Where does Lightcam LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Lightcam LLC ranks #48,387 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 Lightcam LLC hold?

Lightcam LLC holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2022, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Lightcam LLC's Innovation Score?

Lightcam LLC has an Innovation Score of 27.8 out of 100 (25th 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 Lightcam LLC focus on?

Lightcam LLC's top technology area is G08B (Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems) with 5 patents, ranking #445 of 2,091 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is Lightcam LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Lightcam LLC.

What does claim depth mean for Lightcam LLC's patents?

Lightcam LLC's patents average 18.4 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 Lightcam LLC 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

Lightcam LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2022. 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: G08B (Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Lightcam ranks #48,387 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 3 technology areas.

#48,387
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 25th percentile
by Innovation Score (27.8/100): 18.4
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R48387 · US Corporation #48,387 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #48,387/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Lifeloc
CPC-NARROW G08B · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2022 · 3y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Lifeloc Technologies, 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 Lightcam’s 27.8 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 6.2 pts (22%) Velocity 4.4 pts (16%) Breadth 6.1 pts (22%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (40%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Lightcam · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Lightcam's Innovation Score is 27.8/100 (25th 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 Lightcam?

Each dot is one of Lightcam’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). Lightcam’s own 18.4 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.

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

Where Lightcam's grants concentrate

Lightcam LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G08B (Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Lightcam sits between Lifeloc Technologies, Inc. and Linear Shaped Limited.

Lightcam's three-year grant acceleration

Lightcam LLC shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Lifeloc

5
Lifesafety Power

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Lifetrons Switzer…

5
Lifeworx

5
Lightsources

5
Likwid Concepts

5
Line Works

5
Linear Shaped

5
Lightcam ◀

5

What this shows Lightcam holds 5 patents at rank #48,330, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Lightcam

By rank, the assignees closest to #48,330 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G08B (Signalling OR Calling Systems)

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

Lightcam's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 25th percentile higher than 25% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2022

Grants by year

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

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Lightcam LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	2	40.0%
2021	1	20.0%
2022	2	40.0%

Which technologies does Lightcam LLC patent most?

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 5

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

Top 3 of 3 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Lightcam LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Lightcam LLC's lead technology class is G08B (Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G08B
Ranked #48,387 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Lightcam LLC against Lifeloc Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.8/100 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.