Where does Orion Energy Systems, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Orion Energy Systems, Inc. ranks #6,580 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 Orion Energy Systems, Inc. hold?

Orion Energy Systems, Inc. holds 51 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is Orion Energy Systems, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Orion Energy Systems, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 38.3 out of 100 (top 41% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Orion Energy Systems, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Orion Energy Systems, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -58% 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 Orion Energy Systems, Inc.'s patents?

Orion Energy Systems, Inc.'s patents average 14.9 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 Orion Energy Systems, 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

Orion Energy Systems, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Orion Energy Systems, Inc. focus on?

Orion Energy Systems, Inc.'s top technology area is F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 33 patents, ranking #76 of 1,842 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 51 granted patents across 19 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Orion ranks #6,580 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 51 patents across 19 technology areas.

#6,580
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 41%
by Innovation Score (38.3/100): 14.9
avg claims per patent: -58%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6580 · US Corporation #6,580 · 51 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 51 grants
UPPER-Q #6,580/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH National Oilwell…
CPC-FOCUS F21V · 19 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -58% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: National Oilwell Varco Norway AS (±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 Orion’s 38.3 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 13.6 pts (36%) Velocity 0.3 pts (1%) Breadth 15.4 pts (40%) Claim depth 8.9 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
In2Bones USA · near

38
Edge-Works Manufactu… · near

38
Medal Sports (TAIWAN) · near

38
Orion Energy Systems · this assignee

38
Piksel · near

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Orion's Innovation Score is 38.3/100 (top 41% 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 Orion?

Each dot is one of Orion’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). Orion’s own 14.9 claims/patent is at or below the 16.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Orion's grants concentrate

Orion Energy Systems, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 64.7% of grants classified under F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (11 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Orion sits between National Oilwell Varco Norway AS and OneEvent Technologies, Inc..

Orion's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Orion Energy Systems, Inc. moved from 20 to 1 grants (0.05x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

National Oilwell…

51
Nokia Solutions a…

51
Nokomis

51
Optical Logic

51
Ovid Therapeutics

51
Oerlikon Metco (U…

51
Olympus Scientifi…

51
Oneevent

51
Orion Energy Syst… ◀

51

What this shows Orion holds 51 patents at rank #6,576, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Orion

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,576 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Sys…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Orion, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Sys…), Orion ranks #76 of 1,842 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (38 here).

Piksel, Inc. 38 Edge-Works Manufacturing Company 38 Medal Sports (TAIWAN) Corporation 38 In2Bones USA, LLC 38

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.9 here).

Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Dev. Co., Ltd. 14.9 avg Physik Instrumente (PI) GMBH & Co. KG 14.9 avg Transitions Optical, Ltd. 14.9 avg Dow Corning Toray Co., Ltd. 14.9 avg

Orion's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 41% higher than 59% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Orion Energy Systems, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	7.8%
2016	11	21.6%
2017	6	11.8%
2018	9	17.6%
2019	6	11.8%
2020	11	21.6%
2021	3	5.9%
2022	1	2.0%

Which technologies does Orion Energy Systems, Inc. patent most?

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 33

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 30

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

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 26

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 22

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 21

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 8

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 3

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

Top 15 of 19 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

Orion Energy Systems, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Orion Energy Systems, Inc.'s lead technology class is F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 64.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21V
Ranked #6,580 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Orion Energy Systems, Inc. against National Oilwell Varco Norway AS, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.3/100 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.

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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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