Where does Crenshaw Lighting LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Crenshaw Lighting LLC ranks #34,882 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 Crenshaw Lighting LLC hold?

Crenshaw Lighting LLC holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2023 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Crenshaw Lighting LLC's Innovation Score?

Crenshaw Lighting LLC has an Innovation Score of 41.3 out of 100 (top 33% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Crenshaw Lighting LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Crenshaw Lighting LLC.

What does claim depth mean for Crenshaw Lighting LLC's patents?

Crenshaw Lighting LLC's patents average 11.7 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 Crenshaw 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

Crenshaw Lighting LLC

Q: What technology areas does Crenshaw Lighting LLC focus on?

Crenshaw Lighting LLC's top technology area is F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors) with 4 patents, ranking #355 of 1,094 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2023–2025. 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: 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, Crenshaw ranks #34,882 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 4 technology areas.

#34,882
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 33%
by Innovation Score (41.3/100): 11.7
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R34882 · US Corporation #34,882 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #34,882/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Craftmade Internatio…
CPC-NARROW F21S · 4 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2023–2025 · 3y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Craftmade International, 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 Crenshaw’s 41.3 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 (17%) Velocity 20.0 pts (48%) Breadth 7.1 pts (17%) Claim depth 7.0 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Crenshaw Lighting · this assignee

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Crenshaw's Innovation Score is 41.3/100 (top 33% 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 Crenshaw?

Each dot is one of Crenshaw’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). Crenshaw’s own 11.7 claims/patent is at or below the 17.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Crenshaw's grants concentrate

Crenshaw Lighting LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 57.1% of grants classified under F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Crenshaw sits between Craftmade International, Inc. and Cryptomathic Ltd.

Crenshaw's three-year grant acceleration

Crenshaw Lighting LLC shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Craftmade Interna…

7
Crane Chempharma…

7
Crazy Minds

7
Credo Diagnostics…

7
Crestcom

7
Crutchfield

7
Cryotherapeutics

7
Cryptomathic

7
Crenshaw Lighting ◀

7

What this shows Crenshaw holds 7 patents at rank #34,901, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Crenshaw

By rank, the assignees closest to #34,901 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F21S (Non-portable Lighting Devices)

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

Crenshaw's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 33% higher than 67% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2023–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2023–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Crenshaw Lighting LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2023	1	14.3%
2024	2	28.6%
2025partial year	4	57.1%

Which technologies does Crenshaw Lighting LLC patent most?

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

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 4

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

B44F - Special Designs OR Pictures 3

Top 4 of 4 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

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

Crenshaw Lighting LLC's lead technology class is F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors), 57.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21S
Ranked #34,882 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Crenshaw Lighting LLC against Craftmade International, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.3/100 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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