Where does TriLite Technologies GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), TriLite Technologies GmbH ranks #18,220 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 TriLite Technologies GmbH hold?

TriLite Technologies GmbH holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is TriLite Technologies GmbH's Innovation Score?

TriLite Technologies GmbH has an Innovation Score of 53.5 out of 100 (top 9% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does TriLite Technologies GmbH focus on?

TriLite Technologies GmbH's top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 13 patents, ranking #913 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is TriLite Technologies GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

TriLite Technologies GmbH's recent grant velocity is +17% 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 TriLite Technologies GmbH's patents?

TriLite Technologies GmbH's patents average 18.3 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 TriLite Technologies GmbH 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 Foreign Corporation

TriLite Technologies GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 13 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Trilite ranks #18,220 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 13 technology areas.

#18,220
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (53.5/100): 18.3
avg claims per patent: +17%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18220 · Foreign Corporation #18,220 · 16 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #18,220/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Torrey Pines…
CPC-FOCUS G02B · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +17% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies (±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 Trilite’s 53.5 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 9.8 pts (18%) Velocity 20.0 pts (37%) Breadth 12.7 pts (24%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
TriLite · this assignee

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Trilite's Innovation Score is 53.5/100 (top 9% 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 Trilite?

Each dot is one of Trilite’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). Trilite’s own 18.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Trilite's grants concentrate

TriLite Technologies GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 81.3% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Trilite sits between Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies and Tyco Electronics Austria GmbH.

Trilite's three-year grant acceleration

TriLite Technologies GmbH shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Torrey Pines Inst…

16
Torshare

16
Total E&P Danmark…

16
Translatum Medicus

16
Truglo

16
Truetzschler & KG

16
Tsinghua Shenzhen…

16
Tyco Austria

16
Trilite ◀

16

What this shows TriLite holds 16 patents at rank #18,224, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near TriLite

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,224 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Trilite's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 9% higher than 91% 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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TriLite Technologies GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	6.3%
2017	4	25.0%
2018	1	6.3%
2021	1	6.3%
2022	2	12.5%
2023	2	12.5%
2024	2	12.5%
2025partial year	3	18.8%

Which technologies does TriLite Technologies GmbH patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 13

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 9

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 5

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 2

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 2

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 2

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 1

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 1

B81B - Microstructural Devices OR Systems, e.g. Micromechanical Devices 1

Top 13 of 13 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

TriLite Technologies GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

TriLite Technologies GmbH's lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 81.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #18,220 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare TriLite Technologies GmbH against Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.5/100 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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