qbas

5
Q ANT ◀

5

What this shows Q.ANT holds 5 patents at rank #49,863, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near QANT

By rank, the assignees closest to #49,863 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light…)

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

Q.ant's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 16% higher than 84% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2022–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Q.ANT GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	2	40.0%
2024	1	20.0%
2025partial year	2	40.0%

Which technologies does Q.ANT GMBH patent most?

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 3

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 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

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

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 1

C03C - Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other Materials 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

H05G - X-ray Technique 1

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

Top 10 of 10 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

Q.ANT GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Q.ANT GMBH's lead technology class is G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optica), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02F
Ranked #49,862 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Q.ANT GMBH against Python Medical, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.6/100 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.