Where does L-3 Communications Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), L-3 Communications Corporation ranks #4,048 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 L-3 Communications Corporation hold?

L-3 Communications Corporation holds 89 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 47 technology areas.

What is L-3 Communications Corporation's Innovation Score?

L-3 Communications Corporation has an Innovation Score of 52.3 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is L-3 Communications Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

L-3 Communications Corporation's recent grant velocity is -94% 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 L-3 Communications Corporation's patents?

L-3 Communications Corporation's patents average 20.8 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 L-3 Communications Corporation 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

L-3 Communications Corporation

Q: What technology areas does L-3 Communications Corporation focus on?

L-3 Communications Corporation's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 23 patents. Grants appear in 47 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 89 granted patents across 47 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, L-3 ranks #4,048 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 89 patents across 47 technology areas.

#4,048
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.3/100): 20.8
avg claims per patent: -94%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4048 · US Corporation #4,048 · 89 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 89 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,048/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Huhtamaki
CPC-WIDE H04L · 47 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -94% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Huhtamaki, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Versalis S P A · near

52
Attochron · near

52
Cognyte Israel · near

52
L-3 Communications · this assignee

52
Westerngeco L L C · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows L-3's Innovation Score is 52.3/100 (top 10% 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.

Where L-3's grants concentrate

L-3 Communications Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 47 CPC subclasses with 25.8% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (33 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2021. By volume, L-3 sits between Huhtamaki, Inc. and McLaren Automotive Limited.

Huhtamaki

89
Ineos Styrolution…

89
Innio Jenbacher &…

89
Innogrit

89
Mapper Lithograph…

89
Mikro Mesa Techno…

89
Mobileiron

89
Mclaren Automotive

89
L-3 Communications ◀

89

What this shows L-3 holds 89 patents at rank #4,048, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near L-3

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,048 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in L-3's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for L-3, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

Westerngeco L.L.C. 52 Attochron, LLC 52 Cognyte Technologies Israel Ltd. 52 Versalis S.P.A. 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.8 here).

EMS-Patent AG 20.8 avg Innovium, Inc. 20.8 avg Ideal Industries Lighting LLC 20.8 avg Lynk Labs, Inc. 20.8 avg

L-3's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 10% higher than 90% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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L-3 Communications Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	33	37.1%
2016	23	25.8%
2017	4	4.5%
2018	14	15.7%
2019	10	11.2%
2020	3	3.4%
2021	2	2.2%

Which technologies does L-3 Communications Corporation patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 23

H04B - Transmission 23

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 15

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 10

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 7

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 7

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 6

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 6

H04K - Secret COMMUNICATION; Jamming OF Communication 5

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 4

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 4

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 4

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 4

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 4

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 3

Top 15 of 47 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#4,048

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

52.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

L-3 Communications Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

L-3 Communications Corporation's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 25.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #4,048 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare L-3 Communications Corporation against Huhtamaki, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.3/100 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

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.