Where does USAI rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), USAI ranks #7,794 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 USAI hold?

USAI holds 42 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is USAI's Innovation Score?

USAI has an Innovation Score of 35.9 out of 100 (top 48% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does USAI focus on?

USAI's top technology area is F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors) with 16 patents, ranking #109 of 1,094 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is USAI's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

USAI's recent grant velocity is -10% 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 USAI's patents?

USAI's patents average 14.4 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 USAI 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

USAI

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 42 granted patents across 11 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: F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, USAI ranks #7,794 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 42 patents across 11 technology areas.

#7,794
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 48%
by Innovation Score (35.9/100): 14.4
avg claims per patent: -10%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7794 · US Corporation #7,794 · 42 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 42 grants
UPPER-Q #7,794/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH The Ritsumeikan Trust
CPC-FOCUS F21S · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -10% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The Ritsumeikan Trust (±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 USAI’s 35.9 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 13.0 pts (36%) Velocity 2.5 pts (7%) Breadth 11.7 pts (33%) Claim depth 8.6 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hangzhou Chic… · near

36
Highlife SAS · near

36
Reestar International · near

36
Stormtrap · near

36
USAI · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows USAI's Innovation Score is 35.9/100 (top 48% 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 USAI?

Each dot is one of USAI’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). USAI’s own 14.4 claims/patent is at or below the 18.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where USAI's grants concentrate

USAI is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 38.1% of grants classified under F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (10 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, USAI sits between The Ritsumeikan Trust and Visa Europe Limited.

USAI's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, USAI moved from 21 to 8 grants (0.38x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

The Ritsumeikan T…

42
Thin Film ASA

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Throughputer

42
Universitat DE Ba…

42
University of Str…

42
University of Sur…

42
Viavi Solutions UK

42
Visa Europe

42
USAI ◀

42

What this shows USAI holds 42 patents at rank #7,791, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near USAI

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,791 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F21S (Non-portable Lighting Devices)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for USAI, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F21S (Non-portable Lighting Devices), USAI ranks #109 of 1,094 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (36 here).

Hangzhou Chic Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. 36 Highlife SAS 36 Reestar International Limited 36 Stormtrap, LLC 36

USAI's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 48% higher than 52% 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.

View data table

USAI patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	4.8%
2016	1	2.4%
2017	3	7.1%
2018	5	11.9%
2019	10	23.8%
2020	9	21.4%
2021	2	4.8%
2022	1	2.4%
2023	2	4.8%
2024	5	11.9%
2025partial year	2	4.8%

Which technologies does USAI patent most?

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 16

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 16

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 13

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 10

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 6

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 3

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 3

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 3

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

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 1

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 1

Top 11 of 11 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

USAI's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

USAI's lead technology class is F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors), 38.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21S
Ranked #7,794 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare USAI against The Ritsumeikan Trust, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.9/100 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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