Where does Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd. ranks #7,208 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 Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd. hold?

Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd. holds 46 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 37.4 out of 100 (top 44% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -82% 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 Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd.'s patents average 11.5 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 Unity Opto Technology 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd. focus on?

Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is H05B (Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General) with 17 patents, ranking #211 of 2,247 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 46 granted patents across 22 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: H05B (Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Unity ranks #7,208 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 46 patents across 22 technology areas.

#7,208
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.4/100): 11.5
avg claims per patent: -82%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7208 · Foreign Corporation #7,208 · 46 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 46 grants
UPPER-Q #7,208/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH The Sollami
CPC-FOCUS H05B · 22 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.4/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -82% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The Sollami Company (±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 Unity’s 37.4 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 13.3 pts (36%) Velocity 0.6 pts (2%) Breadth 16.6 pts (44%) Claim depth 6.9 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Digitalglobe · near

37
Instart Logic · near

37
Ontel Products · near

37
Robin Systems · near

37
Unity Opto Technology · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Unity's Innovation Score is 37.4/100 (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 Unity?

Each dot is one of Unity’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). Unity’s own 11.5 claims/patent is at or below the 16.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Unity's grants concentrate

Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 37% of grants classified under H05B (Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (13 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Unity sits between The Sollami Company and Unigen, Inc..

Unity's three-year grant acceleration

Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd. shows 1 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.

The Sollami

46
Tomtom Traffic B V

46
Tomey

46
UMC Utrecht Holdi…

46
University Colleg…

46
UniversitÉ Libre…

46
UPM Raflatac OY

46
Unigen

46
Unity Opto Techno… ◀

46

What this shows Unity holds 46 patents at rank #7,206, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Unity

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,206 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H05B (Electric Heating)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Unity, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H05B (Electric Heating), Unity ranks #211 of 2,247 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (37 here).

Instart Logic, Inc. 37 Robin Systems, Inc. 37 Digitalglobe Inc 37 Ontel Products Corporation 37

Unity'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 · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	9	19.6%
2016	8	17.4%
2017	13	28.3%
2018	3	6.5%
2019	6	13.0%
2020	3	6.5%
2021	3	6.5%
2022	1	2.2%

Which technologies does Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd. patent most?

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 17

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 14

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 13

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 12

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 12

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 10

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 10

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 7

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 7

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 3

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 2

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 2

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 1

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

Top 15 of 22 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

Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is H05B (Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General), 37% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H05B
Ranked #7,208 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd. against The Sollami Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.4/100 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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