Where does Goodrich Lighting Systems, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Goodrich Lighting Systems, Inc. ranks #2,590 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 Goodrich Lighting Systems, Inc. hold?

Goodrich Lighting Systems, Inc. holds 150 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 57 technology areas.

What is Goodrich Lighting Systems, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Goodrich Lighting Systems, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 54.6 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Goodrich Lighting Systems, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Goodrich Lighting Systems, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -26% 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 Goodrich Lighting Systems, Inc.'s patents?

Goodrich Lighting Systems, Inc.'s patents average 15.1 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 Goodrich Lighting Systems, 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

Goodrich Lighting Systems, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Goodrich Lighting Systems, Inc. focus on?

Goodrich Lighting Systems, Inc.'s top technology area is B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft) with 132 patents. Grants appear in 57 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 150 granted patents across 57 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Goodrich ranks #2,590 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 150 patents across 57 technology areas.

#2,590
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.6/100): 15.1
avg claims per patent: -26%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2590 · US Corporation #2,590 · 150 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 150 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,590/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Canon Production…
CPC-WIDE B64D · 57 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -26% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Canon Production Printing Holding B.V. (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Furukawa Automotive… · near

55
Goodrich Lighting… · this assignee

55
Tata Steel Ijmuiden… · near

55
ModernaTX · near

55
PFU · near

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Goodrich's Innovation Score is 54.6/100 (top 8% 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.

How Goodrich's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Goodrich Lighting Systems, Inc. received 62 grants versus 84 in 2015–2019 (-26% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2018 at 26 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 5. Lead class B64D accounts for 88% of the portfolio across 57 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Canon Production Printing Holding B.V. (#2,586) and New Jersey Institute of Technology (#2,594).

Goodrich's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Goodrich Lighting Systems, Inc. moved from 56 to 27 grants (0.48x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,736. See the growth leaderboard.

Canon Production…

150
Crowdstrike

150
Eberspächer Exhau…

150
Epizyme

150
Harmonic Drive Sy…

150
Kyoraku

150
Nextracker

150
New Jersey Instit…

150
Goodrich Lighting… ◀

150

What this shows Goodrich holds 150 patents at rank #2,590, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Goodrich

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,590 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO Aircraft)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Goodrich, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).

Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc. 55 Tata Steel Ijmuiden B.V. 55 ModernaTX, Inc. 55 PFU Limited 55

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.1 here).

Fulian Precision Electronics (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. 15.1 avg dSPACE digital signal processing and control engineering GmbH 15.1 avg Bic-violex SA 15.1 avg Dongguan Luxshare Technologies Co., Ltd 15.1 avg

Goodrich's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 Top 8% higher than 92% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Goodrich Lighting Systems, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	5.3%
2016	9	6.0%
2017	20	13.3%
2018	26	17.3%
2019	21	14.0%
2020	17	11.3%
2021	18	12.0%
2022	13	8.7%
2023	9	6.0%
2024	5	3.3%
2025partial year	4	2.7%

Which technologies does Goodrich Lighting Systems, Inc. patent most?

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 132

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 64

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 51

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 43

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 40

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 38

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 36

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 19

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 12

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 8

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 7

B64F - Ground OR Aircraft-carrier-deck Installations Specially Adapted FOR USE IN Connection With AIRCRAFT; Designing, Manufacturing, Assembling, Cleaning, Maintaining OR Repairing Aircraft, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Handling, Transporting, Testing OR Inspecting Aircraft Components, NOT Otherwise Provide 6

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

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 5

Top 15 of 57 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,590

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

54.6 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Goodrich Lighting Systems, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Goodrich Lighting Systems, Inc.'s lead technology class is B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft), 88% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B64D
Ranked #2,590 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Goodrich Lighting Systems, Inc. against Canon Production Printing Holding B.V., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.6/100 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

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