Where does Coastal Source, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Coastal Source, LLC ranks #20,942 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 Coastal Source, LLC hold?

Coastal Source, LLC holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Coastal Source, LLC's Innovation Score?

Coastal Source, LLC has an Innovation Score of 35.5 out of 100 (top 49% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Coastal Source, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Coastal Source, LLC.

What does claim depth mean for Coastal Source, LLC's patents?

Coastal Source, LLC's patents average 6.1 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 Coastal Source, 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

Coastal Source, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Coastal Source, LLC focus on?

Coastal Source, LLC's top technology area is H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems) with 5 patents, ranking #450 of 1,513 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Coastal ranks #20,942 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 7 technology areas.

#20,942
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 49%
by Innovation Score (35.5/100): 6.1
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20942 · US Corporation #20,942 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #20,942/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Clarcor
CPC-NARROW H04R · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.5/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Clarcor 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 Coastal’s 35.5 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 9.1 pts (26%) Velocity 13.3 pts (38%) Breadth 9.4 pts (27%) Claim depth 3.6 pts (10%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Coastal Source · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Coastal's Innovation Score is 35.5/100 (top 49% 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 Coastal?

Each dot is one of Coastal’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). Coastal’s own 6.1 claims/patent is at or below the 15.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Coastal's grants concentrate

Coastal Source, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 38.5% of grants classified under H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (4 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2023. By volume, Coastal sits between Clarcor Inc. and Corkcicle, LLC.

Coastal's three-year grant acceleration

Coastal Source, LLC shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Clarcor

13
Classys

13
Cloudcar

13
CMI Defence

13
Composites Intell…

13
Continental Power…

13
Coolstar Technolo…

13
Corkcicle

13
Coastal Source ◀

13

What this shows Coastal holds 13 patents at rank #20,914, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Coastal

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,914 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04R (Loudspeakers)

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

Coastal's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 Top 49% higher than 51% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Coastal Source, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	4	30.8%
2022	3	23.1%
2023	2	15.4%
2024	3	23.1%
2025partial year	1	7.7%

Which technologies does Coastal Source, LLC patent most?

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 5

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 2

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

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 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

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

Top 7 of 7 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

Coastal Source, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Coastal Source, LLC's lead technology class is H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems), 38.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04R
Ranked #20,942 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Coastal Source, LLC against Clarcor Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.5/100 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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