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Sumitomo Electric Optifrontier Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 43 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: G02B (OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS).

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43
Total patents granted
13
CPC technology areas
9.9
Avg claims per patent
-
5-year grant velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sumitomo ranks #7,625 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 43 patents across 13 technology areas.

#7,625
of 50,000 US assignees by volume
Top 11%
by Innovation Score (51.8/100)
9.9
avg claims per patent

Portfolio overview

Sumitomo Electric Optifrontier Co., Ltd. has been granted 43 US utility patents between 2021 and 2025, placing Sumitomo Electric Optifrontier Co., Ltd. at #7,625 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 13 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 9.9 claims per patent with primary concentration in G02B (OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS). As a Foreign Corporation, Sumitomo Electric Optifrontier Co., Ltd. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Sumitomo sits between SGL Carbon SE (43 patents, rank #7,615) and Shenzhen Oceanwing Smart Innovations Technology Co., Ltd (43 patents, rank #7,623) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 51.8/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Historical data spans 2021 through 2025, with 43 total grants over that period. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.

Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Sumitomo Electric Optifrontier Co., Ltd.'s 9.9 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 13 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.

Who files at Sumitomo's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows Sumitomo holds 43 patents at rank #7,619, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near Sumitomo

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,619 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Sumitomo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 11% higher than 89% of 50,000 US assignees

0–10: 687 US assignees (1%). Below this entry. 10–20: 2,527 US assignees (5%). Below this entry. 20–30: 13,162 US assignees (26%). Below this entry. 30–40: 15,294 US assignees (31%). Below this entry. 40–50: 11,491 US assignees (23%). Below this entry. 50–60: 5,058 US assignees (10%). This entry sits in this band. 60–70: 1,537 US assignees (3%). Above this entry. 70–80: 234 US assignees (0%). Above this entry. 80–90: 10 US assignees (0%). Above this entry. 90–100: 0 US assignees (0%). Above this entry. This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Sumitomo Electric Optifrontier Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2021 1 2.3%
2022 7 16.3%
2023 4 9.3%
2024 19 44.2%
2025partial year 12 27.9%

Which technologies does Sumitomo Electric Optifrontier Co., Ltd. patent most?

Top 13 of 13 technology areas

Grant record at a glance

Portfolio Volume 43 grants
CPC subclasses 13
Avg. claims / grant 9.9

Historical grant data only; it does not rate legal strength or current strategy.

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#7,625

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

51.8 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does Sumitomo Electric Optifrontier Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?
According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sumitomo Electric Optifrontier Co., Ltd. ranks #7,625 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.
How many patents does Sumitomo Electric Optifrontier Co., Ltd. hold?
Sumitomo Electric Optifrontier Co., Ltd. holds 43 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.
What is Sumitomo Electric Optifrontier Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?
Sumitomo Electric Optifrontier Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 51.8 out of 100 (top 11% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).
What technology areas does Sumitomo Electric Optifrontier Co., Ltd. focus on?
Sumitomo Electric Optifrontier Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is G02B (OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS) with 31 patents. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.
Is Sumitomo Electric Optifrontier Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?
Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Sumitomo Electric Optifrontier Co., Ltd..
What does claim depth mean for Sumitomo Electric Optifrontier Co., Ltd.'s patents?
Sumitomo Electric Optifrontier Co., Ltd.'s patents average 9.9 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 Sumitomo Electric Optifrontier Co., Ltd. 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.

How to use this portfolio

Sumitomo's 43 grants land it in the top 11% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

  • Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Sumitomo ranks #7,625 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
  • Most of this portfolio concentrates in G02B - see who else leads that technology area. G02B leaders
  • Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.