Where does Star Headlight & Lantern Co., Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Star Headlight & Lantern Co., Inc. ranks #14,958 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 Star Headlight & Lantern Co., Inc. hold?

Star Headlight & Lantern Co., Inc. holds 20 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Star Headlight & Lantern Co., Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Star Headlight & Lantern Co., Inc. has an Innovation Score of 43.9 out of 100 (top 27% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Star Headlight & Lantern Co., Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Star Headlight & Lantern Co., Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -46% 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 Star Headlight & Lantern Co., Inc.'s patents?

Star Headlight & Lantern Co., Inc.'s patents average 14.3 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 Star Headlight & Lantern Co., 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

Star Headlight & Lantern Co., Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Star Headlight & Lantern Co., Inc. focus on?

Star Headlight & Lantern Co., Inc.'s top technology area is B60Q (Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General) with 9 patents, ranking #120 of 750 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: B60Q (Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Star ranks #14,958 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 15 technology areas.

#14,958
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (43.9/100): 14.3
avg claims per patent: -46%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14958 · US Corporation #14,958 · 20 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 20 grants
MID-PACK #14,958/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Smart Trike MNF PTE
CPC-FOCUS B60Q · 15 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -46% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Smart Trike MNF PTE 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 Star’s 43.9 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 10.5 pts (24%) Velocity 11.1 pts (25%) Breadth 13.7 pts (31%) Claim depth 8.6 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Star Headlight &… · this assignee

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Star's Innovation Score is 43.9/100 (top 27% 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 Star?

Each dot is one of Star’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). Star’s own 14.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Star's grants concentrate

Star Headlight & Lantern Co., Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 45% of grants classified under B60Q (Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Star sits between Smart Trike MNF PTE Ltd. and Stryker Trauma SA.

Star's three-year grant acceleration

Star Headlight & Lantern Co., Inc. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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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20
Smart Vent Produc…

20
Snell Holdings

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Spinergy

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State of Oregon a…

20
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20
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20
Stryker Trauma

20
Star Headlight &… ◀

20

What this shows Star holds 20 patents at rank #14,960, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Star

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,960 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60Q (Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices)

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

Star's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 27% higher than 73% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Star Headlight & Lantern Co., Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	6	30.0%
2017	4	20.0%
2018	2	10.0%
2019	1	5.0%
2020	1	5.0%
2021	1	5.0%
2022	4	20.0%
2023	1	5.0%

Which technologies does Star Headlight & Lantern Co., Inc. patent most?

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 9

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 5

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 4

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 2

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

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

H04B - Transmission 1

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 1

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 1

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

Top 15 of 15 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

Star Headlight & Lantern Co., Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Star Headlight & Lantern Co., Inc.'s lead technology class is B60Q (Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General), 45% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60Q
Ranked #14,958 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Star Headlight & Lantern Co., Inc. against Smart Trike MNF PTE Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.9/100 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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