Where does Cree Hong Kong Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Cree Hong Kong Limited ranks #45,930 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 Cree Hong Kong Limited hold?

Cree Hong Kong Limited holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Cree Hong Kong Limited's Innovation Score?

Cree Hong Kong Limited has an Innovation Score of 23.3 out of 100 (12th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Cree Hong Kong Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Cree Hong Kong Limited's recent grant velocity is -75% 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 Cree Hong Kong Limited's patents?

Cree Hong Kong Limited's patents average 13.0 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 Cree Hong Kong 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

Cree Hong Kong Limited

Q: What technology areas does Cree Hong Kong Limited focus on?

Cree Hong Kong Limited's top technology area is F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors) with 1 patents, ranking #732 of 1,094 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Cree ranks #45,930 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 7 technology areas.

#45,930
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 12th percentile
by Innovation Score (23.3/100): 13.0
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R45930 · Foreign Corporation #45,930 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #45,930/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Crediot
CPC-NARROW F21S · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 23.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Crediot 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 Cree’s 23.3 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 6.2 pts (26%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (40%) Claim depth 7.8 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cree Hong Kong · this assignee

23
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Cree's Innovation Score is 23.3/100 (12th 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 Cree?

Each dot is one of Cree’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). Cree’s own 13.0 claims/patent is at or below the 14.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Cree's grants concentrate

Cree Hong Kong Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 20% of grants classified under F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors). By volume, Cree sits between Crediot Inc. and Cresilon, Inc..

Crediot

5
Credit Karma

5
Credit Sesame

5
Credit Suisse Sec…

5
Creedon HK

5
Creek Channel

5
Creoptix

5
Cresilon

5
Cree Hong Kong ◀

5

What this shows Cree holds 5 patents at rank #45,980, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Cree

By rank, the assignees closest to #45,980 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F21S (Non-portable Lighting Devices)

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

Cree's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

23 12th percentile higher than 12% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Cree Hong Kong Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	20.0%
2016	1	20.0%
2017	1	20.0%
2018	1	20.0%
2021	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Cree Hong Kong Limited patent most?

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 1

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

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 1

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

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 1

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 1

Top 7 of 7 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Cree Hong Kong Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Cree Hong Kong Limited's lead technology class is F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors), 20% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21S
Ranked #45,930 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Cree Hong Kong Limited against Crediot Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 23.3/100 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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