Where does Joe Leighton & Associates, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Joe Leighton & Associates, Inc. ranks #47,983 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 Joe Leighton & Associates, Inc. hold?

Joe Leighton & Associates, Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Joe Leighton & Associates, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Joe Leighton & Associates, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 21.6 out of 100 (9th 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 Joe Leighton & Associates, Inc. focus on?

Joe Leighton & Associates, Inc.'s top technology area is F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating) with 1 patents, ranking #1,159 of 1,836 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is Joe Leighton & Associates, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Joe Leighton & Associates, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +300% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Joe Leighton & Associates, Inc.'s patents?

Joe Leighton & Associates, Inc.'s patents average 4.4 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 Joe Leighton & Associates, 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

Joe Leighton & Associates, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

RSS updates for this company

Explore the portfolio See the ranking

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Joe ranks #47,983 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 3 technology areas.

#47,983
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 9th percentile
by Innovation Score (21.6/100): 4.4
avg claims per patent: +300%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R47983 · US Corporation #47,983 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #47,983/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Jingle
CPC-NARROW F16K · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 21.6/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 4.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +300% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Jingle Technologies 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 Joe’s 21.6 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 6.2 pts (29%) Velocity 6.7 pts (31%) Breadth 6.1 pts (28%) Claim depth 2.6 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Joe Leighton &… · this assignee

22
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Joe's Innovation Score is 21.6/100 (9th 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 Joe?

Each dot is one of Joe’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). Joe’s own 4.4 claims/patent is at or below the 14.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Joe's grants concentrate

Joe Leighton & Associates, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 20% of grants classified under F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Joe sits between Jingle Technologies LLC and Johnson Controls Building Efficiency Technology (Wuxi) Co., Ltd..

Joe's three-year grant acceleration

Joe Leighton & Associates, Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Jingle

5
Jingzhou Jiahua T…

5
Jinlong Industrial

5
Jiuzhitang

5
Joelex

5
John D Brush &

5
John Snow Labs

5
Johnson Controls…

5
Joe Leighton & As… ◀

5

What this shows Joe holds 5 patents at rank #48,020, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Joe

By rank, the assignees closest to #48,020 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16K (Valves)

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

Joe's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

22 9th percentile higher than 9% 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 · 2016–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

Joe Leighton & Associates, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	20.0%
2021	2	40.0%
2023	2	40.0%

Which technologies does Joe Leighton & Associates, Inc. patent most?

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

B25G - Handles FOR Hand Implements 1

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 1

Top 3 of 3 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

Joe Leighton & Associates, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Joe Leighton & Associates, Inc.'s lead technology class is F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating), 20% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16K
Ranked #47,983 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Joe Leighton & Associates, Inc. against Jingle Technologies LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 21.6/100 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

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.