Where does L-3 Communications Integrated Systems L.P. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), L-3 Communications Integrated Systems L.P. ranks #22,880 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 Integrated Systems L.P. hold?

L-3 Communications Integrated Systems L.P. holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is L-3 Communications Integrated Systems L.P.'s Innovation Score?

L-3 Communications Integrated Systems L.P. has an Innovation Score of 39.9 out of 100 (top 37% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is L-3 Communications Integrated Systems L.P.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

L-3 Communications Integrated Systems L.P.'s recent grant velocity is -80% 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 Integrated Systems L.P.'s patents?

L-3 Communications Integrated Systems L.P.'s patents average 27.8 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 Integrated Systems L.P. 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 Integrated Systems L.P.

Q: What technology areas does L-3 Communications Integrated Systems L.P. focus on?

L-3 Communications Integrated Systems L.P.'s top technology area is B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft) with 5 patents, ranking #277 of 799 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, L-3 ranks #22,880 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 13 technology areas.

#22,880
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 37%
by Innovation Score (39.9/100): 27.8
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22880 · US Corporation #22,880 · 12 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,880/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Korex Canada
CPC-FOCUS B64D · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 27.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Korex Canada Company (±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 L-3’s 39.9 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 8.9 pts (22%) Velocity 3.3 pts (8%) Breadth 12.7 pts (32%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (38%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
L-3 Communications… · this assignee

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows L-3's Innovation Score is 39.9/100 (top 37% 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 L-3?

Each dot is one of L-3’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). L-3’s own 27.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

L-3 vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where L-3's grants concentrate

L-3 Communications Integrated Systems L.P. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 41.7% of grants classified under B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, L-3 sits between Korex Canada Company and Laser Institute, Shandong Academy OF Sciences.

L-3's three-year grant acceleration

L-3 Communications Integrated Systems L.P. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Korex Canada

12
Krausz Industries

12
Kverneland A/S

12
L-3 Communication…

12
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12
Lander Enterprises

12
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12
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12
L-3 Communication… ◀

12

What this shows L-3 holds 12 patents at rank #22,874, 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 #22,874 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO Aircraft)

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

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

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

40 Top 37% higher than 63% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

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 Integrated Systems L.P. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	16.7%
2016	3	25.0%
2017	3	25.0%
2018	1	8.3%
2019	1	8.3%
2021	1	8.3%
2022	1	8.3%

Which technologies does L-3 Communications Integrated Systems L.P. patent most?

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 5

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 4

H04B - Transmission 3

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

B66B - ELEVATORS; Escalators OR Moving Walkways 1

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

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 1

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

Top 13 of 13 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

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

L-3 Communications Integrated Systems L.P.'s lead technology class is B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft), 41.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B64D
Ranked #22,880 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare L-3 Communications Integrated Systems L.P. against Korex Canada Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.9/100 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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