Colt's Manufacturing IP Holding Company LLC
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2020. 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: F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Colt's ranks #15,197 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 4 technology areas.
- #15,197
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- 21st percentile
- by Innovation Score (26.8/100)
- 15.6
- avg claims per patent
- -94%
- grant velocity, last 5 yrs
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R15197 · US Corporation #15,197 · 19 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL
- GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
- MID-PACK #15,197/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH Claverham
- CPC-NARROW F41A · 4 areas
- INNOV-THIN 26.8/100
- CLAIMS-RICH 15.6 claims/avg
- TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
- VEL-DROP -94% vel
- BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: Claverham Limited (±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 Colt's’s 26.8 Innovation Score adds up
The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around Colt's
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- Colt's Manufacturing… · this assignee 27
Colt's Manufacturing… · this assignee
27 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Colt's's Innovation Score is 26.8/100 (21st percentile 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 Colt's?
Each dot is one of Colt's’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). Colt's’s own 15.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.
Where Colt's's grants concentrate
Colt's Manufacturing IP Holding Company LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 89.5% of grants classified under F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Colt's sits between Claverham Limited and Crown Iron Works Company LLC.
Who files at Colt's's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- Claverham
Claverham Limited
19 patents
- Cloud B
Cloud B, Inc.
19 patents
- CM HK
CM HK Limited
19 patents
- Cochrane USA
Cochrane USA Inc.
19 patents
- Commercial Sewing
Commercial Sewing, Inc.
19 patents
- Compass Plants B V
Compass Plants B.V.
19 patents
- Cpsi Holdings
Cpsi Holdings LLC
19 patents
- Crown Iron Works
Crown Iron Works Company LLC
19 patents
- Colt's Manufactur… ◀
Colt's Manufacturing IP Holding Company LLC
19 patents
What this shows Colt's holds 19 patents at rank #15,184, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
Companies ranked near Colt's
By rank, the assignees closest to #15,184 in granted patent volume.
- Claverham Limited #15,180 · 19 patents
- Cloud B, Inc. #15,181 · 19 patents
- CM HK Limited #15,182 · 19 patents
- Cochrane USA Inc. #15,183 · 19 patents
- Commercial Sewing, Inc. #15,185 · 19 patents
- Compass Plants B.V. #15,186 · 19 patents
- Cpsi Holdings LLC #15,187 · 19 patents
- Crown Iron Works Company LLC #15,188 · 19 patents
Leaders in F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms A…)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Colt's's primary technology class.
- Smith & Wesson Inc. 86 in class
- SIG Sauer Inc. 80 in class
- Magpul Industries Corp. 79 in class
- WHG Properties, LLC 75 in class
- The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army 70 in class
- Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. 58 in class
- Lwrc International LLC 49 in class
- Vista Outdoor Operations LLC 46 in class
Colt's's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
27 21st percentile higher than 21% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Grants by year
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 9 | 47.4% |
| 2017 | 3 | 15.8% |
| 2018 | 1 | 5.3% |
| 2019 | 5 | 26.3% |
| 2020 | 1 | 5.3% |
Which technologies does Colt's Manufacturing IP Holding Company LLC patent most?
Top 4 of 4 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
Colt's Manufacturing IP Holding Company LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- Colt's Manufacturing IP Holding Company LLC's lead technology class is F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance), 89.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F41A
- Ranked #15,197 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare Colt's Manufacturing IP Holding Company LLC against Claverham Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 26.8/100 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.
Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.