Where does ViOptix, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ViOptix, Inc. ranks #2,868 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 ViOptix, Inc. hold?

ViOptix, Inc. holds 134 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is ViOptix, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

ViOptix, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 52.9 out of 100 (top 9% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does ViOptix, Inc. focus on?

ViOptix, Inc.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 127 patents, ranking #146 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

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

ViOptix, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +90% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

ViOptix, Inc.'s patents average 24.2 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 ViOptix, 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

ViOptix, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 134 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Vioptix ranks #2,868 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 134 patents across 13 technology areas.

#2,868
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (52.9/100): 24.2
avg claims per patent: +90%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2868 · US Corporation #2,868 · 134 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 134 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,868/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Smith & Wesson
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +90% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Smith & Wesson Inc. (±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 Vioptix’s 52.9 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 16.9 pts (32%) Velocity 8.7 pts (16%) Breadth 12.7 pts (24%) Claim depth 14.5 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Horiba · near

53
KTM · near

53
THE Timken · near

53
Universite de… · near

53
ViOptix · this assignee

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Vioptix's Innovation Score is 52.9/100 (top 9% 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 Vioptix?

Each dot is one of Vioptix’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). Vioptix’s own 24.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Vioptix's grants concentrate

ViOptix, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 94.8% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (21 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2018. By volume, Vioptix sits between Sumida Corporation and Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (Cayman) Ltd..

Vioptix's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, ViOptix, Inc. moved from 39 to 51 grants (1.31x 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 #636. See the growth leaderboard.

Sumida

134
Smith & Wesson

134
Tokyo Visionary O…

134
Universite DE Str…

134
Wayne Fueling Sys…

134
Vioptix ◀

134
Andritz

133
Alkermes Pharma I…

133
Alpha and Omega S…

133

What this shows ViOptix holds 134 patents at rank #2,868, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near ViOptix

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,868 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for ViOptix, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), ViOptix ranks #146 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

Horiba, Ltd. 53 THE Timken Company 53 KTM AG 53 Universite de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines 53

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (24.2 here).

Gvbb Holdings S.A.R.L 24.2 avg Forage Genetics International, LLC 24.2 avg OrCam Technologies Ltd. 24.2 avg Raven Industries, inc. 24.2 avg

Vioptix's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 9% higher than 91% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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ViOptix, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	6.0%
2016	9	6.7%
2017	7	5.2%
2018	5	3.7%
2019	12	9.0%
2020	20	14.9%
2021	7	5.2%
2022	11	8.2%
2023	21	15.7%
2024	19	14.2%
2025partial year	15	11.2%

Which technologies does ViOptix, Inc. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 127

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 35

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 7

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 5

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 5

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 3

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 3

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 1

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 1

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

Top 13 of 13 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

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

ViOptix, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 94.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #2,868 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ViOptix, Inc. against Sumida Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.9/100 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

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.