Where does Young Optics Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Young Optics Inc. ranks #2,801 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 Young Optics Inc. hold?

Young Optics Inc. holds 138 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 30 technology areas.

What is Young Optics Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Young Optics Inc. has an Innovation Score of 55.2 out of 100 (top 7% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Young Optics Inc. focus on?

Young Optics Inc.'s top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 90 patents, ranking #176 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 30 CPC subclasses total.

Is Young Optics Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Young Optics Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +9% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Young Optics Inc.'s patents?

Young Optics Inc.'s patents average 18.5 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 Young Optics 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 Foreign Corporation

Young Optics Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 138 granted patents across 30 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, Young ranks #2,801 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 138 patents across 30 technology areas.

#2,801
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (55.2/100): 18.5
avg claims per patent: +9%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2801 · Foreign Corporation #2,801 · 138 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 138 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,801/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Saipem S P A
CPC-FOCUS G02B · 30 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +9% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Saipem S.P.A. (±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 Young’s 55.2 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 17.0 pts (31%) Velocity 7.7 pts (14%) Breadth 19.4 pts (35%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Queen Mary Universit… · near

55
Solvay · near

55
Turner Broadcasting… · near

55
University OF Oregon · near

55
Young Optics · this assignee

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Young's Innovation Score is 55.2/100 (top 7% 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 Young?

Each dot is one of Young’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). Young’s own 18.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Young's grants concentrate

Young Optics Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 30 CPC subclasses with 65.2% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (23 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2018. By volume, Young sits between Saipem S.P.A. and HI LLC.

Young's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Young Optics Inc. moved from 39 to 45 grants (1.15x 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 #861. See the growth leaderboard.

Saipem S P A

138
Sandvik Mining an…

138
Umicore

138
Visa U

138
Young Optics ◀

138
Chervon (HK)

137
Federal-mogul

137
GKN Automotive

137
HI

137

What this shows Young holds 138 patents at rank #2,801, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Young

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,801 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Young, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G02B (Optical Elements), Young ranks #176 of 4,891 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).

Solvay SA 55 Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. 55 University OF Oregon 55 Queen Mary University OF London 55

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.5 here).

Spin Memory, Inc. 18.5 avg Omnissa, LLC 18.5 avg Nanotronics Imaging, Inc. 18.5 avg Walgreen Co. 18.5 avg

Young's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 Top 7% higher than 93% 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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Young Optics Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	16	11.6%
2016	12	8.7%
2017	17	12.3%
2018	5	3.6%
2019	14	10.1%
2020	17	12.3%
2021	8	5.8%
2022	23	16.7%
2023	12	8.7%
2024	10	7.2%
2025partial year	4	2.9%

Which technologies does Young Optics Inc. patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 90

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 38

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 26

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 16

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 16

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 13

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 8

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 5

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 3

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 3

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 3

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 2

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 2

Top 15 of 30 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

Young Optics Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Young Optics Inc.'s lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 65.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #2,801 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Young Optics Inc. against Saipem S.P.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 55.2/100 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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