Where does First-Light USA, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), First-Light USA, LLC ranks #19,769 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 First-Light USA, LLC hold?

First-Light USA, LLC holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is First-Light USA, LLC's Innovation Score?

First-Light USA, LLC has an Innovation Score of 41.2 out of 100 (top 34% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is First-Light USA, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

First-Light USA, LLC's recent grant velocity is +1200% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for First-Light USA, LLC's patents?

First-Light USA, LLC's patents average 19.2 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 First-Light USA, 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

First-Light USA, LLC

Q: What technology areas does First-Light USA, LLC focus on?

First-Light USA, LLC's top technology area is 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) with 11 patents, ranking #185 of 1,359 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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: 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).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

RSS updates for this company

Explore the portfolio See the ranking

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, First-light ranks #19,769 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 17 technology areas.

#19,769
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 34%
by Innovation Score (41.2/100): 19.2
avg claims per patent: +1200%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19769 · US Corporation #19,769 · 14 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #19,769/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH FasTest
CPC-FOCUS F21Y · 17 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +1200% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: FasTest, 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 First-light’s 41.2 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 9.4 pts (23%) Velocity 5.7 pts (14%) Breadth 14.6 pts (35%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
First-Light USA · this assignee

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows First-light's Innovation Score is 41.2/100 (top 34% 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 First-light?

Each dot is one of First-light’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). First-light’s own 19.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where First-light's grants concentrate

First-Light USA, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 78.6% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, First-light sits between FasTest, Inc. and Flexsteel Industries, Inc..

First-light's three-year grant acceleration

First-Light USA, LLC shows 6 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.

Fastest

14
Femtonics Kft

14
Fero

14
Fibar Group

14
Fittingbox

14
Fives North Ameri…

14
Flatley Discovery…

14
Flexsteel Industr…

14
First-light USA ◀

14

What this shows First-Light holds 14 patents at rank #19,779, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near First-Light

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,779 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F21Y (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in First-Light's primary technology class.

First-light's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 34% higher than 66% 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 · 2017–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

First-Light USA, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	7.1%
2020	2	14.3%
2021	5	35.7%
2022	4	28.6%
2023	1	7.1%
2024	1	7.1%

Which technologies does First-Light USA, LLC patent most?

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 11

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 11

F21L - Lighting Devices OR Systems Thereof, Being Portable OR Specially Adapted FOR Transportation 7

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 5

A42B - HATS; Head Coverings 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 1

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 1

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

A45F - Travelling OR Camp EQUIPMENT: Sacks OR Packs Carried ON THE Body 1

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

Top 15 of 17 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

First-Light USA, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

First-Light USA, LLC's lead technology class is 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), 78.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21Y
Ranked #19,769 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare First-Light USA, LLC against FasTest, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.2/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.