Where does Looking Glass Factory, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Looking Glass Factory, Inc. ranks #13,533 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 Looking Glass Factory, Inc. hold?

Looking Glass Factory, Inc. holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Looking Glass Factory, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Looking Glass Factory, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 54.0 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Looking Glass Factory, Inc. focus on?

Looking Glass Factory, Inc.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 19 patents, ranking #806 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is Looking Glass Factory, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Looking Glass Factory, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +33% 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 Looking Glass Factory, Inc.'s patents?

Looking Glass Factory, Inc.'s patents average 19.4 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 Looking Glass Factory, 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

Looking Glass Factory, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Looking ranks #13,533 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 14 technology areas.

#13,533
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.0/100): 19.4
avg claims per patent: +33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13533 · US Corporation #13,533 · 22 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,533/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH LendingClub Bank…
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 14 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: LendingClub Bank, National Association (±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 Looking’s 54.0 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 10.8 pts (20%) Velocity 18.3 pts (34%) Breadth 13.2 pts (24%) Claim depth 11.6 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Looking Glass Factory · this assignee

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Looking's Innovation Score is 54.0/100 (top 8% 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 Looking?

Each dot is one of Looking’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). Looking’s own 19.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Looking's grants concentrate

Looking Glass Factory, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 86.4% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Looking sits between Luoyang Dbin Office Furniture Co., Ltd. and Masontops IP Holdings, Inc..

Looking's three-year grant acceleration

Looking Glass Factory, Inc. shows 11 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Luoyang Dbin Offi…

22
Luxshare-ict

22
Lendingclub Bank…

22
Life360

22
Luoyang Landglass…

22
M2md

22
Marel A/S

22
Masontops IP Hold…

22
Looking Glass Fac… ◀

22

What this shows Looking holds 22 patents at rank #13,537, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Looking

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,537 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Looking's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 8% higher than 92% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Looking Glass Factory, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	9.1%
2018	4	18.2%
2019	3	13.6%
2021	1	4.5%
2022	6	27.3%
2023	4	18.2%
2024	1	4.5%
2025partial year	1	4.5%

Which technologies does Looking Glass Factory, Inc. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 19

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 13

G03H - Holographic Processes OR Apparatus 6

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 5

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 4

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 3

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 1

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

Top 14 of 14 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

Looking Glass Factory, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Looking Glass Factory, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 86.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #13,533 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Looking Glass Factory, Inc. against Luoyang Dbin Office Furniture Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.0/100 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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