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JLS Automation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, JLS ranks #21,312 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 4 technology areas.

#21,312
of 49,997 US assignees by volume
26th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.0/100)
12.3
avg claims per patent
+20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21312 · US Corporation #21,312 · 13 grants

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

  • GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
  • MID-PACK #21,312/49,997
  • PHOTO-FINISH JAB Distributors
  • CPC-NARROW B65B · 4 areas
  • INNOV-THIN 28.0/100
  • CLAIMS-RICH 12.3 claims/avg
  • TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
  • VEL-UP +20% vel
  • BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: JAB Distributors, LLC (±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 JLS’s 28.0 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 JLS

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows JLS's Innovation Score is 28.0/100 (26th 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.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

Does more volume mean deeper claims for JLS?

Each dot is one of JLS’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). JLS’s own 12.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

JLS vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Granted patents (volume) (X) and Avg claims / patent (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Volume + depthSelective & thoroughVolume over depthLean filer 12.912.91313.1 0510152025 Granted patents (volume) Avg claims / patent JAB Distributors, LLC - 13, 3.38JAB DistributorsJiangmen Foreign Trade Group Co., Ltd. - 13, 1Jiangmen Foreign…Jiangsu Aosaikang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. - 13, 12.54Jiangsu Aosaikang…JL Audio, Inc. - 13, 12.08JL AudioJohn Bean Technologies AB - 13, 19.85John Bean ABJoint Stock Company “ATOMENERGOPROEKT” - 13, 4.69Joint Stock “Atom…Jones Lang Lasalle IP, Inc. - 13, 19Jones Lang Lasall…Jonetix Corporation - 13, 23.38JonetixJLS Automation - 13, 12.31JLS Automation
JLS vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where JLS's grants concentrate

JLS Automation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 61.5% of grants classified under B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, JLS sits between JAB Distributors, LLC and Jonetix Corporation.

JLS's three-year grant acceleration

JLS Automation shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Who files at JLS's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows JLS holds 13 patents at rank #21,304, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near JLS

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,304 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65B (Machines)

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

JLS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 26th percentile higher than 26% of 49,997 US assignees

This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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JLS Automation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2018 1 7.7%
2019 4 30.8%
2020 2 15.4%
2022 1 7.7%
2023 1 7.7%
2024 2 15.4%
2025partial year 2 15.4%

Which technologies does JLS Automation patent most?

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

  • JLS Automation's lead technology class is B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking), 61.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65B
  • Ranked #21,312 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
  • Compare JLS Automation against JAB Distributors, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
  • Innovation Score of 28.0/100 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

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.