Where does Lightening Energy rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Lightening Energy ranks #20,012 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 Lightening Energy hold?

Lightening Energy holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Lightening Energy's Innovation Score?

Lightening Energy has an Innovation Score of 35.6 out of 100 (top 49% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Lightening Energy focus on?

Lightening Energy's top technology area is Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation) with 11 patents, ranking #507 of 2,877 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is Lightening Energy's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Lightening Energy's recent grant velocity is -44% 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 Lightening Energy's patents?

Lightening Energy's patents average 15.1 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 Lightening Energy 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

Lightening Energy

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Lightening ranks #20,012 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 12 technology areas.

#20,012
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 49%
by Innovation Score (35.6/100): 15.1
avg claims per patent: -44%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20012 · US Corporation #20,012 · 14 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,012/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Lee Tech
CPC-FOCUS Y02T · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -44% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Lee Tech 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 Lightening’s 35.6 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 9.4 pts (26%) Velocity 5.0 pts (14%) Breadth 12.2 pts (34%) Claim depth 9.0 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Lightening Energy · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Lightening's Innovation Score is 35.6/100 (top 49% 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 Lightening?

Each dot is one of Lightening’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). Lightening’s own 15.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 2.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Lightening's grants concentrate

Lightening Energy is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 78.6% of grants classified under Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Lightening sits between Lee Tech LLC and Lion Energy, LLC.

Lightening's three-year grant acceleration

Lightening Energy shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Lee Tech

14
Les Schwab Wareho…

14
Lexmark Internati…

14
Liberty Procureme…

14
Lightforce USA

14
Lilly Brush

14
Lion Copolymers G…

14
Lion Energy

14
Lightening Energy ◀

14

What this shows Lightening holds 14 patents at rank #20,023, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Lightening

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,023 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transpo…)

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

Lightening's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 49% higher than 51% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

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

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Lightening Energy patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	7.1%
2017	4	28.6%
2018	2	14.3%
2019	2	14.3%
2020	2	14.3%
2022	2	14.3%
2024	1	7.1%

Which technologies does Lightening Energy patent most?

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 11

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 11

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 9

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 8

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 6

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

F01P - Cooling OF Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Cooling OF Internal-combustion Engines 1

B60H - Arrangements OF Heating, Cooling, Ventilating OR Other Air-treating Devices Specially Adapted FOR Passenger OR Goods Spaces OF Vehicles 1

F02N - Starting OF Combustion ENGINES; Starting Aids FOR Such Engines, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 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

Lightening Energy's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Lightening Energy's lead technology class is Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation), 78.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02T
Ranked #20,012 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Lightening Energy against Lee Tech LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.6/100 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.