Where does ULIS rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ULIS ranks #18,237 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 ULIS hold?

ULIS holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is ULIS's Innovation Score?

ULIS has an Innovation Score of 32.2 out of 100 (40th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is ULIS's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

ULIS's recent grant velocity is -67% 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 ULIS's patents?

ULIS's patents average 15.0 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 ULIS 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

ULIS

Q: What technology areas does ULIS focus on?

ULIS's top technology area is G01J (Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry) with 14 patents, ranking #89 of 1,478 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: G01J (Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, ULIS ranks #18,237 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 11 technology areas.

#18,237
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 40th percentile
by Innovation Score (32.2/100): 15.0
avg claims per patent: -67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18237 · Foreign Corporation #18,237 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #18,237/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Tyco Technology (SIP)
CPC-FOCUS G01J · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Tyco Electronics Technology (SIP) 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 ULIS’s 32.2 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 9.8 pts (30%) Velocity 1.7 pts (5%) Breadth 11.7 pts (36%) Claim depth 9.0 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ULIS · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows ULIS's Innovation Score is 32.2/100 (40th percentile 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 ULIS?

Each dot is one of ULIS’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). ULIS’s own 15.0 claims/patent is at or below the 15.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where ULIS's grants concentrate

ULIS is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 87.5% of grants classified under G01J (Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, ULIS sits between Tyco Electronics Technology (SIP) Ltd. and Unipres Corporation.

ULIS's three-year grant acceleration

ULIS shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Tyco Technology (…

16
Ubiq Semiconductor

16
Ubkang (Qingdao)…

16
Ujet

16
UMG ABS

16
Unikey

16
Union Pacific Rai…

16
Unipres

16
ULIS ◀

16

What this shows ULIS holds 16 patents at rank #18,233, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near ULIS

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,233 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01J (Measurement OF Intensity)

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

ULIS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 40th percentile higher than 40% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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ULIS patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	6.3%
2016	4	25.0%
2017	1	6.3%
2018	5	31.3%
2019	1	6.3%
2020	2	12.5%
2021	1	6.3%
2022	1	6.3%

Which technologies does ULIS patent most?

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 14

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 10

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 4

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

H03F - Amplifiers 1

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 1

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 1

B81B - Microstructural Devices OR Systems, e.g. Micromechanical Devices 1

B81C - Processes OR Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OR Treatment OF Microstructural Devices OR Systems 1

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 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

ULIS's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ULIS's lead technology class is G01J (Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry), 87.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01J
Ranked #18,237 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ULIS against Tyco Electronics Technology (SIP) Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.2/100 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.

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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