Where does Vuzix Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Vuzix Corporation ranks #5,052 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 Vuzix Corporation hold?

Vuzix Corporation holds 69 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is Vuzix Corporation's Innovation Score?

Vuzix Corporation has an Innovation Score of 54.3 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Vuzix Corporation focus on?

Vuzix Corporation's top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 49 patents, ranking #317 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

Is Vuzix Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Vuzix Corporation's recent grant velocity is +308% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Vuzix Corporation's patents?

Vuzix Corporation's patents average 13.3 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 Vuzix Corporation 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

Vuzix Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 69 granted patents across 20 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Vuzix ranks #5,052 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 69 patents across 20 technology areas.

#5,052
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.3/100): 13.3
avg claims per patent: +308%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5052 · US Corporation #5,052 · 69 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 69 grants
UPPER-Q #5,052/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH
CPC-FOCUS G02B · 20 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +308% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Evernorth Strategic… · near

54
Hitachi Chemical · near

54
Umicore · near

54
Vuzix · this assignee

54
Wiwynn · near

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Vuzix's Innovation Score is 54.3/100 (top 8% 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.

Where Vuzix's grants concentrate

Vuzix Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 71% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (21 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Vuzix sits between Universite DE Montreal and Automobili Lamborghini S.P.A..

Vuzix's three-year grant acceleration

Vuzix Corporation shows 38 grants in 2022–2024 against only 16 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.

Universite DE Mon…

69
University OF Ore…

69
UniversitÄT ZÜRICH

69
Veveo

69
Vuzix ◀

69
Alpla Werke Alwin…

68
Aten International

68
Autoliv Nissin Br…

68
Automobili Lambor…

68

What this shows Vuzix holds 69 patents at rank #5,052, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Vuzix

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,052 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Vuzix, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G02B (Optical Elements), Vuzix ranks #317 of 4,891 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (54 here).

Wiwynn Corporation 54 Umicore 54 Evernorth Strategic Development, Inc. 54 Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd. 54

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.3 here).

Océ Holding B.V. 13.3 avg Hamm AG 13.3 avg Hach Company 13.3 avg DB HiTek Co., Ltd. 13.3 avg

Vuzix's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 8% higher than 92% 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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Vuzix Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	1.4%
2016	1	1.4%
2017	3	4.3%
2018	2	2.9%
2019	5	7.2%
2020	4	5.8%
2021	7	10.1%
2022	11	15.9%
2023	6	8.7%
2024	21	30.4%
2025partial year	8	11.6%

Which technologies does Vuzix Corporation patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 49

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 14

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 10

G02C - SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses 6

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 5

G03H - Holographic Processes OR Apparatus 4

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

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 2

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 1

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

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

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 1

Top 15 of 20 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#5,052

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

54.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Vuzix Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Vuzix Corporation's lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 71% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #5,052 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Vuzix Corporation against Universite DE Montreal, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.3/100 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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