Where does Lightforce USA, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Lightforce USA, Inc. ranks #20,013 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 USA, Inc. hold?

Lightforce USA, Inc. holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Lightforce USA, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Lightforce USA, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 26.0 out of 100 (19th 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 Lightforce USA, Inc. focus on?

Lightforce USA, Inc.'s top technology area is F41G (Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming) with 11 patents, ranking #42 of 307 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is Lightforce USA, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Lightforce USA, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +0% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Lightforce USA, Inc.'s patents?

Lightforce USA, Inc.'s patents average 12.3 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 USA, 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 USA, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 4 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: F41G (Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Lightforce ranks #20,013 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 4 technology areas.

#20,013
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 19th percentile
by Innovation Score (26.0/100): 12.3
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20013 · US Corporation #20,013 · 14 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,013/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Les Schwab Warehouse…
CPC-NARROW F41G · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Les Schwab Warehouse Center, 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 Lightforce’s 26.0 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 (36%) Velocity 2.2 pts (8%) Breadth 7.1 pts (27%) Claim depth 7.4 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Strategic Patent… · near

26
Jonnat Management · near

26
Lightforce USA · this assignee

26
Glam and Glits Nail… · near

26
Solaria · near

26
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Lightforce's Innovation Score is 26.0/100 (19th 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 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 12.3 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.

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

Where Lightforce's grants concentrate

Lightforce USA, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 78.6% of grants classified under F41G (Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Lightforce sits between Les Schwab Warehouse Center, LLC and Littelfuse, Japan G.K..

Lightforce's three-year grant acceleration

Lightforce USA, Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Les Schwab Wareho…

14
Lexmark Internati…

14
Liberty Procureme…

14
Lightening Energy

14
Lilly Brush

14
Lion Copolymers G…

14
Lion Energy

14
Littelfuse Japan…

14
Lightforce USA ◀

14

What this shows Lightforce holds 14 patents at rank #20,024, 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 #20,024 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F41G (Weapon Sights)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Lightforce, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F41G (Weapon Sights), Lightforce ranks #42 of 307 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (26 here).

Jonnat Management Corp. 26 Glam and Glits Nail Design, Inc. 26 Solaria Corporation 26 Strategic Patent Management, LLC 26

Lightforce's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 19th percentile higher than 19% 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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Lightforce USA, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	4	28.6%
2018	2	14.3%
2019	1	7.1%
2020	5	35.7%
2023	1	7.1%
2024	1	7.1%

Which technologies does Lightforce USA, Inc. patent most?

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 11

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 5

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 2

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

Top 4 of 4 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 USA, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Lightforce USA, Inc.'s lead technology class is F41G (Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming), 78.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F41G
Ranked #20,013 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Lightforce USA, Inc. against Les Schwab Warehouse Center, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.0/100 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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