Where does Troy-CSL Lighting, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Troy-CSL Lighting, Inc. ranks #10,801 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 Troy-CSL Lighting, Inc. hold?

Troy-CSL Lighting, Inc. holds 29 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Troy-CSL Lighting, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Troy-CSL Lighting, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 38.8 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%).

Is Troy-CSL Lighting, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Troy-CSL Lighting, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +1200% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Troy-CSL Lighting, Inc.'s patents?

Troy-CSL Lighting, Inc.'s patents average 16.7 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 Troy-CSL Lighting, 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

Troy-CSL Lighting, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Troy-CSL Lighting, Inc. focus on?

Troy-CSL Lighting, Inc.'s top technology area is F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 23 patents, ranking #111 of 1,842 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 29 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Troy-csl ranks #10,801 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 29 patents across 6 technology areas.

#10,801
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 40%
by Innovation Score (38.8/100): 16.7
avg claims per patent: +1200%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10801 · US Corporation #10,801 · 29 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 29 grants
UPPER-Q #10,801/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Tipper Tie
CPC-NARROW F21V · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +1200% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Tipper Tie, Inc. (±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 Troy-csl’s 38.8 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 11.7 pts (30%) Velocity 8.3 pts (21%) Breadth 8.7 pts (22%) Claim depth 10.0 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
DunAn Microstaq · near

39
Kikkoman · near

39
Troy-CSL Lighting · this assignee

39
Alere SAN Diego · near

39
Immunocore · near

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Troy-csl's Innovation Score is 38.8/100 (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 Troy-csl?

Each dot is one of Troy-csl’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). Troy-csl’s own 16.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Troy-csl's grants concentrate

Troy-CSL Lighting, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 79.3% of grants classified under F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Troy-csl sits between Tipper Tie, Inc. and Universite DE Poitiers.

Troy-csl's three-year grant acceleration

Troy-CSL Lighting, Inc. shows 15 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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.

Tipper Tie

29
Titan Spine

29
Tri State Distrib…

29
Trodat

29
Uchiyama Manufact…

29
Uipco

29
Universite DE Lie…

29
Universite DE Poi…

29
Troy-csl Lighting ◀

29

What this shows Troy-CSL holds 29 patents at rank #10,802, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Troy-CSL

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,802 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Sys…)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Troy-CSL's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Troy-CSL, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Sys…), Troy-CSL ranks #111 of 1,842 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

DunAn Microstaq, Inc. 39 Kikkoman Corporation 39 Immunocore Limited 39 Alere SAN Diego, Inc. 39

Troy-csl'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 · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Troy-CSL Lighting, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	3.4%
2019	1	3.4%
2020	6	20.7%
2021	5	17.2%
2022	9	31.0%
2023	6	20.7%
2025partial year	1	3.4%

Which technologies does Troy-CSL Lighting, Inc. patent most?

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 23

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 18

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 17

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

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Troy-CSL Lighting, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Troy-CSL Lighting, Inc.'s lead technology class is F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 79.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21V
Ranked #10,801 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Troy-CSL Lighting, Inc. against Tipper Tie, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.8/100 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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