Where does L3 Open Water Power, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), L3 Open Water Power, Inc. ranks #36,183 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 L3 Open Water Power, Inc. hold?

L3 Open Water Power, Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2021, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is L3 Open Water Power, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

L3 Open Water Power, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 24.2 out of 100 (14th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does L3 Open Water Power, Inc. focus on?

L3 Open Water Power, Inc.'s top technology area is H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy) with 7 patents, ranking #684 of 2,332 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is L3 Open Water Power, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

L3 Open Water Power, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +33% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for L3 Open Water Power, Inc.'s patents?

L3 Open Water Power, Inc.'s patents average 14.0 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 L3 Open Water Power, 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

L3 Open Water Power, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2021. 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: H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, L3 ranks #36,183 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 6 technology areas.

#36,183
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 14th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.2/100): 14.0
avg claims per patent: +33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36183 · US Corporation #36,183 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,183/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kühne Jungpflanzen…
CPC-NARROW H01M · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kühne Jungpflanzen Claus + Torsten Kühne Gbr (±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 L3’s 24.2 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 7.2 pts (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (36%) Claim depth 8.4 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
L3 Open Water Power · this assignee

24
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows L3's Innovation Score is 24.2/100 (14th 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for L3?

Each dot is one of L3’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). L3’s own 14.0 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.

L3 vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where L3's grants concentrate

L3 Open Water Power, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, L3 sits between Kühne Jungpflanzen Claus + Torsten Kühne Gbr and Lappeenrannan Teknillinen Yliopisto.

Kühne Jungpflanze…

7
L & B Manufacturi…

7
L&H Industrial

7
L-acoustics

7
LA Siesta

7
Laboratorios Lesv…

7
LAP IQ

7
Lappeenrannan Tek…

7
L3 Open Water Pow… ◀

7

What this shows L3 holds 7 patents at rank #36,166, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near L3

By rank, the assignees closest to #36,166 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01M (Processes OR Means)

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)

24 14th percentile higher than 14% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2021

Grants by year

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

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L3 Open Water Power, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	2	28.6%
2019	1	14.3%
2020	1	14.3%
2021	3	42.9%

Which technologies does L3 Open Water Power, Inc. patent most?

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 7

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 6

C25B - Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Processes FOR THE Production OF Compounds OR NON-METALS; Apparatus Therefor 5

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 3

C25D - Processes FOR THE Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Production OF COATINGS; ELECTROFORMING; Apparatus Therefor 1

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

L3 Open Water Power, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

L3 Open Water Power, Inc.'s lead technology class is H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01M
Ranked #36,183 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare L3 Open Water Power, Inc. against Kühne Jungpflanzen Claus + Torsten Kühne Gbr, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.2/100 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

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