Luce Communications LLC
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Luce ranks #48,461 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 8 technology areas.
- #48,461
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- 31st percentile
- by Innovation Score (29.5/100)
- 11.0
- avg claims per patent
- +300%
- grant velocity, last 5 yrs
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R48461 · US Corporation #48,461 · 5 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
- GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
- BOTTOM-DECILE #48,461/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH LSO
- CPC-NARROW G01N · 8 areas
- INNOV-THIN 29.5/100
- CLAIMS-PAR 11.0 claims/avg
- TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
- VEL-SURGE +300% vel
- BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: LSO, LP (±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 Luce’s 29.5 Innovation Score adds up
The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around Luce
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- Arteriors Home · near 29
Arteriors Home · near
29 score
- Innodem Neurosciences · near 29
Innodem Neurosciences · near
29 score
- Luce Communications · this assignee 29
Luce Communications · this assignee
29 score
- Rinat Neuroscience · near 29
Rinat Neuroscience · near
29 score
- Xianyang Caihong… · near 29
Xianyang Caihong… · near
29 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Luce's Innovation Score is 29.5/100 (31st 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 Luce?
Each dot is one of Luce’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). Luce’s own 11.0 claims/patent is at or below the 11.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.
Where Luce's grants concentrate
Luce Communications LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Luce sits between LSO, LP and Lumidigm, Inc..
Luce's three-year grant acceleration
Luce Communications LLC shows 2 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.
Who files at Luce's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- LSO
LSO, LP
5 patents
- LSP Innovative Au…
LSP Innovative Automotive Systems GMBH
5 patents
- LTA Distributing
LTA Distributing, LLC
5 patents
- Lucas Meyer Cosme…
Lucas Meyer Cosmetics Canada Inc.
5 patents
- Luceplan S R L
Luceplan S.R.L.
5 patents
- Lukas-erzett Vere…
Lukas-erzett Vereinigte Schleif- UND Fraswerkzeugfabriken GmbH & Co. KG
5 patents
- Lumenary
Lumenary, Inc.
5 patents
- Lumidigm
Lumidigm, Inc.
5 patents
- Luce Communicatio… ◀
Luce Communications LLC
5 patents
What this shows Luce holds 5 patents at rank #48,371, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
Companies ranked near Luce
By rank, the assignees closest to #48,371 in granted patent volume.
- LSO, LP #48,367 · 5 patents
- LSP Innovative Automotive Systems GMBH #48,368 · 5 patents
- LTA Distributing, LLC #48,369 · 5 patents
- Lucas Meyer Cosmetics Canada Inc. #48,370 · 5 patents
- Luceplan S.R.L. #48,372 · 5 patents
- Lukas-erzett Vereinigte Schleif- UND Fraswerkzeugfabriken GmbH & Co. KG #48,373 · 5 patents
- Lumenary, Inc. #48,374 · 5 patents
- Lumidigm, Inc. #48,375 · 5 patents
Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Luce's primary technology class.
- The Regents of the University of California 1,153 in class
- Shimadzu Corporation 1,111 in class
- Saudi Arabian OIL Company 837 in class
- Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. 816 in class
- The Boeing Company 701 in class
- General Electric Company 634 in class
- Kla-tencor Corporation 583 in class
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology 530 in class
Assignees with similar portfolio profiles
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Luce, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), Luce ranks #3,796 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.
Similar innovation score
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (29 here).
Luce's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
29 31st percentile higher than 31% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Grants by year
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 20.0% |
| 2020 | 2 | 40.0% |
| 2023 | 1 | 20.0% |
| 2024 | 1 | 20.0% |
Which technologies does Luce Communications LLC patent most?
Top 8 of 8 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
Luce Communications LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- Luce Communications LLC's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
- Ranked #48,461 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare Luce Communications LLC against LSO, LP, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 29.5/100 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.
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.