Where does Lightel Technologies, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Lightel Technologies, Inc. ranks #6,915 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 Lightel Technologies, Inc. hold?

Lightel Technologies, Inc. holds 48 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 25 technology areas.

What is Lightel Technologies, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Lightel Technologies, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 45.4 out of 100 (top 23% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Lightel Technologies, Inc. focus on?

Lightel Technologies, Inc.'s top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 26 patents, ranking #515 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 25 CPC subclasses total.

Is Lightel Technologies, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Lightel Technologies, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -77% 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 Lightel Technologies, Inc.'s patents?

Lightel Technologies, Inc.'s patents average 15.5 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 Lightel Technologies, 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

Lightel Technologies, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 48 granted patents across 25 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Lightel ranks #6,915 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 48 patents across 25 technology areas.

#6,915
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 23%
by Innovation Score (45.4/100): 15.5
avg claims per patent: -77%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6915 · US Corporation #6,915 · 48 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 48 grants
UPPER-Q #6,915/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kyoto Prefectural…
CPC-FOCUS G02B · 25 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -77% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kyoto Prefectural Public University Corporation (±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 Lightel’s 45.4 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 13.4 pts (30%) Velocity 5.0 pts (11%) Breadth 17.7 pts (39%) Claim depth 9.3 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bedrock Automation… · near

45
Changchun University… · near

45
Lightel · this assignee

45
Pittsburgh Glass Works · near

45
Radie B V · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Lightel's Innovation Score is 45.4/100 (top 23% 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 Lightel?

Each dot is one of Lightel’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). Lightel’s own 15.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Lightel's grants concentrate

Lightel Technologies, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 25 CPC subclasses with 54.2% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (11 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2024. By volume, Lightel sits between Kyoto Prefectural Public University Corporation and Medibotics LLC.

Lightel's three-year grant acceleration

Lightel Technologies, Inc. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Kyoto Prefectural…

48
Lion Group

48
Lunit

48
Leaffilter North

48
Luminara Worldwide

48
Mbda UK

48
Mips Tech

48
Medibotics

48
Lightel ◀

48

What this shows Lightel holds 48 patents at rank #6,916, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Lightel

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,916 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Lightel, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G02B (Optical Elements), Lightel ranks #515 of 4,891 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Bedrock Automation Platforms Inc. 45 Radie B.V. 45 Pittsburgh Glass Works, LLC 45 Changchun University of Science and Technology 45

Lightel's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 23% higher than 77% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Lightel Technologies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	11	22.9%
2016	6	12.5%
2017	11	22.9%
2018	6	12.5%
2019	5	10.4%
2020	3	6.3%
2023	4	8.3%
2024	2	4.2%

Which technologies does Lightel Technologies, Inc. patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 26

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 15

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 14

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 14

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 14

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 11

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 8

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 6

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 4

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 3

H04B - Transmission 3

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 3

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

Top 15 of 25 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

Lightel Technologies, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Lightel Technologies, Inc.'s lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 54.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #6,915 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Lightel Technologies, Inc. against Kyoto Prefectural Public University Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.4/100 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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