Where does L2 Drive Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), L2 Drive Inc. ranks #26,718 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 L2 Drive Inc. hold?

L2 Drive Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 1 technology areas.

What is L2 Drive Inc.'s Innovation Score?

L2 Drive Inc. has an Innovation Score of 35.6 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 L2 Drive Inc. focus on?

L2 Drive Inc.'s top technology area is G11B (Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer) with 10 patents, ranking #166 of 933 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 1 CPC subclasses total.

Is L2 Drive Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

L2 Drive Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -75% 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 L2 Drive Inc.'s patents?

L2 Drive Inc.'s patents average 17.5 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 L2 Drive Inc. 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

L2 Drive Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 1 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: G11B (Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, L2 ranks #26,718 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 1 technology areas.

#26,718
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 49%
by Innovation Score (35.6/100): 17.5
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26718 · US Corporation #26,718 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,718/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Körber Supply Chain
CPC-NARROW G11B · 1 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Körber Supply Chain 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 L2’s 35.6 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 8.3 pts (23%) Velocity 13.3 pts (37%) Breadth 3.5 pts (10%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
L2 Drive · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows L2's Innovation Score is 35.6/100 (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 L2?

Each dot is one of L2’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). L2’s own 17.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

L2 vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where L2's grants concentrate

L2 Drive Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 1 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G11B (Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, L2 sits between Kwangwoon University Research Institute for Industry Cooperation and Lcdrives Corp..

L2's three-year grant acceleration

L2 Drive Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Kwangwoon Univers…

10
Kyoritsu Chemical…

10
Kyoto Seisakusho

10
Körber Supply Cha…

10
Lamiflex AB

10
Lansion Biotechno…

10
Larose Industries

10
Lcdrives

10
L2 Drive ◀

10

What this shows L2 holds 10 patents at rank #26,710, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near L2

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,710 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G11B (Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Re…)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in L2's primary technology class.

L2's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 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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L2 Drive Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	20.0%
2017	4	40.0%
2018	1	10.0%
2019	1	10.0%
2022	1	10.0%
2024	1	10.0%

Which technologies does L2 Drive Inc. patent most?

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 10

Top 1 of 1 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

L2 Drive Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

L2 Drive Inc.'s lead technology class is G11B (Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G11B
Ranked #26,718 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare L2 Drive Inc. against Kwangwoon University Research Institute for Industry Cooperation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.6/100 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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