Where does Exposure Illumination Architects, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Exposure Illumination Architects, Inc. ranks #12,439 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 Exposure Illumination Architects, Inc. hold?

Exposure Illumination Architects, Inc. holds 24 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 26 technology areas.

What is Exposure Illumination Architects, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Exposure Illumination Architects, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 62.6 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Exposure Illumination Architects, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Exposure Illumination Architects, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +750% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Exposure Illumination Architects, Inc.'s patents?

Exposure Illumination Architects, Inc.'s patents average 22.5 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 Exposure Illumination Architects, 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

Exposure Illumination Architects, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Exposure Illumination Architects, Inc. focus on?

Exposure Illumination Architects, 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 19 patents, ranking #137 of 1,842 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 26 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 24 granted patents across 26 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, Exposure ranks #12,439 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 24 patents across 26 technology areas.

#12,439
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (62.6/100): 22.5
avg claims per patent: +750%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12439 · US Corporation #12,439 · 24 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 24 grants
UPPER-Q #12,439/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Edge Systems
CPC-FOCUS F21V · 26 areas
INNOV-STRONG 62.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +750% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Edge Systems LLC (±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 Exposure’s 62.6 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 11.1 pts (18%) Velocity 20.0 pts (32%) Breadth 18.0 pts (29%) Claim depth 13.5 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Exposure Illuminatio… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Exposure's Innovation Score is 62.6/100 (top 2% 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 Exposure?

Each dot is one of Exposure’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). Exposure’s own 22.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Exposure's grants concentrate

Exposure Illumination Architects, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 26 CPC subclasses with 79.2% 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 2023 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Exposure sits between Ensco, Inc. and Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company.

Exposure's three-year grant acceleration

Exposure Illumination Architects, Inc. shows 14 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.

Ensco

24
Entro Industries

24
Ersa

24
Exogenesis

24
Edge Systems

24
Elevation Lab

24
Elixir Medical

24
Ensign-bickford A…

24
Exposure Illumina… ◀

24

What this shows Exposure holds 24 patents at rank #12,431, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Exposure

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,431 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Exposure's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

63 Top 2% higher than 98% 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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Exposure Illumination Architects, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	4.2%
2017	1	4.2%
2021	3	12.5%
2022	2	8.3%
2023	6	25.0%
2024	6	25.0%
2025partial year	5	20.8%

Which technologies does Exposure Illumination Architects, 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 19

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 18

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 15

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 10

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 6

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 6

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 6

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 5

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 4

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 4

E02D - FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; Embankments ; Underground OR Underwater Structures 2

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 2

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 2

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 1

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 15 of 26 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

Exposure Illumination Architects, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Exposure Illumination Architects, 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), 79.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21V
Ranked #12,439 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Exposure Illumination Architects, Inc. against Ensco, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 62.6/100 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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