Where does Glint Photonics, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Glint Photonics, Inc. ranks #19,820 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 Glint Photonics, Inc. hold?

Glint Photonics, Inc. holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2024, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Glint Photonics, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Glint Photonics, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 39.8 out of 100 (top 37% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Glint Photonics, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Glint Photonics, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +267% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Glint Photonics, Inc.'s patents?

Glint Photonics, Inc.'s patents average 16.8 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 Glint Photonics, 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

Glint Photonics, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Glint Photonics, Inc. focus on?

Glint Photonics, 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 10 patents, ranking #276 of 1,842 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2024. 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: 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, Glint ranks #19,820 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 15 technology areas.

#19,820
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 37%
by Innovation Score (39.8/100): 16.8
avg claims per patent: +267%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19820 · US Corporation #19,820 · 14 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #19,820/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Genetesis
CPC-FOCUS F21V · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +267% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Genetesis, 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 Glint’s 39.8 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 (24%) Velocity 6.7 pts (17%) Breadth 13.7 pts (34%) Claim depth 10.1 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Glint Photonics · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Glint's Innovation Score is 39.8/100 (top 37% 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 Glint?

Each dot is one of Glint’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). Glint’s own 16.8 claims/patent is at or below the 19.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Glint's grants concentrate

Glint Photonics, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 71.4% 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 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Glint sits between Genetesis, Inc. and Graf Synergy S.r.l..

Glint's three-year grant acceleration

Glint Photonics, Inc. shows 7 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.

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What this shows Glint holds 14 patents at rank #19,829, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Glint

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,829 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Glint's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 37% higher than 63% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2024

Grants by year

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

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Glint Photonics, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	3	21.4%
2020	3	21.4%
2021	1	7.1%
2022	3	21.4%
2023	2	14.3%
2024	2	14.3%

Which technologies does Glint Photonics, 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 10

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 9

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 7

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 7

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 5

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

F24S - Solar Heat COLLECTORS; Solar Heat Systems 2

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 2

H02S - Generation OF Electric Power BY Conversion OF Infrared Radiation, Visible Light OR Ultraviolet Light, e.g. Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules 1

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 1

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 1

C25D - Processes FOR THE Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Production OF COATINGS; ELECTROFORMING; Apparatus Therefor 1

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 1

Top 15 of 15 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

Glint Photonics, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Glint Photonics, 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), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21V
Ranked #19,820 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Glint Photonics, Inc. against Genetesis, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.8/100 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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