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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), AEye, Inc. ranks #4,931 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 AEye, Inc. hold?

AEye, Inc. holds 70 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is AEye, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

AEye, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 46.3 out of 100 (top 21% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

AEye, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +247% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

AEye, Inc.'s patents average 36.4 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 AEye, 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

AEye, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does AEye, Inc. focus on?

AEye, Inc.'s top technology area is G01S (Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves) with 70 patents. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 70 granted patents across 6 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: G01S (Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arra).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Aeye ranks #4,931 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 70 patents across 6 technology areas.

#4,931
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 21%
by Innovation Score (46.3/100): 36.4
avg claims per patent: +247%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4931 · US Corporation #4,931 · 70 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 70 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,931/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Alpha Networks
CPC-NARROW G01S · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 36.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +247% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Alpha Networks 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AEye · this assignee

46
Avidity Biosciences · near

46
Constellium Issoire · near

46
Gripple · near

46
Millennium Pharmaceu… · near

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Aeye's Innovation Score is 46.3/100 (top 21% 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 Aeye's grants concentrate

AEye, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G01S (Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arra). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (17 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2024. By volume, Aeye sits between University of Leeds and BLU DOT Design & Manufacturing, Inc..

Aeye's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, AEye, Inc. moved from 27 to 32 grants (1.19x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

University of Lee…

71
Varroc Lighting S…

71
Yuan MEI

71
Ypsomed

71
Alpha Networks

70
Avid Technology

70
Axis Lighting

70
BLU DOT Design &…

70
Aeye ◀

70

What this shows AEye holds 70 patents at rank #4,931, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near AEye

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,931 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01S (Radio Direction-finding)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for AEye, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

Gripple Limited 46 Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 46 Avidity Biosciences, Inc. 46 Constellium Issoire 46

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (36.4 here).

University of Vienna 36.2 avg Seagen Inc. 36.8 avg Narrative Science LLC 37.2 avg Ab Initio Technology LLC 37.7 avg

Aeye's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 21% higher than 79% 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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AEye, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	8	11.4%
2019	7	10.0%
2020	14	20.0%
2021	6	8.6%
2022	17	24.3%
2023	13	18.6%
2024	2	2.9%
2025partial year	3	4.3%

Which technologies does AEye, Inc. patent most?

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 70

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 13

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 4

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 4

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 4

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#4,931

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

46.3 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

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AEye, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01S (Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arra), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01S
Ranked #4,931 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare AEye, Inc. against University of Leeds, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.3/100 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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