Where does QD Vision, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), QD Vision, Inc. ranks #8,100 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 QD Vision, Inc. hold?

QD Vision, Inc. holds 40 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 34 technology areas.

What is QD Vision, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

QD Vision, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 47.9 out of 100 (top 18% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is QD Vision, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

QD Vision, Inc.'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 QD Vision, Inc.'s patents?

QD Vision, Inc.'s patents average 24.1 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 QD Vision, 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

QD Vision, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does QD Vision, Inc. focus on?

QD Vision, Inc.'s top technology area is B82Y (Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures) with 31 patents, ranking #72 of 1,598 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 34 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 40 granted patents across 34 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: B82Y (Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, QD ranks #8,100 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 40 patents across 34 technology areas.

#8,100
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.9/100): 24.1
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8100 · US Corporation #8,100 · 40 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 40 grants
UPPER-Q #8,100/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Pontificia Universid…
CPC-FOCUS B82Y · 34 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Pontificia Universidad Catolica DE Chile (±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 QD’s 47.9 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 12.8 pts (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 20.6 pts (43%) Claim depth 14.5 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ecovative Design · near

48
QD Vision · this assignee

48
SST Systems · near

48
Thin Film ASA · near

48
Uniwersytet… · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows QD's Innovation Score is 47.9/100 (top 18% 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 QD?

Each dot is one of QD’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). QD’s own 24.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where QD's grants concentrate

QD Vision, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 34 CPC subclasses with 77.5% of grants classified under B82Y (Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (17 grants) versus a trough of 7 in 2017. By volume, QD sits between Pontificia Universidad Catolica DE Chile and RF DSP Inc.

Pontificia Univer…

40
Powertech Industr…

40
PTT Global Chemic…

40
Purecircle USA

40
Qingdao Haier Sma…

40
Qnovo

40
Quectel Wireless…

40
RF DSP

40
QD Vision ◀

40

What this shows QD holds 40 patents at rank #8,098, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near QD

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,098 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B82Y (Specific Uses OR Applications OF Nanostructures)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for QD, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B82Y (Specific Uses OR Applications OF Nanostructures), QD ranks #72 of 1,598 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Thin Film Electronics ASA 48 Uniwersytet Jagiellonski 48 SST Systems, Inc 48 Ecovative Design LLC 48

QD's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 18% higher than 82% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

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

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QD Vision, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	17	42.5%
2016	16	40.0%
2017	7	17.5%

Which technologies does QD Vision, Inc. patent most?

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 31

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 17

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 16

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 14

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 12

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 11

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 7

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 7

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 6

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 6

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 4

C30B - Single-crystal Growth ; Unidirectional Solidification OF Eutectic Material OR Unidirectional Demixing OF Eutectoid MATERIAL; Refining BY Zone-melting OF Material ; Production OF A Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure ; Single Crystals OR Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material WI 4

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 3

C01G - Compounds Containing Metals NOT Covered BY Subclasses C01d OR C01f 3

Top 15 of 34 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

QD Vision, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

QD Vision, Inc.'s lead technology class is B82Y (Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures), 77.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B82Y
Ranked #8,100 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare QD Vision, Inc. against Pontificia Universidad Catolica DE Chile, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.9/100 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

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