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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Xicato, Inc. ranks #7,356 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 Xicato, Inc. hold?

Xicato, Inc. holds 45 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 25 technology areas.

What is Xicato, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Xicato, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 40.5 out of 100 (top 35% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Xicato, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -98% 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 Xicato, Inc.'s patents?

Xicato, Inc.'s patents average 16.0 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 Xicato, 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

Xicato, Inc.

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

Xicato, 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 28 patents, ranking #94 of 1,842 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 25 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 45 granted patents across 25 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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, Xicato ranks #7,356 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 45 patents across 25 technology areas.

#7,356
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 35%
by Innovation Score (40.5/100): 16.0
avg claims per patent: -98%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7356 · US Corporation #7,356 · 45 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 45 grants
UPPER-Q #7,356/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH eMagin
CPC-FOCUS F21V · 25 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -98% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: eMagin Corporation (±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 Xicato’s 40.5 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 13.2 pts (33%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 17.7 pts (44%) Claim depth 9.6 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Accedian Networks · near

41
Adaptix · near

41
Kumu Networks · near

41
Xicato · this assignee

41
ZPE Systems · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Xicato's Innovation Score is 40.5/100 (top 35% 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 Xicato?

Each dot is one of Xicato’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). Xicato’s own 16.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Xicato's grants concentrate

Xicato, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 25 CPC subclasses with 62.2% 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 2017 (14 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Xicato sits between Vanguard Products Group, Inc. and innogy SE.

Vanguard Products…

45
Vermont Juvenile…

45
Wing Enterprises…

45
Wahoo Fitness

45
Zhejiang Uniview

45
emagin

45
ifit

45
innogy SE

45
Xicato ◀

45

What this shows Xicato holds 45 patents at rank #7,353, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Xicato

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,353 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Xicato, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Sys…), Xicato ranks #94 of 1,842 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

Kumu Networks, Inc. 41 Adaptix Ltd 41 Accedian Networks Inc. 41 ZPE Systems, Inc. 41

Xicato's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 35% higher than 65% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Xicato, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	15.6%
2016	10	22.2%
2017	14	31.1%
2018	8	17.8%
2019	5	11.1%
2020	1	2.2%

Which technologies does Xicato, 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 28

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 26

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 24

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 24

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 13

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 11

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 8

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 6

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 6

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 4

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 4

H04B - Transmission 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 3

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 3

Top 15 of 25 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

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

Xicato, 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), 62.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21V
Ranked #7,356 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Xicato, Inc. against Vanguard Products Group, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.5/100 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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