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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), CircuLite, Inc. ranks #8,765 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 CircuLite, Inc. hold?

CircuLite, Inc. holds 36 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is CircuLite, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

CircuLite, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 33.6 out of 100 (45th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

CircuLite, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -84% 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 CircuLite, Inc.'s patents?

CircuLite, Inc.'s patents average 17.5 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 CircuLite, 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

CircuLite, Inc.

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

CircuLite, Inc.'s top technology area is A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor) with 36 patents, ranking #207 of 3,490 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 36 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Circulite ranks #8,765 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 36 patents across 8 technology areas.

#8,765
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 45th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.6/100): 17.5
avg claims per patent: -84%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8765 · US Corporation #8,765 · 36 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 36 grants
UPPER-Q #8,765/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Celestica Technology…
CPC-NARROW A61M · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -84% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Celestica Technology Consultancy (Shanghai) Co. Ltd (±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 Circulite’s 33.6 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 12.5 pts (37%) Velocity 0.6 pts (2%) Breadth 10.0 pts (30%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Crystaphase Products · near

34
Daiwa Kasei Kogyo · near

34
Infectious Disease… · near

34
Pieris Pharmaceuticals · near

34
CircuLite · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Circulite's Innovation Score is 33.6/100 (45th 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 Circulite?

Each dot is one of Circulite’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). Circulite’s own 17.5 claims/patent is at or below the 17.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Circulite's grants concentrate

CircuLite, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (11 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Circulite sits between Celestica Technology Consultancy (Shanghai) Co. Ltd and Curium US LLC.

Circulite's three-year grant acceleration

CircuLite, Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

Celestica Technol…

36
Centrexion Therap…

36
Ceterix Orthopaed…

36
Champion Power Eq…

36
Ciro

36
Cosmo

36
Cox Automotive

36
Curium US

36
Circulite ◀

36

What this shows CircuLite holds 36 patents at rank #8,769, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near CircuLite

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,769 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for CircuLite, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into), CircuLite ranks #207 of 3,490 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (34 here).

Pieris Pharmaceuticals GmbH 34 Daiwa Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha 34 Crystaphase Products, Inc. 34 Infectious Disease Research Institute 34

Circulite's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 45th percentile higher than 45% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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CircuLite, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	16.7%
2016	3	8.3%
2017	11	30.6%
2018	4	11.1%
2019	7	19.4%
2020	3	8.3%
2021	1	2.8%
2022	1	2.8%

Which technologies does CircuLite, Inc. patent most?

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 36

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 19

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 5

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 2

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 1

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 1

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 1

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 1

Top 8 of 8 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

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

CircuLite, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61M
Ranked #8,765 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare CircuLite, Inc. against Celestica Technology Consultancy (Shanghai) Co. Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.6/100 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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