Where does North American Lighting, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), North American Lighting, Inc. ranks #18,960 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 North American Lighting, Inc. hold?

North American Lighting, Inc. holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is North American Lighting, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

North American Lighting, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 37.8 out of 100 (top 42% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is North American Lighting, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

North American Lighting, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +550% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for North American Lighting, Inc.'s patents?

North American Lighting, Inc.'s patents average 18.5 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 North American Lighting, 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

North American Lighting, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does North American Lighting, Inc. focus on?

North American Lighting, Inc.'s top technology area is F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors) with 12 patents, ranking #141 of 1,094 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: 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, North ranks #18,960 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 7 technology areas.

#18,960
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 42%
by Innovation Score (37.8/100): 18.5
avg claims per patent: +550%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18960 · US Corporation #18,960 · 15 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,960/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nano Precision Medical
CPC-NARROW F21S · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +550% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nano Precision Medical, Inc. (±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 North’s 37.8 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 9.6 pts (25%) Velocity 7.8 pts (21%) Breadth 9.4 pts (25%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (29%)

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What this shows North's Innovation Score is 37.8/100 (top 42% 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 North?

Each dot is one of North’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). North’s own 18.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 7.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where North's grants concentrate

North American Lighting, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 80% 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 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, North sits between Ningbo Meace PET Products Co., Ltd. and Nano Precision Medical, Inc..

North's three-year grant acceleration

North American Lighting, Inc. shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

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What this shows North holds 15 patents at rank #18,932, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near North

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,932 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F21S (Non-portable Lighting Devices)

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

North's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 42% higher than 58% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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North American Lighting, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	6.7%
2017	1	6.7%
2020	4	26.7%
2021	2	13.3%
2022	4	26.7%
2024	3	20.0%

Which technologies does North American Lighting, Inc. patent most?

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 12

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 6

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 2

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

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 2

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 2

Top 7 of 7 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

North American Lighting, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

North American Lighting, Inc.'s lead technology class is F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21S
Ranked #18,960 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare North American Lighting, Inc. against Ningbo Meace PET Products Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.8/100 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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