Overall rank by patents
#28,179
of 49,997 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2019. 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: F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Automotive ranks #28,179 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 13 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R28179 · Foreign Corporation #28,179 · 9 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Auto IP 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Automotive Lighting… · this assignee
32 score
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Automotive's Innovation Score is 31.9/100 (39th percentile 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.
Automotive Lighting Italia S.p.A. a Socio Unico is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Automotive sits between Auto IP LLC and Avery Design Systems, Inc..
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Auto IP LLC
9 patents
AutoGraph, Inc.
9 patents
Autodata Solutions, Inc.
9 patents
Autography LLC
9 patents
Autonomic Materials, Inc.
9 patents
Autonomous Medical Devices Inc.
9 patents
Avatier Corporation
9 patents
Avery Design Systems, Inc.
9 patents
Automotive Lighting Italia S.p.A. a Socio Unico
9 patents
What this shows Automotive holds 9 patents at rank #28,186, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #28,186 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Automotive's primary technology class.
Automotive's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
32 39th percentile higher than 39% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 22.2% |
| 2017 | 4 | 44.4% |
| 2018 | 2 | 22.2% |
| 2019 | 1 | 11.1% |
Top 13 of 13 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#28,179
of 49,997 tracked assignees
31.9 out of 100
What to do with this data
Automotive Lighting Italia S.p.A. a Socio Unico's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.
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