Where does Viewray Technologies, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Viewray Technologies, Inc. ranks #7,098 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 Viewray Technologies, Inc. hold?

Viewray Technologies, Inc. holds 47 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Viewray Technologies, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Viewray Technologies, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 38.4 out of 100 (top 41% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Viewray Technologies, Inc. focus on?

Viewray Technologies, Inc.'s top technology area is G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables) with 37 patents, ranking #163 of 3,424 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is Viewray Technologies, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Viewray Technologies, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +61% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Viewray Technologies, Inc.'s patents?

Viewray Technologies, Inc.'s patents average 18.2 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 Viewray Technologies, 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

Viewray Technologies, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 47 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Viewray ranks #7,098 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 47 patents across 9 technology areas.

#7,098
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 41%
by Innovation Score (38.4/100): 18.2
avg claims per patent: +61%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7098 · US Corporation #7,098 · 47 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 47 grants
UPPER-Q #7,098/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Universal Scientific…
CPC-NARROW G01R · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +61% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Universal Scientific Industrial (Shanghai) 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 Viewray’s 38.4 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 13.4 pts (35%) Velocity 3.5 pts (9%) Breadth 10.6 pts (28%) Claim depth 10.9 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Chips & Media · near

38
Optex · near

38
Incase Designs · near

38
Viewray · this assignee

38
Chenbro Micom · near

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Viewray's Innovation Score is 38.4/100 (top 41% 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 Viewray?

Each dot is one of Viewray’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). Viewray’s own 18.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Viewray's grants concentrate

Viewray Technologies, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 78.7% of grants classified under G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (9 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2017. By volume, Viewray sits between Universal Scientific Industrial (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. and Zhejiang Hengfeng Top Leisure Co., Ltd..

Viewray's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Viewray Technologies, Inc. moved from 23 to 12 grants (0.52x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Universal Scienti…

47
University Of Bas…

47
University of New…

47
Vehicle Service G…

47
Yazaki North Amer…

47
Zenuity AB

47
Ziehl-abegg SE

47
Zhejiang Hengfeng…

47
Viewray ◀

47

What this shows Viewray holds 47 patents at rank #7,097, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Viewray

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,097 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01R (Measuring Electric Variables)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Viewray, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01R (Measuring Electric Variables), Viewray ranks #163 of 3,424 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (38 here).

Incase Designs Corp. 38 Optex Co., Ltd. 38 Chenbro Micom Co., Ltd. 38 Chips & Media, Inc 38

Viewray's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 41% higher than 59% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

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

View data table

Viewray Technologies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	4	8.5%
2017	2	4.3%
2018	6	12.8%
2019	6	12.8%
2020	8	17.0%
2021	9	19.1%
2022	6	12.8%
2023	4	8.5%
2024	2	4.3%

Which technologies does Viewray Technologies, Inc. patent most?

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 37

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 36

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 20

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

G21K - Techniques FOR Handling Particles OR Ionising Radiation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Irradiation DEVICES; Gamma RAY OR X-ray Microscopes 3

G01T - Measurement OF Nuclear OR X-radiation 3

H05H - Plasma Technique ; Production OF Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles OR OF NEUTRONS; Production OR Acceleration OF Neutral Molecular OR Atomic Beams 1

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Viewray Technologies, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Viewray Technologies, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables), 78.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01R
Ranked #7,098 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Viewray Technologies, Inc. against Universal Scientific Industrial (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.4/100 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.

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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