Overall rank by patents
#11,329
of 50,000 tracked assignees
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).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Lightwave ranks #11,329 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 27 patents across 9 technology areas.
Lightwave Logic, Inc. has been granted 27 US utility patents between 2018 and 2025, placing Lightwave Logic, Inc. at #11,329 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 9 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 13.6 claims per patent with primary concentration in 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). As a US Corporation, Lightwave Logic, Inc. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Lightwave sits between Laila Nutraceuticals (27 patents, rank #11,319) and Latchways Plc (27 patents, rank #11,327) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 37.5/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 20 grants, compared with 4 in the 2015–2019 window, a +400% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The US Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Lightwave Logic, Inc.'s 13.6 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 9 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
LAILA NUTRACEUTICALS
27 patents
LEKISPORT AG
27 patents
LEM International SA
27 patents
LIEBHERR-HYDRAULIKBAGGER GMBH
27 patents
LUNELLA BIOTECH, INC.
27 patents
LUZIFERLAMPS, S.L.
27 patents
LaserMotive, Inc.
27 patents
Latchways plc
27 patents
LIGHTWAVE LOGIC, INC.
27 patents
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.
By rank, the assignees closest to #11,323 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Lightwave's primary technology class.
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 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| 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% |
Top 9 of 9 technology areas
Historical grant data only; it does not rate legal strength or current strategy.
Overall rank by patents
#11,329
of 50,000 tracked assignees
37.5 out of 100
How to use this portfolio
Lightwave's 27 grants land it in the top 43% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.
Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.
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.