Where does Lightmatter, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Lightmatter, Inc. ranks #5,023 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 Lightmatter, Inc. hold?

Lightmatter, Inc. holds 69 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is Lightmatter, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Lightmatter, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 63.9 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Lightmatter, Inc. focus on?

Lightmatter, Inc.'s top technology area is G06N (Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models) with 39 patents, ranking #239 of 4,479 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

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

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Lightmatter, Inc..

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

Lightmatter, Inc.'s patents average 19.8 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 Lightmatter, 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

Lightmatter, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 69 granted patents across 24 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: G06N (Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Lightmatter ranks #5,023 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 69 patents across 24 technology areas.

#5,023
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.9/100): 19.8
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5023 · US Corporation #5,023 · 69 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 69 grants
UPPER-Q #5,023/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kikkerland Design
CPC-FOCUS G06N · 24 areas
INNOV-STRONG 63.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kikkerland Design, 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 Lightmatter’s 63.9 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 14.7 pts (23%) Velocity 20.0 pts (31%) Breadth 17.3 pts (27%) Claim depth 11.9 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Boston Dynamics · near

64
Lightmatter · this assignee

64
R Stahl SCHALTGERÄTE · near

64
Shanghai Kohler · near

64
Shenzhen TCL NEW… · near

64
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Lightmatter's Innovation Score is 63.9/100 (top 2% 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 Lightmatter?

Each dot is one of Lightmatter’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). Lightmatter’s own 19.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Lightmatter's grants concentrate

Lightmatter, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 56.5% of grants classified under G06N (Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (23 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2020. By volume, Lightmatter sits between Kyulux, Inc. and Netspeed Systems, Inc..

Lightmatter's three-year grant acceleration

Lightmatter, Inc. shows 42 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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.

Kyulux

69
Kikkerland Design

69
Lenzing Aktienges…

69
Litepoint

69
Mallinckrodt

69
Mbda France

69
National Universi…

69
Netspeed Systems

69
Lightmatter ◀

69

What this shows Lightmatter holds 69 patents at rank #5,024, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Lightmatter

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,024 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06N (Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Mo…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Lightmatter, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06N (Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Mo…), Lightmatter ranks #239 of 4,479 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (64 here).

Shanghai Kohler Electronics, Ltd. 64 R. Stahl SCHALTGERÄTE GMBH 64 Boston Dynamics, Inc. 64 Shenzhen TCL NEW Technology Co., Ltd. 64

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.8 here).

PME IP PTY Ltd 19.8 avg Ixys, LLC 19.8 avg Sonitor Technologies AS 19.8 avg Analytics For Life Inc. 19.8 avg

Lightmatter's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

64 Top 2% higher than 98% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Lightmatter, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	5	7.2%
2021	7	10.1%
2022	8	11.6%
2023	11	15.9%
2024	23	33.3%
2025partial year	15	21.7%

Which technologies does Lightmatter, Inc. patent most?

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 39

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 32

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 28

G06E - Optical Computing DEVICES; ; Computing Devices Using Other Radiations With Similar Properties 20

H04B - Transmission 20

H04J - Multiplex Communication 18

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 12

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 12

G06J - Hybrid Computing Arrangements 6

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 5

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 4

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 4

H03K - Pulse Technique 4

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

Top 15 of 24 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

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

Lightmatter, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06N (Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models), 56.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06N
Ranked #5,023 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Lightmatter, Inc. against Kyulux, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 63.9/100 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.