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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Streamlight, Inc. ranks #2,506 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 Streamlight, Inc. hold?

Streamlight, Inc. holds 156 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 31 technology areas.

What is Streamlight, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Streamlight, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 47.7 out of 100 (top 18% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Streamlight, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +25% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

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

Streamlight, Inc.'s patents average 11.7 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 Streamlight, 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

Streamlight, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Streamlight, Inc. focus on?

Streamlight, Inc.'s top technology area is F21L (Lighting Devices OR Systems Thereof, Being Portable OR Specially Adapted FOR Transportation) with 63 patents. Grants appear in 31 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 156 granted patents across 31 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: F21L (Lighting Devices OR Systems Thereof, Being Portable OR Specially Adapted FOR Transportation).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Streamlight ranks #2,506 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 156 patents across 31 technology areas.

#2,506
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.7/100): 11.7
avg claims per patent: +25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2506 · US Corporation #2,506 · 156 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 156 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,506/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Khalifa University…
CPC-FOCUS F21L · 31 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.7/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Khalifa University of Science and Technology (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AOl · near

48
Elevance Renewable… · near

48
Keter Plastic · near

48
Polycom · near

48
Streamlight · this assignee

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Streamlight's Innovation Score is 47.7/100 (top 18% 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.

Where Streamlight's grants concentrate

Streamlight, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 31 CPC subclasses with 40.4% of grants classified under F21L (Lighting Devices OR Systems Thereof, Being Portable OR Specially Adapted FOR Transportation). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (28 grants) versus a trough of 6 in 2024. By volume, Streamlight sits between Khalifa University of Science and Technology and Bnsf Railway Company.

Streamlight's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Streamlight, Inc. moved from 65 to 34 grants (0.52x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,633. See the growth leaderboard.

Khalifa Universit…

156
MS

156
National Chung Ch…

156
National Applied…

156
Visera

156
Zhejiang Jinko So…

156
Streamlight ◀

156
Access Business G…

155
Bnsf Railway

155

What this shows Streamlight holds 156 patents at rank #2,506, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Streamlight

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,506 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F21L (Lighting Devices OR Systems Thereof)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Streamlight, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Keter Plastic Ltd. 48 AOl 48 Polycom, LLC 48 Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc. 48

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.7 here).

Master Lock Company LLC 11.7 avg Primax Electronics Ltd. 11.7 avg Dow Technology Investments LLC 11.7 avg Giga-byte Technology Co., Ltd. 11.7 avg

Streamlight's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 18% higher than 82% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Streamlight, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	9	5.8%
2016	13	8.3%
2017	8	5.1%
2018	13	8.3%
2019	20	12.8%
2020	17	10.9%
2021	28	17.9%
2022	16	10.3%
2023	12	7.7%
2024	6	3.8%
2025partial year	14	9.0%

Which technologies does Streamlight, Inc. patent most?

F21L - Lighting Devices OR Systems Thereof, Being Portable OR Specially Adapted FOR Transportation 63

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 58

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 50

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 15

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 9

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 9

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 6

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 6

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 6

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 6

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 5

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 4

F41C - Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor 4

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 3

Top 15 of 31 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,506

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

47.7 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Streamlight, Inc.'s lead technology class is F21L (Lighting Devices OR Systems Thereof, Being Portable OR Specially Adapted FOR Transportation), 40.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21L
Ranked #2,506 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Streamlight, Inc. against Khalifa University of Science and Technology, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.7/100 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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