Where does Clear-vu Lighting LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Clear-vu Lighting LLC ranks #34,773 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 Clear-vu Lighting LLC hold?

Clear-vu Lighting LLC holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2019, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Clear-vu Lighting LLC's Innovation Score?

Clear-vu Lighting LLC has an Innovation Score of 29.3 out of 100 (30th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Clear-vu Lighting LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Clear-vu Lighting LLC'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 Clear-vu Lighting LLC's patents?

Clear-vu Lighting LLC's patents average 19.1 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 Clear-vu Lighting LLC 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

Clear-vu Lighting LLC

Q: What technology areas does Clear-vu Lighting LLC focus on?

Clear-vu Lighting LLC'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 5 patents, ranking #491 of 1,842 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 9 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: 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, Clear-vu ranks #34,773 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 9 technology areas.

#34,773
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 30th percentile
by Innovation Score (29.3/100): 19.1
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R34773 · US Corporation #34,773 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #34,773/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH CITEL
CPC-NARROW F21V · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: CITEL (±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 Clear-vu’s 29.3 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 7.2 pts (25%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.6 pts (36%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (39%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Desvac · near

29
Memory Effect Medical · near

29
Clear-vu Lighting · this assignee

29
Vitra Patente · near

29
EndoGastric Solutions · near

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Clear-vu's Innovation Score is 29.3/100 (30th 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 Clear-vu?

Each dot is one of Clear-vu’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). Clear-vu’s own 19.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Clear-vu's grants concentrate

Clear-vu Lighting LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 71.4% 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 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Clear-vu sits between CITEL and Cloudinary Ltd..

Citel

7
Civil Aviation Un…

7
Cixi Bosheng Plas…

7
Clarins

7
Cleverciti Systems

7
Click Sales

7
Clio

7
Cloudinary

7
Clear-vu Lighting ◀

7

What this shows Clear-vu holds 7 patents at rank #34,693, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Clear-vu

By rank, the assignees closest to #34,693 in granted patent volume.

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

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Clear-vu's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Clear-vu, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Sys…), Clear-vu ranks #491 of 1,842 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (29 here).

Vitra Patente AG 29 Desvac 29 Memory Effect Medical, LLC 29 EndoGastric Solutions, Inc. 29

Clear-vu's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 30th percentile higher than 30% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Clear-vu Lighting LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	28.6%
2018	2	28.6%
2019	3	42.9%

Which technologies does Clear-vu Lighting LLC 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 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 5

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 4

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 4

B61B - Railway SYSTEMS; Equipment Therefor NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

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 1

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Clear-vu Lighting LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Clear-vu Lighting LLC'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), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21V
Ranked #34,773 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Clear-vu Lighting LLC against CITEL, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.3/100 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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