Where does Lytro, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Lytro, Inc. ranks #9,311 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 Lytro, Inc. hold?

Lytro, Inc. holds 34 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Lytro, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Lytro, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 35.9 out of 100 (top 48% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Lytro, Inc. focus on?

Lytro, Inc.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 27 patents, ranking #625 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

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

Lytro, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

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

Lytro, Inc.'s patents average 30.1 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 Lytro, 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

Lytro, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 34 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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, Lytro ranks #9,311 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 34 patents across 6 technology areas.

#9,311
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 48%
by Innovation Score (35.9/100): 30.1
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9311 · US Corporation #9,311 · 34 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 34 grants
UPPER-Q #9,311/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Lodge Manufacturing
CPC-NARROW H04N · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 30.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Lodge Manufacturing Company (±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 Lytro’s 35.9 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 12.3 pts (34%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (24%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (42%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Alliance Fiber… · near

36
CI Systems (ISRAEL) · near

36
Lytro · this assignee

36
Worthington Industries · near

36
New BIS Safe Luxco… · near

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Lytro's Innovation Score is 35.9/100 (top 48% 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 Lytro?

Each dot is one of Lytro’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). Lytro’s own 30.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Lytro's grants concentrate

Lytro, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 79.4% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (14 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2017. By volume, Lytro sits between Lodge Manufacturing Company and Mikuni Electron Corporation.

Lodge Manufacturi…

34
Loxo Oncology

34
Lund

34
Lutonix

34
Magnacom

34
Merck Sharp & Doh…

34
Mianyang HKC Opto…

34
Mikuni Electron

34
Lytro ◀

34

What this shows Lytro holds 34 patents at rank #9,311, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Lytro

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,311 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Lytro, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04N (Pictorial Communication), Lytro ranks #625 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (36 here).

Worthington Industries, Inc. 36 Alliance Fiber Optic Products, Inc. 36 CI Systems (ISRAEL) Ltd. 36 New BIS Safe Luxco S.à r.l 36

Lytro's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 48% higher than 52% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Lytro, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	10	29.4%
2016	14	41.2%
2017	5	14.7%
2018	5	14.7%

Which technologies does Lytro, Inc. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 27

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 18

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 13

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 4

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

Top 6 of 6 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

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

Lytro, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 79.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #9,311 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Lytro, Inc. against Lodge Manufacturing Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.9/100 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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