Where does LIT Brands, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), LIT Brands, LLC ranks #41,454 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 LIT Brands, LLC hold?

LIT Brands, LLC holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2025, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is LIT Brands, LLC's Innovation Score?

LIT Brands, LLC 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 LIT Brands, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for LIT Brands, LLC.

What does claim depth mean for LIT Brands, LLC's patents?

LIT Brands, LLC's patents average 7.8 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 LIT Brands, 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

LIT Brands, LLC

Q: What technology areas does LIT Brands, LLC focus on?

LIT Brands, LLC's top technology area is B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages) with 2 patents, ranking #1,501 of 3,365 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2025. 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: B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR F).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, LIT ranks #41,454 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 3 technology areas.

#41,454
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 43%
by Innovation Score (37.5/100): 7.8
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R41454 · US Corporation #41,454 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #41,454/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Linearity
CPC-NARROW B65D · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.5/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2022–2025 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Linearity GMBH (±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 LIT’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 6.7 pts (18%) Velocity 20.0 pts (53%) Breadth 6.1 pts (16%) Claim depth 4.7 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
LIT Brands · this assignee

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows LIT'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 LIT?

Each dot is one of LIT’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). LIT’s own 7.8 claims/patent is at or below the 11.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where LIT's grants concentrate

LIT Brands, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 33.3% of grants classified under B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR F). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, LIT sits between Linearity GMBH and LM-Instruments OY.

LIT's three-year grant acceleration

LIT Brands, LLC shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Linearity

6
Lintex

6
Lion Smart

6
Lips

6
Lite-on

6
Lltech Management

6
LM Wind Power R&D…

6
Lm-instruments OY

6
LIT Brands ◀

6

What this shows LIT holds 6 patents at rank #41,362, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near LIT

By rank, the assignees closest to #41,362 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials)

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

LIT'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

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2022–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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LIT Brands, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	2	33.3%
2023	2	33.3%
2024	1	16.7%
2025partial year	1	16.7%

Which technologies does LIT Brands, LLC patent most?

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 2

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 1

A24F - Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices 1

Top 3 of 3 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

LIT Brands, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

LIT Brands, LLC's lead technology class is B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR F), 33.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65D
Ranked #41,454 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare LIT Brands, LLC against Linearity GMBH, 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

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