Where does Lightning Source LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Lightning Source LLC ranks #24,707 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 Lightning Source LLC hold?

Lightning Source LLC holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Lightning Source LLC's Innovation Score?

Lightning Source LLC has an Innovation Score of 28.8 out of 100 (28th 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 Lightning Source LLC focus on?

Lightning Source LLC's top technology area is B42C (Bookbinding) with 11 patents, ranking #6 of 42 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Lightning Source LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Lightning Source LLC's recent grant velocity is +25% 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 Lightning Source LLC's patents?

Lightning Source LLC's patents average 16.1 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 Lightning Source LLC 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

Lightning Source LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 6 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: B42C (Bookbinding).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Lightning ranks #24,707 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 6 technology areas.

#24,707
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 28th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.8/100): 16.1
avg claims per patent: +25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24707 · US Corporation #24,707 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,707/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Liberty Evans
CPC-NARROW B42C · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Liberty Evans, 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 Lightning’s 28.8 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 8.6 pts (30%) Velocity 1.9 pts (7%) Breadth 8.7 pts (30%) Claim depth 9.7 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Lightning Source · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Lightning's Innovation Score is 28.8/100 (28th 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 Lightning?

Each dot is one of Lightning’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). Lightning’s own 16.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Lightning's grants concentrate

Lightning Source LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B42C (Bookbinding). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Lightning sits between Liberty Evans, LLC and Linx Printing Technologies Limited.

Lightning's three-year grant acceleration

Lightning Source LLC shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Liberty Evans

11
Liberty Sport

11
Licentia Group

11
Lifetrack Medical…

11
Liikennevirta Oy…

11
Line Work Bucket…

11
Linq3

11
Linx Printing

11
Lightning Source ◀

11

What this shows Lightning holds 11 patents at rank #24,710, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Lightning

By rank, the assignees closest to #24,710 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B42C (Bookbinding)

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

Lightning's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 28th percentile higher than 28% 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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Lightning Source LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	4	36.4%
2020	1	9.1%
2021	2	18.2%
2022	1	9.1%
2023	1	9.1%
2025partial year	2	18.2%

Which technologies does Lightning Source LLC patent most?

B42C - Bookbinding 11

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 5

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 5

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 5

B07C - Postal SORTING; Sorting Individual Articles, OR Bulk Material FIT TO BE Sorted Piece-meal, e.g. BY Picking 5

B42D - BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Movable-strip Writing OR Reading Apparatus 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Lightning Source LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Lightning Source LLC's lead technology class is B42C (Bookbinding), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B42C
Ranked #24,707 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Lightning Source LLC against Liberty Evans, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.8/100 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

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.