Where does Fastlite rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Fastlite ranks #46,679 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 Fastlite hold?

Fastlite holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2018, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Fastlite's Innovation Score?

Fastlite has an Innovation Score of 23.2 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 Fastlite's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Fastlite's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Fastlite's patents?

Fastlite's patents average 15.2 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 Fastlite 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

Fastlite

Q: What technology areas does Fastlite focus on?

Fastlite's top technology area is G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters) with 4 patents, ranking #547 of 1,354 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2018. 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: G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optica).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Fastlite ranks #46,679 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 5 technology areas.

#46,679
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 12th percentile
by Innovation Score (23.2/100): 15.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R46679 · Foreign Corporation #46,679 · 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 #46,679/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Faringosi Hinges S R L
CPC-NARROW G02F · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 23.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Faringosi Hinges S.R.L. (±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 Fastlite’s 23.2 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 (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.9 pts (34%) Claim depth 9.1 pts (39%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Whitefield Plastics · near

23
Fastlite · this assignee

23
Havco Wood Products · near

23
Hexacheck · near

23
King JIM · near

23
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Fastlite's Innovation Score is 23.2/100 (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 Fastlite?

Each dot is one of Fastlite’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). Fastlite’s own 15.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Fastlite's grants concentrate

Fastlite is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optica). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Fastlite sits between Faringosi Hinges S.R.L. and Faurecia (CHINA) Holding Co., Ltd..

Faringosi Hinges…

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Fast S p A

5
Fast-form Systems

5
Faster S R L

5
Fasver

5
Fater S P A

5
Fatigue Technology

5
Faurecia (China)…

5
Fastlite ◀

5

What this shows Fastlite holds 5 patents at rank #46,677, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Fastlite

By rank, the assignees closest to #46,677 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Fastlite, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light…), Fastlite ranks #547 of 1,354 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (23 here).

Havco Wood Products, LLC 23 Hexacheck Inc. 23 King JIM Co., Ltd. 23 Whitefield Plastics Corporation 23

Fastlite'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

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2018

Grants by year

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

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Fastlite patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	20.0%
2017	3	60.0%
2018	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Fastlite patent most?

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 4

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 3

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Fastlite's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Fastlite's lead technology class is G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optica), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02F
Ranked #46,679 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Fastlite against Faringosi Hinges S.R.L., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 23.2/100 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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