Cabin Lighting Patents: Top Companies & Filing Trends 2026
Cabin Lighting and Passenger Experience Patents: Who Leads and Where Filing Is Heading
Concentration at the top. The five leading assignees account for 30.3% of all 1,537 records in scope, and the top ten reach 44.3% — a field with a defined leadership tier rather than an even spread. Filings ran from 111 records in 2017 to just 2 in 2026 so far. Between 2021 and 2024 — the most recent span that can be read as complete, given the roughly 18-month publication lag — volume fell 51%, from 61 to 30 records. Treat 2025 and 2026 figures as undercounted rather than as evidence the field has stalled further.
- 1SIGNIFY HOLDING BV9.2%
- 2MARTIN PROFESSIONAL7.4%
- 3NTHDEGREE TECHNOLOGIES WORLDWIDE INC5.3%
- 4SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD4.7%
- 5RING LLC3.6%
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Questions practitioners ask about this field
Who holds the most cabin lighting patents?
One assignee leads this dataset clearly, with 141 records against 55 at fifth place and 32 at tenth. The top five assignees combined hold 30.3% of all 1,537 records in scope, and the top ten hold 44.3%, so leadership is concentrated but not monopolised. Below that tier, filing activity spreads across a long tail of companies with far smaller counts, which is where most new entrants sit.
Is cabin lighting patent filing still growing?
No — filing peaked at 111 records in 2017 and had fallen to 30 by 2024, a 51% decline over the 2021-2024 span alone. That said, publication lags actual filing by roughly 18 months, so the 2025 and 2026 figures in any dataset will always look artificially low and should not be read as an accelerating collapse. The honest read is a maturing filing base past its peak, not a technology in decline.
What technology areas get the most patent claims in cabin lighting?
Electric heating and lighting circuits (IPC class H05B) appear in 42.6% of the 1,537 records, and lighting device components (F21V) in 31.2%, making these the densest claim areas. Semiconductor light sources (H01L) and non-portable lighting devices (F21S) form a second tier at roughly 14-15% each. Vehicle-specific lighting and signalling (B60Q) covers only 9.8%, meaning most of the crowded claim space is general-purpose lighting engineering rather than automotive-specific integration.
Disclaimer. This analysis is based on Patsnap Eureka data drawn from a limited snapshot of global patent records and is provided for general information and reference only. Patent data carries inherent limitations — recent filings are under-counted because of publication lag, counts may be on a record or family basis, classification and applicant-name data may contain errors or duplicates, and the underlying search query defines the scope shown — so the analysis may be incomplete or inaccurate and may not reflect the full technology landscape.
Nothing here is an exhaustive prior-art, novelty, freedom-to-operate or validity search, nor does it constitute legal, financial or professional advice, and it should not be relied upon as such. Verify independently and review with qualified patent and legal professionals before acting on it.
Method: Filing trend and technology composition. Derived from a Patsnap search on Cabin Lighting and Passenger Experience Systems covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-07-31. Counts reflect published records only and shift as new filings publish. Every share divides by all records in scope. Data: Patsnap Eureka. See the full landscape report.