Where does Christmas Northeast, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Christmas Northeast, Inc. ranks #28,419 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 Christmas Northeast, Inc. hold?

Christmas Northeast, Inc. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Christmas Northeast, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Christmas Northeast, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 30.4 out of 100 (34th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Christmas Northeast, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Christmas Northeast, Inc.'s patents?

Christmas Northeast, Inc.'s patents average 16.2 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 Christmas Northeast, 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

Christmas Northeast, Inc.

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

Christmas Northeast, Inc.'s top technology area is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors) with 8 patents, ranking #378 of 2,265 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Christmas ranks #28,419 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 13 technology areas.

#28,419
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 34th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.4/100): 16.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R28419 · US Corporation #28,419 · 9 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #28,419/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Chongqing HKC…
CPC-FOCUS H01R · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Chongqing HKC Optoelectronics (±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 Christmas’s 30.4 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 8.0 pts (26%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 12.7 pts (42%) Claim depth 9.7 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Christmas Northeast · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Christmas's Innovation Score is 30.4/100 (34th 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 Christmas?

Each dot is one of Christmas’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). Christmas’s own 16.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Christmas's grants concentrate

Christmas Northeast, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 88.9% of grants classified under H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Christmas sits between Chongqing HKC Optoelectronics and Circle Optics, Inc..

Chongqing HKC Opt…

9
Chongqing Maiyi T…

9
Choprix

9
Christie Lites En…

9
Chrono Therapeuti…

9
Ciitizen

9
Cinova Media

9
Circle Optics

9
Christmas Northea… ◀

9

What this shows Christmas holds 9 patents at rank #28,464, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Christmas

By rank, the assignees closest to #28,464 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01R (Electrically-conductive Connections)

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

Christmas's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 34th percentile higher than 34% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Christmas Northeast, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	22.2%
2017	1	11.1%
2018	1	11.1%
2019	5	55.6%

Which technologies does Christmas Northeast, Inc. patent most?

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 8

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 5

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 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

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

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 2

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F21K - Non-electric Light Sources Using LUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using Charges OF Combustible MATERIAL; Light Sources Using Semiconductor Devices AS Light-generating ELEMENTS; Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

H01K - Electric Incandescent Lamps 2

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 2

A47G - Household OR Table Equipment 2

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 1

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

Top 13 of 13 technology areas

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Data Source

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What to do with this data

Christmas Northeast, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Christmas Northeast, Inc.'s lead technology class is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors), 88.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01R
Ranked #28,419 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Christmas Northeast, Inc. against Chongqing HKC Optoelectronics, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.4/100 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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