Where does LightMachinery Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), LightMachinery Inc. ranks #36,255 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 LightMachinery Inc. hold?

LightMachinery Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is LightMachinery Inc.'s Innovation Score?

LightMachinery Inc. has an Innovation Score of 28.2 out of 100 (26th 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 LightMachinery Inc. focus on?

LightMachinery Inc.'s top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 4 patents, ranking #1,997 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is LightMachinery Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

LightMachinery Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -25% 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 LightMachinery Inc.'s patents?

LightMachinery Inc.'s patents average 19.6 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 LightMachinery 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 Foreign Corporation

LightMachinery Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Lightmachinery ranks #36,255 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 4 technology areas.

#36,255
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 26th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.2/100): 19.6
avg claims per patent: -25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36255 · Foreign Corporation #36,255 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,255/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Lifestyle Solutions
CPC-NARROW G02B · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Lifestyle Solutions, 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 Lightmachinery’s 28.2 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 7.2 pts (26%) Velocity 2.2 pts (8%) Breadth 7.1 pts (25%) Claim depth 11.7 pts (41%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
LightMachinery · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Lightmachinery's Innovation Score is 28.2/100 (26th 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 Lightmachinery?

Each dot is one of Lightmachinery’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). Lightmachinery’s own 19.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Lightmachinery's grants concentrate

LightMachinery Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 57.1% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Lightmachinery sits between LifeWIRE Corporation and Lightning Suppression Systems Co., Ltd..

Lightmachinery's three-year grant acceleration

LightMachinery Inc. shows 1 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.

Lifewire

7
Lifestyle Solutio…

7
Lifewatch

7
Light4sound

7
Lightspin

7
Lightbulb Innovat…

7
Lightkeeper

7
Lightning Suppres…

7
Lightmachinery ◀

7

What this shows LightMachinery holds 7 patents at rank #36,268, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near LightMachinery

By rank, the assignees closest to #36,268 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Lightmachinery's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 26th percentile higher than 26% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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LightMachinery Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	14.3%
2016	1	14.3%
2018	1	14.3%
2019	1	14.3%
2021	2	28.6%
2022	1	14.3%

Which technologies does LightMachinery Inc. patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 4

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 3

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

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

Top 4 of 4 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

LightMachinery Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

LightMachinery Inc.'s lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 57.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #36,255 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare LightMachinery Inc. against LifeWIRE Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.2/100 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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