Where does Ayrton rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ayrton ranks #18,415 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 Ayrton hold?

Ayrton holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Ayrton's Innovation Score?

Ayrton has an Innovation Score of 29.5 out of 100 (31st percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Ayrton's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ayrton's recent grant velocity is -17% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Ayrton's patents?

Ayrton's patents average 3.3 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 Ayrton 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

Ayrton

Q: What technology areas does Ayrton focus on?

Ayrton's top technology area is F21W (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems) with 3 patents, ranking #230 of 722 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: F21W (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ayrton ranks #18,415 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 5 technology areas.

#18,415
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 31st percentile
by Innovation Score (29.5/100): 3.3
avg claims per patent: -17%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18415 · Foreign Corporation #18,415 · 15 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,415/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH AbbVie S á r l
CPC-NARROW F21W · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.5/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 3.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -17% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AbbVie S.á.r.l. (±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 Ayrton’s 29.5 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 9.6 pts (33%) Velocity 10.0 pts (34%) Breadth 7.9 pts (27%) Claim depth 2.0 pts (7%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ayrton · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ayrton's Innovation Score is 29.5/100 (31st 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Ayrton?

Each dot is one of Ayrton’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). Ayrton’s own 3.3 claims/patent is at or below the 18.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Ayrton's grants concentrate

Ayrton is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 20% of grants classified under F21W (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Ayrton sits between AU Optronics (SUZHOU) Corp., Ltd. and Accu Temp Products, Inc..

Ayrton's three-year grant acceleration

Ayrton shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

AU Optronics (Suz…

15
Avient Protective…

15
AVK Holding A/S

15
Axon Therapies

15
Azotek

15
Abvitro

15
Abbvie S á r l

15
Accu Temp Products

15
Ayrton ◀

15

What this shows Ayrton holds 15 patents at rank #18,375, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ayrton

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,375 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F21W (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k)

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

Ayrton's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 31st percentile higher than 31% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Ayrton patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	6	40.0%
2020	2	13.3%
2023	1	6.7%
2024	2	13.3%
2025partial year	4	26.7%

Which technologies does Ayrton patent most?

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 3

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 2

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 2

Top 5 of 5 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

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

Ayrton's lead technology class is F21W (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems), 20% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21W
Ranked #18,415 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ayrton against AU Optronics (SUZHOU) Corp., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.5/100 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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