Where does Light Labs Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Light Labs Inc. ranks #5,605 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 Light Labs Inc. hold?

Light Labs Inc. holds 61 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2021, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Light Labs Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Light Labs Inc. has an Innovation Score of 37.2 out of 100 (top 44% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Light Labs Inc. focus on?

Light Labs Inc.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 58 patents, ranking #320 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is Light Labs Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Light Labs Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -89% 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 Light Labs Inc.'s patents?

Light Labs Inc.'s patents average 17.8 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 Light Labs 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

Light Labs Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 61 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2021. 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Light ranks #5,605 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 61 patents across 12 technology areas.

#5,605
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.2/100): 17.8
avg claims per patent: -89%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5605 · US Corporation #5,605 · 61 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 61 grants
UPPER-Q #5,605/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kimball International
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -89% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kimball International, 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 Light’s 37.2 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 14.3 pts (38%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 12.2 pts (33%) Claim depth 10.7 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
9224-5489 Quebec · near

37
Heritage Research… · near

37
Infirst Healthcare · near

37
Light Labs · this assignee

37
UNL Holdings · near

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Light's Innovation Score is 37.2/100 (top 44% 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 Light?

Each dot is one of Light’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). Light’s own 17.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Light's grants concentrate

Light Labs Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 95.1% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (23 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2020. By volume, Light sits between Kraft Foods R & D, Inc. and Magenta Medical Ltd.

Kraft Foods R & D

61
Kimball Internati…

61
Lesaffre ET Compa…

61
Lone Gull Holdings

61
Lineage Logistics

61
Maxlite

61
Macdonald Dettwil…

61
Magenta Medical

61
Light Labs ◀

61

What this shows Light holds 61 patents at rank #5,604, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Light

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,604 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Light, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04N (Pictorial Communication), Light ranks #320 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (37 here).

Infirst Healthcare Limited 37 9224-5489 Quebec Inc. 37 Heritage Research Group, LLC 37 UNL Holdings LLC 37

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.8 here).

Evident Corporation 17.8 avg Pentair Flow Technologies, LLC 17.8 avg Xiamen San'an Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. 17.8 avg Pride Mobility Products Corporation 17.8 avg

Light's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 44% higher than 56% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2021

Grants by year

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

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Light Labs Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	20	32.8%
2018	23	37.7%
2019	12	19.7%
2020	3	4.9%
2021	3	4.9%

Which technologies does Light Labs Inc. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 58

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 38

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 19

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 17

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B60S - Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

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 1

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 1

Top 12 of 12 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Light Labs Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Light Labs Inc.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 95.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #5,605 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Light Labs Inc. against Kraft Foods R & D, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.2/100 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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