Is SAFILO—SOCIETÀ Azionaria Fabbrica Italiana Lavorazione Occhiali S.P.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

SAFILO—SOCIETÀ Azionaria Fabbrica Italiana Lavorazione Occhiali S.P.A.'s recent grant velocity is +44% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

SAFILO—SOCIETÀ Azionaria Fabbrica Italiana Lavorazione Occhiali S.P.A.

Q: Where does SAFILO—SOCIETÀ Azionaria Fabbrica Italiana Lavorazione Occhiali S.P.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SAFILO—SOCIETÀ Azionaria Fabbrica Italiana Lavorazione Occhiali S.P.A. ranks #7,765 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Q: How is the SAFILO—SOCIETÀ Azionaria Fabbrica Italiana Lavorazione Occhiali S.P.A. 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 PatentsView assignee record - 42 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: G02C (SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Safilo—società ranks #7,765 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 42 patents across 11 technology areas.

#7,765
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.2/100): 7.0
avg claims per patent: +44%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7765 · Foreign Corporation #7,765 · 42 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 42 grants
UPPER-Q #7,765/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Quality Electrodynam…
CPC-FOCUS G02C · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.2/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +44% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Quality Electrodynamics, 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 Safilo—società’s 37.2 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 13.0 pts (35%) Velocity 8.3 pts (22%) Breadth 11.7 pts (31%) Claim depth 4.2 pts (11%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bosch Mahle Turbo… · near

37
Duravit Aktiengesell… · near

37
Mitsubishi Shindoh · near

37
Nippon Micrometal · near

37
SAFILO—SOCIETÀ… · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Safilo—società's Innovation Score is 37.2/100 (top 44% 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 Safilo—società?

Each dot is one of Safilo—società’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). Safilo—società’s own 7.0 claims/patent is at or below the 15.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Safilo—società's grants concentrate

SAFILO—SOCIETÀ Azionaria Fabbrica Italiana Lavorazione Occhiali S.P.A. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under G02C (SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Safilo—società sits between Quality Electrodynamics, LLC and SDB IP Holdings, LLC.

Safilo—società's three-year grant acceleration

SAFILO—SOCIETÀ Azionaria Fabbrica Italiana Lavorazione Occhiali S.P.A. shows 15 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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.

Quality Electrody…

42
REC Solar PTE

42
Rhodes

42
Lhoist Recherche…

42
Samsung Techwin

42
Santec Holdings

42
Schott Pharma Sch…

42
SDB IP Holdings

42
Safilo—SocietÀ Az… ◀

42

What this shows SAFILO—SOCIETÀ holds 42 patents at rank #7,764, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near SAFILO—SOCIETÀ

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,764 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02C (Spectacles)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in SAFILO—SOCIETÀ's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for SAFILO—SOCIETÀ, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G02C (Spectacles), SAFILO—SOCIETÀ ranks #34 of 397 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (37 here).

Mitsubishi Shindoh Co., Ltd. 37 Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GMBH & GO. KG 37 Nippon Micrometal Corporation 37 Duravit Aktiengesellschaft 37

Safilo—società's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 44% higher than 56% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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SAFILO—SOCIETÀ Azionaria Fabbrica Italiana Lavorazione Occhiali S.P.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	2.4%
2016	5	11.9%
2017	3	7.1%
2018	3	7.1%
2019	4	9.5%
2020	3	7.1%
2021	5	11.9%
2022	4	9.5%
2023	5	11.9%
2024	6	14.3%
2025partial year	3	7.1%

Which technologies does SAFILO—SOCIETÀ Azionaria Fabbrica Italiana Lavorazione Occhiali S.P.A. patent most?

G02C - SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses 21

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 4

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 3

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 3

A42B - HATS; Head Coverings 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 2

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 2

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 2

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 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

A45C - PURSES; LUGGAGE; Hand Carried Bags 1

Top 11 of 11 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

SAFILO—SOCIETÀ Azionaria Fabbrica Italiana Lavorazione Occhiali S.P.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

SAFILO—SOCIETÀ Azionaria Fabbrica Italiana Lavorazione Occhiali S.P.A.'s lead technology class is G02C (SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02C
Ranked #7,765 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare SAFILO—SOCIETÀ Azionaria Fabbrica Italiana Lavorazione Occhiali S.P.A. against Quality Electrodynamics, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.2/100 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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