Where does Cloud Light Technology Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Cloud Light Technology Limited ranks #17,566 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 Cloud Light Technology Limited hold?

Cloud Light Technology Limited holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Cloud Light Technology Limited's Innovation Score?

Cloud Light Technology Limited has an Innovation Score of 48.1 out of 100 (top 17% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Cloud Light Technology Limited focus on?

Cloud Light Technology Limited's top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 14 patents, ranking #859 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Cloud Light Technology Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Cloud Light Technology Limited's recent grant velocity is +500% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Cloud Light Technology Limited's patents?

Cloud Light Technology Limited's patents average 16.1 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 Cloud Light Technology Limited 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

Cloud Light Technology Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 6 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Cloud ranks #17,566 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 6 technology areas.

#17,566
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 17%
by Innovation Score (48.1/100): 16.1
avg claims per patent: +500%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17566 · Foreign Corporation #17,566 · 16 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,566/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Chinese Academy of…
CPC-NARROW G02B · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +500% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geology and Geophysics (±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 Cloud’s 48.1 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 9.8 pts (20%) Velocity 20.0 pts (42%) Breadth 8.7 pts (18%) Claim depth 9.6 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Cloud Light Technology · this assignee

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Cloud's Innovation Score is 48.1/100 (top 17% 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 Cloud?

Each dot is one of Cloud’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). Cloud’s own 16.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Cloud's grants concentrate

Cloud Light Technology Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 87.5% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Cloud sits between Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geology and Geophysics and Copeland Climate Technologies (Suzhou) Co. Ltd..

Cloud's three-year grant acceleration

Cloud Light Technology Limited shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

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Cleartrac

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Columbia Machine

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Compass Pathfinder

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Comtech EF Data

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16

What this shows Cloud holds 16 patents at rank #17,575, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Cloud

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,575 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Cloud's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 17% higher than 83% 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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Cloud Light Technology Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	6.3%
2019	1	6.3%
2020	2	12.5%
2022	4	25.0%
2023	2	12.5%
2024	4	25.0%
2025partial year	2	12.5%

Which technologies does Cloud Light Technology Limited patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 14

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

H04B - Transmission 2

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 1

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 1

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Cloud Light Technology Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Cloud Light Technology Limited's lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 87.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #17,566 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Cloud Light Technology Limited against Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.1/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.