Where does Rudolph Technologies, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Rudolph Technologies, Inc. ranks #10,162 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 Rudolph Technologies, Inc. hold?

Rudolph Technologies, Inc. holds 31 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Rudolph Technologies, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Rudolph Technologies, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 37.0 out of 100 (top 45% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Rudolph Technologies, Inc. focus on?

Rudolph Technologies, Inc.'s top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 16 patents, ranking #956 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

Is Rudolph Technologies, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Rudolph Technologies, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -93% 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 Rudolph Technologies, Inc.'s patents?

Rudolph Technologies, Inc.'s patents average 16.6 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 Rudolph Technologies, 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

Rudolph Technologies, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 31 granted patents across 18 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Rudolph ranks #10,162 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 31 patents across 18 technology areas.

#10,162
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 45%
by Innovation Score (37.0/100): 16.6
avg claims per patent: -93%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10162 · US Corporation #10,162 · 31 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 31 grants
UPPER-Q #10,162/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ranir
CPC-FOCUS G01N · 18 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -93% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ranir, LLC (±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 Rudolph’s 37.0 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 12.0 pts (32%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 15.0 pts (41%) Claim depth 10.0 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Callfire · near

37
Canadian National… · near

37
GE Oil & Gas… · near

37
Phoenix · near

37
Rudolph · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Rudolph's Innovation Score is 37.0/100 (top 45% 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 Rudolph?

Each dot is one of Rudolph’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). Rudolph’s own 16.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Rudolph's grants concentrate

Rudolph Technologies, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 51.6% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (11 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2020. By volume, Rudolph sits between Ranir, LLC and Sennco Solutions Inc..

Ranir

31
Rea deeming Beauty

31
Resolution Produc…

31
Rethink Robotics

31
Samyang Biopharma…

31
SAN Fang Chemical…

31
Scion Neurostim

31
Sennco Solutions

31
Rudolph ◀

31

What this shows Rudolph holds 31 patents at rank #10,162, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Rudolph

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,162 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Rudolph, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), Rudolph ranks #956 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (37 here).

Phoenix, LLC 37 GE Oil & Gas Compression Systems, LLC 37 Callfire, Inc. 37 Canadian National Railway Company 37

Rudolph's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 45% higher than 55% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Rudolph Technologies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	9.7%
2016	8	25.8%
2017	11	35.5%
2018	4	12.9%
2019	3	9.7%
2020	2	6.5%

Which technologies does Rudolph Technologies, Inc. patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 16

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 14

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 6

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 5

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 4

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 2

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 2

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

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 1

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 1

G01Q - Scanning-probe Techniques OR APPARATUS; Applications OF Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g. Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM] 1

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 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

Rudolph Technologies, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Rudolph Technologies, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 51.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #10,162 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Rudolph Technologies, Inc. against Ranir, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.0/100 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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