Where does ETI Solid State Lighting, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ETI Solid State Lighting, Inc. ranks #17,650 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 ETI Solid State Lighting, Inc. hold?

ETI Solid State Lighting, Inc. holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is ETI Solid State Lighting, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

ETI Solid State Lighting, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 35.1 out of 100 (top 50% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is ETI Solid State Lighting, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

ETI Solid State Lighting, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -44% 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 ETI Solid State Lighting, Inc.'s patents?

ETI Solid State Lighting, Inc.'s patents average 19.8 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 ETI Solid State Lighting, Inc. 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

ETI Solid State Lighting, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does ETI Solid State Lighting, Inc. focus on?

ETI Solid State Lighting, Inc.'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 13 patents, ranking #203 of 1,842 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: 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, ETI ranks #17,650 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 9 technology areas.

#17,650
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 50%
by Innovation Score (35.1/100): 19.8
avg claims per patent: -44%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17650 · US Corporation #17,650 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,650/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH East Manufacturing
CPC-NARROW F21V · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -44% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: East Manufacturing Corporation (±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 ETI’s 35.1 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 (28%) Velocity 2.9 pts (8%) Breadth 10.6 pts (30%) Claim depth 11.9 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ETI Solid State… · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows ETI's Innovation Score is 35.1/100 (top 50% 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 ETI?

Each dot is one of ETI’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). ETI’s own 19.8 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.

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

Where ETI's grants concentrate

ETI Solid State Lighting, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 81.3% 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 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, ETI sits between Enjet Co. Ltd. and East Manufacturing Corporation.

ETI's three-year grant acceleration

ETI Solid State Lighting, Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Enjet

16
Enzo Therapeutics

16
Epic Semiconducto…

16
Erytech Pharma

16
Evolv Technology…

16
Exocad

16
Exonetik

16
East Manufacturing

16
ETI Solid State L… ◀

16

What this shows ETI holds 16 patents at rank #17,635, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near ETI

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,635 in granted patent volume.

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

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

ETI's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 Top 50% higher than 50% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

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

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ETI Solid State Lighting, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	6.3%
2017	2	12.5%
2018	1	6.3%
2019	5	31.3%
2020	2	12.5%
2022	2	12.5%
2024	1	6.3%
2025partial year	2	12.5%

Which technologies does ETI Solid State Lighting, Inc. 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 13

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 12

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 12

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

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 3

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 3

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 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

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

ETI Solid State Lighting, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ETI Solid State Lighting, Inc.'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), 81.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21V
Ranked #17,650 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ETI Solid State Lighting, Inc. against Enjet Co. Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.1/100 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

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