Where does Help Lightning, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Help Lightning, Inc. ranks #35,681 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 Help Lightning, Inc. hold?

Help Lightning, Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2019, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Help Lightning, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Help Lightning, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 28.8 out of 100 (29th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Help Lightning, Inc. focus on?

Help Lightning, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 5 patents, ranking #6,197 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Help Lightning, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Help Lightning, Inc.'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 Help Lightning, Inc.'s patents?

Help Lightning, Inc.'s patents average 19.4 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 Help Lightning, 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

Help Lightning, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2019. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Help ranks #35,681 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 8 technology areas.

#35,681
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 29th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.8/100): 19.4
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R35681 · US Corporation #35,681 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #35,681/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Heil Trailer…
CPC-NARROW G06F · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Heil Trailer International, 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 Help’s 28.8 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 7.2 pts (25%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (35%) Claim depth 11.7 pts (40%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Help Lightning · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Help's Innovation Score is 28.8/100 (29th 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 Help?

Each dot is one of Help’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). Help’s own 19.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Help's grants concentrate

Help Lightning, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 71.4% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2017. By volume, Help sits between Heil Trailer International, LLC and Heshan Pace Technology Co., Ltd..

Heil Trailer Inte…

7
Heinz Kurz Medizi…

7
Heliospectra AB

7
Helix Biomedix

7
Heraeus Sensor Te…

7
Hercutech

7
Heritage Distilli…

7
Heshan Pace Techn…

7
Help Lightning ◀

7

What this shows Help holds 7 patents at rank #35,727, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Help

By rank, the assignees closest to #35,727 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Help's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 29th percentile higher than 29% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2019

Grants by year

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

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Help Lightning, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	28.6%
2018	3	42.9%
2019	2	28.6%

Which technologies does Help Lightning, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 5

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 4

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 2

G16Z - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Specific Application Fields, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 2

Top 8 of 8 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

Help Lightning, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Help Lightning, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #35,681 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Help Lightning, Inc. against Heil Trailer International, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.8/100 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

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.