Where does Lightspeed Aviation, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Lightspeed Aviation, Inc. ranks #36,258 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 Lightspeed Aviation, Inc. hold?

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

What is Lightspeed Aviation, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Lightspeed Aviation, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 26.5 out of 100 (20th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Lightspeed Aviation, 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 Lightspeed Aviation, Inc.'s patents?

Lightspeed Aviation, Inc.'s patents average 11.0 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 Lightspeed Aviation, 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

Lightspeed Aviation, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Lightspeed Aviation, Inc. focus on?

Lightspeed Aviation, Inc.'s top technology area is H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems) with 5 patents, ranking #450 of 1,513 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 7 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: H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Lightspeed ranks #36,258 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 7 technology areas.

#36,258
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 20th percentile
by Innovation Score (26.5/100): 11.0
avg claims per patent: -25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36258 · US Corporation #36,258 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,258/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Lifebond
CPC-NARROW H04R · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.5/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Lifebond Ltd (±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 Lightspeed’s 26.5 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 (27%) Velocity 3.3 pts (12%) Breadth 9.4 pts (35%) Claim depth 6.6 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Lightspeed Aviation · this assignee

26
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Lightspeed's Innovation Score is 26.5/100 (20th 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 Lightspeed?

Each dot is one of Lightspeed’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). Lightspeed’s own 11.0 claims/patent is at or below the 15.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Lightspeed's grants concentrate

Lightspeed Aviation, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 71.4% of grants classified under H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Lightspeed sits between Lifebond Ltd and Lintes Technology Co., Ltd.

Lightspeed's three-year grant acceleration

Lightspeed Aviation, Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Lifebond

7
Lifeware Labs

7
Lift-all

7
Lightmetrics PVT

7
Limit

7
Liability “Peerf”

7
Liability “Solvex”

7
Lintes Technology

7
Lightspeed Aviati… ◀

7

What this shows Lightspeed holds 7 patents at rank #36,197, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Lightspeed

By rank, the assignees closest to #36,197 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04R (Loudspeakers)

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

Lightspeed's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 20th percentile higher than 20% 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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Lightspeed Aviation, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	28.6%
2017	1	14.3%
2018	1	14.3%
2020	2	28.6%
2022	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Lightspeed Aviation, Inc. patent most?

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 5

H04M - Telephonic Communication 2

G10K - Sound-producing DEVICES; Methods OR Devices FOR Protecting Against, OR FOR Damping, Noise OR Other Acoustic Waves IN GENERAL; Acoustics NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

A42B - HATS; Head Coverings 1

Top 7 of 7 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

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

Lightspeed Aviation, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04R
Ranked #36,258 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Lightspeed Aviation, Inc. against Lifebond Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.5/100 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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