Where does Soraa Laser Diode, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Soraa Laser Diode, Inc. ranks #2,581 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 Soraa Laser Diode, Inc. hold?

Soraa Laser Diode, Inc. holds 151 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is Soraa Laser Diode, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Soraa Laser Diode, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 46.2 out of 100 (top 21% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Soraa Laser Diode, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Soraa Laser Diode, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -68% 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 Soraa Laser Diode, Inc.'s patents?

Soraa Laser Diode, Inc.'s patents average 21.7 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 Soraa Laser Diode, 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

Soraa Laser Diode, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Soraa Laser Diode, Inc. focus on?

Soraa Laser Diode, Inc.'s top technology area is 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) with 143 patents, ranking #6 of 855 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 151 granted patents across 20 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Soraa ranks #2,581 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 151 patents across 20 technology areas.

#2,581
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 21%
by Innovation Score (46.2/100): 21.7
avg claims per patent: -68%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2581 · US Corporation #2,581 · 151 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 151 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,581/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nihon Dempa Kogyo
CPC-FOCUS H01S · 20 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -68% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd. (±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 Soraa’s 46.2 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 17.4 pts (38%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 15.8 pts (34%) Claim depth 13.0 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Elanco US · near

46
Flow Control · near

46
Guangdong Aoyun… · near

46
OP Solutions · near

46
Soraa Laser Diode · this assignee

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Soraa's Innovation Score is 46.2/100 (top 21% 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 Soraa?

Each dot is one of Soraa’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). Soraa’s own 21.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Soraa's grants concentrate

Soraa Laser Diode, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 94.7% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (32 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2021. By volume, Soraa sits between Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd. and Auckland Uniservices Limited.

Nihon Dempa Kogyo

151
Pusan National Un…

151
Postech Research…

151
Sodick

151
Windmöller & Höls…

151
Zhejiang LAB

151
Soraa Laser Diode ◀

151
Asmo

150
Auckland Uniservi…

150

What this shows Soraa holds 151 patents at rank #2,581, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Soraa

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,581 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01S (Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimu…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Soraa, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01S (Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimu…), Soraa ranks #6 of 855 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

Guangdong Aoyun Technology Co., Ltd. 46 OP Solutions, LLC 46 Elanco US Inc. 46 Flow Control LLC 46

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (21.7 here).

Thermo Fisher Scientific (BREMEN) GMBH 21.7 avg DMF, Inc. 21.7 avg Irdeto B.V. 21.7 avg Pixtronix, Inc. 21.7 avg

Soraa's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 21% higher than 79% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Soraa Laser Diode, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	25	16.6%
2016	19	12.6%
2017	29	19.2%
2018	19	12.6%
2019	22	14.6%
2020	32	21.2%
2021	5	3.3%

Which technologies does Soraa Laser Diode, Inc. patent most?

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 143

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 63

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 44

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 33

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 26

F21K - Non-electric Light Sources Using LUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using Charges OF Combustible MATERIAL; Light Sources Using Semiconductor Devices AS Light-generating ELEMENTS; Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 21

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 16

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 16

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 14

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 9

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 8

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 6

F41H - ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General 6

H04B - Transmission 5

Top 15 of 20 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

Soraa Laser Diode, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Soraa Laser Diode, Inc.'s lead technology class is 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), 94.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01S
Ranked #2,581 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Soraa Laser Diode, Inc. against Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.2/100 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

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