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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Putco, Inc. ranks #9,852 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 Putco, Inc. hold?

Putco, Inc. holds 32 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Putco, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Putco, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 38.9 out of 100 (top 40% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Putco, Inc. focus on?

Putco, Inc.'s top technology area is F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors) with 19 patents, ranking #90 of 1,094 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

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

Putco, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +156% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Putco, Inc.'s patents average 11.6 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 Putco, 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

Putco, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 32 granted patents across 17 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, Putco ranks #9,852 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 32 patents across 17 technology areas.

#9,852
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 40%
by Innovation Score (38.9/100): 11.6
avg claims per patent: +156%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9852 · US Corporation #9,852 · 32 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 32 grants
UPPER-Q #9,852/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Plasmology4
CPC-FOCUS F21S · 17 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +156% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Plasmology4 (±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 Putco’s 38.9 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 12.1 pts (31%) Velocity 5.2 pts (13%) Breadth 14.6 pts (38%) Claim depth 7.0 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
La Crosse Technology · near

39
Locus OIL IP · near

39
Putco · this assignee

39
Quantum Valley… · near

39
HannStar Display… · near

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Putco's Innovation Score is 38.9/100 (top 40% 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 Putco?

Each dot is one of Putco’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). Putco’s own 11.6 claims/patent is at or below the 16.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Putco's grants concentrate

Putco, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 59.4% 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 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Putco sits between Plasmology4 and REG Synthetic Fuels, LLC.

Putco's three-year grant acceleration

Putco, Inc. shows 11 grants in 2022–2024 against only 14 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.

Plasmology4

32
Prolitec

32
Promethean

32
Protagonist Thera…

32
Quidel

32
Rayence

32
Raytrx

32
REG Synthetic Fue…

32
Putco ◀

32

What this shows Putco holds 32 patents at rank #9,851, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Putco

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,851 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F21S (Non-portable Lighting Devices)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Putco, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F21S (Non-portable Lighting Devices), Putco ranks #90 of 1,094 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

La Crosse Technology Ltd. 39 Quantum Valley Investment Fund LP 39 Locus OIL IP Company, LLC 39 HannStar Display (Nanjing) Corporation 39

Putco's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 40% higher than 60% 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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Putco, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	6.3%
2016	1	3.1%
2018	4	12.5%
2019	2	6.3%
2020	7	21.9%
2021	5	15.6%
2022	2	6.3%
2023	7	21.9%
2024	2	6.3%

Which technologies does Putco, Inc. patent most?

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 19

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 18

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 13

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 13

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 8

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 5

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 5

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 4

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 2

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 1

B60J - Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles 1

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 1

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 1

Top 15 of 17 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

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

Putco, Inc.'s lead technology class is F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors), 59.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21S
Ranked #9,852 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Putco, Inc. against Plasmology4, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.9/100 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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