Where does Brightz, Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Brightz, Ltd. ranks #8,546 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 Brightz, Ltd. hold?

Brightz, Ltd. holds 37 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Brightz, Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Brightz, Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 50.7 out of 100 (top 13% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Brightz, Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Brightz, Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +243% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Brightz, Ltd.'s patents?

Brightz, Ltd.'s patents average 9.0 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 Brightz, Ltd. 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

Brightz, Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Brightz, Ltd. focus on?

Brightz, Ltd.'s top technology area is F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 19 patents, ranking #137 of 1,842 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 37 granted patents across 13 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: F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Brightz ranks #8,546 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 37 patents across 13 technology areas.

#8,546
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.7/100): 9.0
avg claims per patent: +243%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8546 · US Corporation #8,546 · 37 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 37 grants
UPPER-Q #8,546/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH American Radionic
CPC-FOCUS F21V · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.7/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +243% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: American Radionic Company, 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.

How Brightz’s 50.7 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 12.6 pts (25%) Velocity 20.0 pts (39%) Breadth 12.7 pts (25%) Claim depth 5.4 pts (11%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Brightz · this assignee

51
FCA Italy S p A · near

51
iHeart Media… · near

51
Piamond · near

51
Xylem Europe · near

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Brightz's Innovation Score is 50.7/100 (top 13% 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 Brightz?

Each dot is one of Brightz’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). Brightz’s own 9.0 claims/patent is at or below the 15.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Brightz's grants concentrate

Brightz, Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 51.4% of grants classified under F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (15 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Brightz sits between American Radionic Company, Inc. and BiTMICRO Networks, Inc..

Brightz's three-year grant acceleration

Brightz, Ltd. shows 22 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

American Radionic

37
Aptima

37
Astronics Advance…

37
Avedro

37
Beijing Niu Infor…

37
Beijing Tenafe Te…

37
Bercom Internatio…

37
Bitmicro Networks

37
Brightz ◀

37

What this shows Brightz holds 37 patents at rank #8,539, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Brightz

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,539 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Sys…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Brightz, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Sys…), Brightz ranks #137 of 1,842 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

Xylem Europe GmbH 51 Piamond Corp. 51 FCA Italy S.p.A. 51 iHeart Media Management Services, Inc. 51

Brightz's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 13% higher than 87% 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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Brightz, Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	2	5.4%
2019	5	13.5%
2020	1	2.7%
2021	1	2.7%
2022	5	13.5%
2023	2	5.4%
2024	15	40.5%
2025partial year	6	16.2%

Which technologies does Brightz, Ltd. patent most?

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 19

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 18

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 15

B62J - Cycle Saddles OR SEATS; Auxiliary Devices OR Accessories Specially Adapted TO Cycles AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Article Carriers OR Cycle Protectors 8

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 5

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 5

F21L - Lighting Devices OR Systems Thereof, Being Portable OR Specially Adapted FOR Transportation 4

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 3

B60B - Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion 3

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 1

A44B - Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, OR THE Like 1

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 1

Top 13 of 13 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

Brightz, Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Brightz, Ltd.'s lead technology class is F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 51.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21V
Ranked #8,546 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Brightz, Ltd. against American Radionic Company, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.7/100 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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