Overall rank by patents
#16,942
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2022. 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: H10F (INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, L3 ranks #16,942 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 16 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R16942 · US Corporation #16,942 · 17 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Kittrich Corporation (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
L3 Cincinnati · this assignee
38 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows L3 Cincinnati Electronics Corporation stamps GRANTS-MICRO, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-RICH, TYPE-USCORP, VEL-SURGE, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #16,942 of 50,000; Innovation Score 37.7/100 sits in the top 43% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Kittrich Corporation (±0 grants).
L3 Cincinnati Electronics Corporation has been granted 17 US utility patents between 2018 and 2022, placing L3 Cincinnati Electronics Corporation at #16,942 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 16 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 19.6 claims per patent with primary concentration in H10F (INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION). As a US Corporation, L3 Cincinnati Electronics Corporation is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, L3 sits between Kittrich Corporation (17 patents, rank #16,937) and LDR Medical, S.a.s. (17 patents, rank #16,945) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 37.7/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 11 grants, compared with 6 in the 2015–2019 window, a +83% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The US Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. L3 Cincinnati Electronics Corporation's 19.6 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 16 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Kittrich Corporation
17 patents
Knowles Cazenovia, Inc.
17 patents
Kurimoto, LTD.
17 patents
Kyocera AVX Components (Werne) GMBH
17 patents
LAERDAL MEDICAL AS
17 patents
LANTRONIX, INC.
17 patents
LANXESS INTERNATIONAL SA
17 patents
LDR Medical, S.A.S.
17 patents
L3 CINCINNATI ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
17 patents
What this shows L3 holds 17 patents at rank #16,941, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #16,941 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in L3's primary technology class.
L3's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
38 Top 43% higher than 57% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | 17.6% |
| 2019 | 3 | 17.6% |
| 2020 | 4 | 23.5% |
| 2021 | 4 | 23.5% |
| 2022 | 3 | 17.6% |
Top 15 of 16 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#16,942
of 50,000 tracked assignees
37.7 out of 100
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.