Where does Scholly Fiberoptic GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Scholly Fiberoptic GmbH ranks #19,119 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 Scholly Fiberoptic GmbH hold?

Scholly Fiberoptic GmbH holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Scholly Fiberoptic GmbH's Innovation Score?

Scholly Fiberoptic GmbH has an Innovation Score of 40.6 out of 100 (top 35% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Scholly Fiberoptic GmbH focus on?

Scholly Fiberoptic GmbH's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 13 patents, ranking #1,352 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Scholly Fiberoptic GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Scholly Fiberoptic GmbH's recent grant velocity is +150% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Scholly Fiberoptic GmbH's patents?

Scholly Fiberoptic GmbH's patents average 17.5 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 Scholly Fiberoptic 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

Scholly Fiberoptic GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Scholly ranks #19,119 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 10 technology areas.

#19,119
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 35%
by Innovation Score (40.6/100): 17.5
avg claims per patent: +150%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19119 · Foreign Corporation #19,119 · 15 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #19,119/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sauder Manufacturing
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 10 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +150% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sauder Manufacturing Co. (±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 Scholly’s 40.6 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 9.6 pts (24%) Velocity 9.3 pts (23%) Breadth 11.2 pts (28%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Scholly Fiberoptic · this assignee

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Scholly's Innovation Score is 40.6/100 (top 35% 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 Scholly?

Each dot is one of Scholly’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). Scholly’s own 17.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Scholly's grants concentrate

Scholly Fiberoptic GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 86.7% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Scholly sits between Sauder Manufacturing Co. and Sensys Networks, Inc..

Scholly's three-year grant acceleration

Scholly Fiberoptic GmbH shows 7 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.

Sauder Manufactur…

15
Scale AI

15
Scenera

15
Scentsy

15
Sckipio S I

15
Scythe Robotics

15
Seismic Holdings

15
Sensys Networks

15
Scholly Fiberoptic ◀

15

What this shows Scholly holds 15 patents at rank #19,151, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Scholly

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,151 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Scholly's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 35% higher than 65% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Scholly Fiberoptic GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	13.3%
2019	2	13.3%
2020	1	6.7%
2021	2	13.3%
2022	3	20.0%
2023	4	26.7%
2025partial year	1	6.7%

Which technologies does Scholly Fiberoptic GmbH patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 13

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 7

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 4

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 1

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 1

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 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

Scholly Fiberoptic GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Scholly Fiberoptic GmbH's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 86.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #19,119 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Scholly Fiberoptic GmbH against Sauder Manufacturing Co., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.6/100 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

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