Where does Vision Engineering rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Vision Engineering ranks #30,562 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 Vision Engineering hold?

Vision Engineering holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Vision Engineering's Innovation Score?

Vision Engineering has an Innovation Score of 36.5 out of 100 (top 46% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Vision Engineering focus on?

Vision Engineering's top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 5 patents, ranking #1,733 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is Vision Engineering's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Vision Engineering's recent grant velocity is -25% 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 Vision Engineering's patents?

Vision Engineering's patents average 19.9 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 Vision Engineering 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

Vision Engineering

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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, Vision ranks #30,562 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 14 technology areas.

#30,562
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 46%
by Innovation Score (36.5/100): 19.9
avg claims per patent: -25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R30562 · US Corporation #30,562 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #30,562/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Viconic Sporting
CPC-FOCUS G02B · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Viconic Sporting LLC (±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 Vision’s 36.5 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 8.0 pts (22%) Velocity 3.3 pts (9%) Breadth 13.2 pts (36%) Claim depth 11.9 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Vision Engineering · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Vision's Innovation Score is 36.5/100 (top 46% 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 Vision?

Each dot is one of Vision’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). Vision’s own 19.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Vision's grants concentrate

Vision Engineering is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 55.6% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Vision sits between Viconic Sporting LLC and Voltea B.V..

Vision's three-year grant acceleration

Vision Engineering shows 2 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.

Viconic Sporting

9
Vigmed AB

9
Virox

9
Visic

9
Vivo Communication

9
VOG—Image Police

9
Voltalis

9
Voltea B V

9
Vision Engineering ◀

9

What this shows Vision holds 9 patents at rank #30,508, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Vision

By rank, the assignees closest to #30,508 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Vision's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 46% higher than 54% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Vision Engineering patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	11.1%
2019	3	33.3%
2021	1	11.1%
2023	1	11.1%
2024	1	11.1%
2025partial year	2	22.2%

Which technologies does Vision Engineering patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 5

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 1

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 1

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 1

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

A47F - Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters 1

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G01G - Weighing 1

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

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

Top 14 of 14 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Vision Engineering's lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 55.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #30,562 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Vision Engineering against Viconic Sporting LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.5/100 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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