Where does Qualite Sports Lighting, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Qualite Sports Lighting, LLC ranks #32,978 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 Qualite Sports Lighting, LLC hold?

Qualite Sports Lighting, LLC holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Qualite Sports Lighting, LLC's Innovation Score?

Qualite Sports Lighting, LLC has an Innovation Score of 17.9 out of 100 (5th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Qualite Sports Lighting, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Qualite Sports Lighting, LLC'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 Qualite Sports Lighting, LLC's patents?

Qualite Sports Lighting, LLC's patents average 5.4 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 Qualite Sports Lighting, LLC 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

Qualite Sports Lighting, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Qualite Sports Lighting, LLC focus on?

Qualite Sports Lighting, LLC's top technology area is 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) with 2 patents, ranking #690 of 1,359 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Qualite ranks #32,978 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 4 technology areas.

#32,978
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 5th percentile
by Innovation Score (17.9/100): 5.4
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R32978 · US Corporation #32,978 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #32,978/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Qlight Nanotech
CPC-NARROW F21Y · 4 areas
INNOV-LOW 17.9/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 5.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Qlight Nanotech Ltd. (±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 Qualite’s 17.9 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 7.6 pts (42%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.1 pts (40%) Claim depth 3.2 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Qualite Sports… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Qualite's Innovation Score is 17.9/100 (5th 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 Qualite?

Each dot is one of Qualite’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). Qualite’s own 5.4 claims/patent is at or below the 15.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Qualite's grants concentrate

Qualite Sports Lighting, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 25% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Qualite sits between Quantumctek Co.. Ltd. and Quest Medical, Inc..

Quantumctek

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Quarrymen &

8
Quick Connectors

8
Qlight Nanotech

8
Quantropi

8
Quantum Devices

8
Quantum Silicon

8
Quest Medical

8
Qualite Sports Li… ◀

8

What this shows Qualite holds 8 patents at rank #32,965, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Qualite

By rank, the assignees closest to #32,965 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F21Y (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k)

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

Qualite's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

18 5th percentile higher than 5% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Qualite Sports Lighting, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	6	75.0%
2018	1	12.5%
2025partial year	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Qualite Sports Lighting, LLC patent most?

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 2

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

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

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 1

Top 4 of 4 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

Qualite Sports Lighting, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Qualite Sports Lighting, LLC's lead technology class is 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), 25% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21Y
Ranked #32,978 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Qualite Sports Lighting, LLC against Quantumctek Co.. Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 17.9/100 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

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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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