Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
154 patents granted to the 9 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Ouster, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
154
148 utility, 6 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
25
Against 31 in 2024 and 23 in 2023
Applications published
206
16 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
9
its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Measurement96
Optics16
Audio-visual technology6
Computer technology4
Semiconductors2
Basic communication processes1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name9 counted
Ouster, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
70 granted
85 publishedVelodyne Lidar USA, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
59 granted
4 publishedSense Photonics, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
51 publishedVELODYNE LIDAR USA, INC. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
45 publishedSense Photonics, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
21 granted
0 publishedOuster, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
11 publishedSTEREOLABS a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in FR
0 granted
10 publishedSTEREOLABS a subsidiary
FR, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
0 publishedStereolabs SAS a subsidiary
FR, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
0 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 23, 2025 | 12,505,678 | Two-dimensional semantic filtering for stereo images in high noise environments | Computer technology | Stereolabs SAS |
| Dec 23, 2025 | 12,504,519 | Power-efficient direct time of flight LIDAR | Measurement | Sense Photonics, Inc. |
| Dec 2, 2025 | 12,487,362 | Configurable memory blocks for LIDAR measurements | Measurement | Ouster, Inc. |
| Nov 25, 2025 | 12,481,065 | Event driven shared memory pixel | Measurement | Sense Photonics, Inc. |
| Nov 11, 2025 | 12,470,690 | Thermally robust calibration method for stereo cameras utilizing predictive models | Audio-visual technology | Stereolabs SAS |
| Nov 11, 2025 | 12,468,015 | Optical system for full frame flash solid state LIDAR system | Measurement | Ouster, Inc. |
| Oct 21, 2025 | 12,449,306 | Systems and methods for efficient multi-return light detectors | Measurement | Velodyne Lidar USA, Inc. |
| Oct 14, 2025 | 12,442,927 | LiDAR system having a shared clock source, and methods of controlling signal processing components using the same | Measurement | Velodyne Lidar USA, Inc. |
| Oct 14, 2025 | 12,442,902 | Pipelined histogram pixel | Measurement | Sense Photonics, Inc. |
| Oct 7, 2025 | 12,436,245 | Linearization of chirp in coherent lidar systems | Measurement | Velodyne Lidar USA, Inc. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Nov 27, 2025 | 2025/0363808 | Two-Dimensional Semantic Filtering for Stereo Images in High Noise Environments | Computer technology | STEREOLABS · patent 12,505,678 granted from it |
| Nov 27, 2025 | 2025/0362174 | MULTISPECTRAL RANGING AND IMAGING SYSTEMS | Measurement | Ouster, Inc. |
| Nov 27, 2025 | 2025/0360922 | VISUAL GUIDANCE METHOD FOR IMPROVING AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION WITH ROW FOLLOWING CORRECTIONS IN STEREO CAMERA SYSTEMS | Computer technology | STEREOLABS |
| Nov 20, 2025 | 2025/0356517 | Material Density Estimation | Computer technology | STEREOLABS |
| Nov 20, 2025 | 2025/0355088 | ROTATING COMPACT LIGHT RANGING SYSTEM | Measurement | Ouster, Inc. |
| Oct 30, 2025 | 2025/0337876 | Thermally Robust Calibration Method for Stereo Cameras Utilizing Predictive Models | Audio-visual technology | STEREOLABS · patent 12,470,690 granted from it |
| Aug 14, 2025 | 2025/0258280 | LIDAR SYSTEMS FOR NEAR-FIELD AND FAR-FIELD DETECTION, AND RELATED METHODS AND APPARATUS | Measurement | VELODYNE LIDAR USA, INC. |
| Jul 3, 2025 | 2025/0216519 | HIGH-RANGE, LOW-POWER LIDAR SYSTEMS, AND RELATED METHODS AND APPARATUS | Measurement | VELODYNE LIDAR USA, INC. |
| Jun 12, 2025 | 2025/0189670 | Accurate Photo Detector Measurements For Lidar | Measurement | Ouster, Inc. |
| Jun 5, 2025 | 2025/0180743 | HIGH RESOLUTION COHERENT LIDAR SYSTEMS, AND RELATED METHODS AND APPARATUS | Measurement | VELODYNE LIDAR USA, INC. |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Measurement 32 · Computer technology 5 · Optics 2 · Audio-visual technology 1.
A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.