Where does LightForce Orthodontics, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), LightForce Orthodontics, Inc. ranks #14,113 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 LightForce Orthodontics, Inc. hold?

LightForce Orthodontics, Inc. holds 21 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is LightForce Orthodontics, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

LightForce Orthodontics, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 52.8 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does LightForce Orthodontics, Inc. focus on?

LightForce Orthodontics, Inc.'s top technology area is A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene) with 17 patents, ranking #53 of 546 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is LightForce Orthodontics, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

LightForce Orthodontics, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +1600% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for LightForce Orthodontics, Inc.'s patents?

LightForce Orthodontics, Inc.'s patents average 16.4 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 LightForce Orthodontics, 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

LightForce Orthodontics, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 21 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Lightforce ranks #14,113 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 21 patents across 12 technology areas.

#14,113
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.8/100): 16.4
avg claims per patent: +1600%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14113 · US Corporation #14,113 · 21 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 21 grants
MID-PACK #14,113/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Lavelle Industries
CPC-FOCUS A61C · 12 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +1600% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Lavelle Industries, 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 Lightforce’s 52.8 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 10.7 pts (20%) Velocity 20.0 pts (38%) Breadth 12.2 pts (23%) Claim depth 9.8 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Lightforce's Innovation Score is 52.8/100 (top 10% 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 Lightforce?

Each dot is one of Lightforce’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). Lightforce’s own 16.4 claims/patent is at or below the 16.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Lightforce's grants concentrate

LightForce Orthodontics, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 81% of grants classified under A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (11 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Lightforce sits between Livingsocial, Inc. and Loveland Innovations, Inc..

Lightforce's three-year grant acceleration

LightForce Orthodontics, Inc. shows 15 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.

Livingsocial

21
Lynred

21
Lavelle Industries

21
Legochem Bioscien…

21
Linares Medical D…

21
Locatorx

21
London School of…

21
Loveland Innovati…

21
Lightforce Orthod… ◀

21

What this shows LightForce holds 21 patents at rank #14,113, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near LightForce

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,113 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61C (Dentistry)

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

Lightforce's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 10% higher than 90% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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LightForce Orthodontics, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	4.8%
2020	2	9.5%
2022	3	14.3%
2023	1	4.8%
2024	11	52.4%
2025partial year	3	14.3%

Which technologies does LightForce Orthodontics, Inc. patent most?

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 17

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 17

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 9

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 8

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 8

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 7

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 5

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 5

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 4

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 3

B28B - Shaping Clay OR Other Ceramic COMPOSITIONS; Shaping SLAG; Shaping Mixtures Containing Cementitious Material, e.g. Plaster 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

Top 12 of 12 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

LightForce Orthodontics, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

LightForce Orthodontics, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene), 81% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61C
Ranked #14,113 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare LightForce Orthodontics, Inc. against Livingsocial, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.8/100 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

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