Where does Maxlite, Inc rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Maxlite, Inc ranks #5,610 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 Maxlite, Inc hold?

Maxlite, Inc holds 61 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Maxlite, Inc's Innovation Score?

Maxlite, Inc has an Innovation Score of 30.5 out of 100 (35th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Maxlite, Inc's recent grant velocity is +14% 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 Maxlite, Inc's patents?

Maxlite, Inc's patents average 8.5 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 Maxlite, 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

Maxlite, Inc

Q: What technology areas does Maxlite, Inc focus on?

Maxlite, Inc's top technology area is F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors) with 29 patents, ranking #59 of 1,094 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 61 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Maxlite ranks #5,610 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 61 patents across 8 technology areas.

#5,610
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 35th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.5/100): 8.5
avg claims per patent: +14%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5610 · US Corporation #5,610 · 61 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 61 grants
UPPER-Q #5,610/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Lesaffre ET Compagnie
CPC-NARROW F21S · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.5/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +14% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Lesaffre ET Compagnie (±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 Maxlite’s 30.5 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 14.3 pts (47%) Velocity 1.2 pts (4%) Breadth 10.0 pts (33%) Claim depth 5.1 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Equalaire Systems · near

31
OZ Optics · near

31
Maxlite · this assignee

31
Mulesoft · near

31
Dell International… · near

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Maxlite's Innovation Score is 30.5/100 (35th 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 Maxlite?

Each dot is one of Maxlite’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). Maxlite’s own 8.5 claims/patent is at or below the 14.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Maxlite's grants concentrate

Maxlite, Inc is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 47.5% of grants classified under F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (20 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Maxlite sits between Lesaffre ET Compagnie and National University Orporation Tokyo University OF Agriculture AND Technology.

Maxlite's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Maxlite, Inc moved from 39 to 7 grants (0.18x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Lesaffre ET Compa…

61
Lone Gull Holdings

61
Light Labs

61
Lineage Logistics

61
Macdonald Dettwil…

61
Magenta Medical

61
Moxa

61
National Universi…

61
Maxlite ◀

61

What this shows Maxlite holds 61 patents at rank #5,606, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Maxlite

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,606 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F21S (Non-portable Lighting Devices)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Maxlite, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F21S (Non-portable Lighting Devices), Maxlite ranks #59 of 1,094 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (31 here).

Mulesoft, LLC 31 Equalaire Systems, Inc. 31 OZ Optics Ltd. 31 Dell International L.L.C. 31

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (8.5 here).

Paccar Inc 8.5 avg Hitachi High-tech Science Corporation 8.4 avg Noritake Co., Limited 8.5 avg China Medical University 8.5 avg

Maxlite's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 35th percentile higher than 35% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Maxlite, Inc patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	1.6%
2016	1	1.6%
2017	8	13.1%
2018	4	6.6%
2019	14	23.0%
2020	20	32.8%
2021	5	8.2%
2022	3	4.9%
2023	2	3.3%
2024	2	3.3%
2025partial year	1	1.6%

Which technologies does Maxlite, Inc patent most?

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 29

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 29

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 22

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 7

F21K - Non-electric Light Sources Using LUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using Charges OF Combustible MATERIAL; Light Sources Using Semiconductor Devices AS Light-generating ELEMENTS; Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 2

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 1

Top 8 of 8 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

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

Maxlite, Inc's lead technology class is F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors), 47.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21S
Ranked #5,610 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Maxlite, Inc against Lesaffre ET Compagnie, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.5/100 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

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.