Where does Axon LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Axon LLC ranks #28,192 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 Axon LLC hold?

Axon LLC holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Axon LLC's Innovation Score?

Axon LLC has an Innovation Score of 35.4 out of 100 (top 49% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Axon LLC focus on?

Axon LLC's top technology area is B65C (Labelling OR Tagging Machines, Apparatus, OR Processes) with 6 patents, ranking #24 of 145 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is Axon LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Axon LLC's recent grant velocity is +25% 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 Axon LLC's patents?

Axon LLC's patents average 14.2 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 Axon LLC 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

Axon LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: B65C (Labelling OR Tagging Machines, Apparatus, OR Processes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Axon ranks #28,192 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 12 technology areas.

#28,192
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 49%
by Innovation Score (35.4/100): 14.2
avg claims per patent: +25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R28192 · US Corporation #28,192 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #28,192/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Aaron Engineered…
CPC-FOCUS B65C · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Aaron Engineered Process Equipment, 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 Axon’s 35.4 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 8.0 pts (23%) Velocity 6.7 pts (19%) Breadth 12.2 pts (34%) Claim depth 8.5 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Axon · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Axon's Innovation Score is 35.4/100 (top 49% 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 Axon?

Each dot is one of Axon’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). Axon’s own 14.2 claims/patent is at or below the 19.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Axon's grants concentrate

Axon LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under B65C (Labelling OR Tagging Machines, Apparatus, OR Processes). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Axon sits between AVG Netherlands B.V. and Access Vascular, Inc..

Axon's three-year grant acceleration

Axon LLC shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

AVG Netherlands B…

9
AWES ME

9
Axiall Ohio

9
Axilone Plastique

9
Aaron Engineered…

9
Above All Lighting

9
Access Scientific

9
Access Vascular

9
Axon ◀

9

What this shows Axon holds 9 patents at rank #28,063, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Axon

By rank, the assignees closest to #28,063 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65C (Labelling OR Tagging Machines)

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

Axon's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 Top 49% higher than 51% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Axon LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	11.1%
2017	1	11.1%
2018	1	11.1%
2019	1	11.1%
2020	2	22.2%
2022	2	22.2%
2024	1	11.1%

Which technologies does Axon LLC patent most?

B65C - Labelling OR Tagging Machines, Apparatus, OR Processes 6

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 4

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 3

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 2

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 2

B67B - Applying Closure Members TO Bottles Jars, OR Similar CONTAINERS; Opening Closed Containers 2

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 1

B21B - Rolling OF Metal 1

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 1

B26F - PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; Severing BY Means Other Than Cutting 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 1

Top 12 of 12 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

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

Axon LLC's lead technology class is B65C (Labelling OR Tagging Machines, Apparatus, OR Processes), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65C
Ranked #28,192 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Axon LLC against AVG Netherlands B.V., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.4/100 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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