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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hinkley Lighting, Inc. ranks #8,405 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 Hinkley Lighting, Inc. hold?

Hinkley Lighting, Inc. holds 38 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Hinkley Lighting, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Hinkley Lighting, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 26.9 out of 100 (22nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Hinkley Lighting, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -20% 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 Hinkley Lighting, Inc.'s patents?

Hinkley Lighting, Inc.'s patents average 2.9 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 Hinkley Lighting, 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

Hinkley Lighting, Inc.

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

Hinkley Lighting, Inc.'s top technology area is 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) with 3 patents, ranking #209 of 564 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 38 granted patents across 4 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: 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-gen).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hinkley ranks #8,405 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 38 patents across 4 technology areas.

#8,405
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 22nd percentile
by Innovation Score (26.9/100): 2.9
avg claims per patent: -20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8405 · US Corporation #8,405 · 38 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 38 grants
UPPER-Q #8,405/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hannibal IP
CPC-NARROW F21K · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.9/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 2.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -20% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hannibal IP 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 Hinkley’s 26.9 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 12.7 pts (47%) Velocity 5.5 pts (20%) Breadth 7.1 pts (26%) Claim depth 1.7 pts (6%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AdviNow · near

27
Intelligent… · near

27
Southern Medical… · near

27
Hinkley Lighting · this assignee

27
NeoTract · near

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hinkley's Innovation Score is 26.9/100 (22nd 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 Hinkley?

Each dot is one of Hinkley’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). Hinkley’s own 2.9 claims/patent is at or below the 15.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Hinkley's grants concentrate

Hinkley Lighting, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 7.9% of grants classified under 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-gen). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Hinkley sits between Hatco Corporation and Iridex Corporation.

Hinkley's three-year grant acceleration

Hinkley Lighting, Inc. shows 9 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

Hatco

38
Heckler & Koch

38
Husco Automotive…

38
Hannibal IP

38
Indium

38
Innowireless

38
Ipla Holdings

38
Iridex

38
Hinkley Lighting ◀

38

What this shows Hinkley holds 38 patents at rank #8,406, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hinkley

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,406 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F21K (Non-electric Light Sources Using Luminescence)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Hinkley, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F21K (Non-electric Light Sources Using Luminescence), Hinkley ranks #209 of 564 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (27 here).

Intelligent Bio-Systems, Inc. 27 Southern Medical University 27 AdviNow, Inc. 27 NeoTract, Inc. 27

Hinkley's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 22nd percentile higher than 22% 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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Hinkley Lighting, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	7.9%
2016	5	13.2%
2017	4	10.5%
2018	4	10.5%
2019	4	10.5%
2020	6	15.8%
2021	1	2.6%
2022	3	7.9%
2023	3	7.9%
2024	3	7.9%
2025partial year	2	5.3%

Which technologies does Hinkley Lighting, Inc. patent most?

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 3

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 3

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 3

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

Top 4 of 4 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

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

Hinkley Lighting, Inc.'s lead technology class is 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-gen), 7.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21K
Ranked #8,405 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hinkley Lighting, Inc. against Hatco Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.9/100 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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