Where does Lightwave Logic, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Lightwave Logic, Inc. ranks #11,329 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 Lightwave Logic, Inc. hold?

Lightwave Logic, Inc. holds 27 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Lightwave Logic, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Lightwave Logic, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 37.5 out of 100 (top 43% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Lightwave Logic, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +400% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Lightwave Logic, Inc.'s patents average 13.6 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 Lightwave Logic, 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

Lightwave Logic, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Lightwave Logic, Inc. focus on?

Lightwave Logic, Inc.'s top technology area is 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) with 24 patents, ranking #164 of 1,354 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 27 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: 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; Optica).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

RSS updates for this company

Explore the portfolio See the ranking

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Lightwave ranks #11,329 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 27 patents across 9 technology areas.

#11,329
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 43%
by Innovation Score (37.5/100): 13.6
avg claims per patent: +400%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11329 · US Corporation #11,329 · 27 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 27 grants
UPPER-Q #11,329/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Laila Nutraceuticals
CPC-NARROW G02F · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +400% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Laila Nutraceuticals (±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 Lightwave’s 37.5 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 11.5 pts (31%) Velocity 7.3 pts (19%) Breadth 10.6 pts (28%) Claim depth 8.2 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Lightwave Logic · this assignee

38
Point Blank… · near

38
Qualcomm Innovation… · near

38
Vonage America · near

38
GetGo · near

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Lightwave's Innovation Score is 37.5/100 (top 43% 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 Lightwave?

Each dot is one of Lightwave’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). Lightwave’s own 13.6 claims/patent is at or below the 14.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Lightwave's grants concentrate

Lightwave Logic, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 88.9% of grants classified under 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; Optica). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Lightwave sits between Laila Nutraceuticals and Latchways plc.

Lightwave's three-year grant acceleration

Lightwave Logic, Inc. shows 12 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

Laila Nutraceutic…

27
Lekisport

27
LEM International

27
Liebherr-hydrauli…

27
Lunella Biotech

27
Luziferlamps S L

27
Lasermotive

27
Latchways

27
Lightwave Logic ◀

27

What this shows Lightwave holds 27 patents at rank #11,323, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Lightwave

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,323 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Lightwave, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light…), Lightwave ranks #164 of 1,354 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (38 here).

Point Blank Enterprises, Inc. 38 Vonage America LLC 38 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. 38 GetGo, Inc. 38

Lightwave's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 43% higher than 57% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

Lightwave Logic, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	3.7%
2019	3	11.1%
2020	4	14.8%
2021	4	14.8%
2022	5	18.5%
2023	2	7.4%
2024	5	18.5%
2025partial year	3	11.1%

Which technologies does Lightwave Logic, Inc. patent most?

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 24

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 13

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 6

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 5

C09B - Organic Dyes OR Closely-related Compounds FOR Producing Dyes ; , e.g. PIGMENTS; MORDANTS; Lakes 3

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 2

B81B - Microstructural Devices OR Systems, e.g. Micromechanical Devices 2

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 2

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 2

Top 9 of 9 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Lightwave Logic, Inc.'s lead technology class is 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; Optica), 88.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02F
Ranked #11,329 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Lightwave Logic, Inc. against Laila Nutraceuticals, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.5/100 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

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.