Where does Viavi Solutions Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Viavi Solutions Inc. ranks #624 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 Viavi Solutions Inc. hold?

Viavi Solutions Inc. holds 710 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 95 technology areas.

What is Viavi Solutions Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Viavi Solutions Inc. has an Innovation Score of 67.6 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Viavi Solutions Inc. focus on?

Viavi Solutions Inc.'s top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 213 patents, ranking #71 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 95 CPC subclasses total.

Is Viavi Solutions Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Viavi Solutions Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +172% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Viavi Solutions Inc.'s patents?

Viavi Solutions Inc.'s patents average 19.1 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 Viavi Solutions 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

Viavi Solutions Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 710 granted patents across 95 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Viavi ranks #624 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 710 patents across 95 technology areas.

#624
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (67.6/100): 19.1
avg claims per patent: +172%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R624 · US Corporation #624 · 710 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 710 grants
TOP-DECILE #624/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Johnson Controls…
CPC-WIDE G02B · 95 areas
INNOV-STRONG 67.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +172% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP (±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 Viavi’s 67.6 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 22.7 pts (34%) Velocity 8.4 pts (12%) Breadth 25.0 pts (37%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Allegro MicroSystems · near

68
Infineon Austria · near

68
Lawrence Livermore… · near

68
Central South… · near

68
Viavi Solutions · this assignee

68
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Viavi's Innovation Score is 67.6/100 (top 1% 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 Viavi?

Each dot is one of Viavi’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). Viavi’s own 19.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Viavi's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Viavi Solutions Inc. received 441 grants versus 162 in 2015–2019 (+172% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 106 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 32. Lead class G02B accounts for 30% of the portfolio across 95 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Joled Inc. (#620) and Dexcom, Inc. (#628).

Viavi's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Viavi Solutions Inc. moved from 222 to 281 grants (1.27x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #689. See the growth leaderboard.

Joled

713
Carefusion 303

711
Eastman Kodak

711
Johnson Controls…

710
Viavi Solutions ◀

710
CJ Cheiljedang

709
NEW York Universi…

709
Allegro Microsyst…

708
Dexcom

708

What this shows Viavi holds 710 patents at rank #624, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Viavi

By rank, the assignees closest to #624 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Viavi, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G02B (Optical Elements), Viavi ranks #71 of 4,891 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (68 here).

Central South University 68 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC 68 Allegro MicroSystems, LLC 68 Infineon Technologies Austria AG 68

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.1 here).

Bytedance Inc. 19.1 avg Rockley Photonics Limited 19.1 avg Ceraloc Innovation AB 19.1 avg Anthony, Inc. 19.1 avg

Viavi's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

68 Top 1% higher than 99% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

Viavi Solutions Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	32	4.5%
2017	35	4.9%
2018	33	4.6%
2019	62	8.7%
2020	66	9.3%
2021	94	13.2%
2022	74	10.4%
2023	101	14.2%
2024	106	14.9%
2025partial year	107	15.1%

Which technologies does Viavi Solutions Inc. patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 213

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 154

H04B - Transmission 154

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 145

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 81

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 67

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 61

B42D - BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Movable-strip Writing OR Reading Apparatus 54

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 54

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 54

C09C - Treatment OF Inorganic Materials, Other Than Fibrous Fillers, TO Enhance Their Pigmenting OR Filling Properties ; Preparation OF Carbon Black ; ; Preparation OF Inorganic Materials Which ARE NO Single Chemical Compounds AND Which ARE Mainly Used AS Pigments OR Fillers 53

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 37

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 36

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 35

B41M - Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing, 33

Top 15 of 95 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

Viavi Solutions Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Viavi Solutions Inc.'s lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 30% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #624 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Viavi Solutions Inc. against Joled Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 67.6/100 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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