Where does La-Z-Boy Incorporated rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), La-Z-Boy Incorporated ranks #5,956 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 La-Z-Boy Incorporated hold?

La-Z-Boy Incorporated holds 57 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is La-Z-Boy Incorporated's Innovation Score?

La-Z-Boy Incorporated has an Innovation Score of 45.1 out of 100 (top 24% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does La-Z-Boy Incorporated focus on?

La-Z-Boy Incorporated's top technology area is A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds) with 45 patents. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

Is La-Z-Boy Incorporated's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

La-Z-Boy Incorporated's recent grant velocity is -10% 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 La-Z-Boy Incorporated's patents?

La-Z-Boy Incorporated's patents average 22.9 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 La-Z-Boy Incorporated 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

La-Z-Boy Incorporated

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 57 granted patents across 20 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, La-z-boy ranks #5,956 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 57 patents across 20 technology areas.

#5,956
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 24%
by Innovation Score (45.1/100): 22.9
avg claims per patent: -10%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5956 · US Corporation #5,956 · 57 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 57 grants
UPPER-Q #5,956/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH JenaValve Technology
CPC-FOCUS A47C · 20 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -10% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: JenaValve Technology, 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
Academisch Ziekenhui… · near

45
Bracco Imaging S P A · near

45
La-Z-Boy Incorporated · this assignee

45
Omrix Biopharmaceuti… · near

45
Withings · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows La-z-boy's Innovation Score is 45.1/100 (top 24% 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 La-z-boy's grants concentrate

La-Z-Boy Incorporated is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 78.9% of grants classified under A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (13 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2022. By volume, La-z-boy sits between JenaValve Technology, Inc. and Metrologic Instruments, Inc..

La-z-boy's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, La-Z-Boy Incorporated moved from 27 to 6 grants (0.22x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Jenavalve Technol…

57
Koganei

57
Kwansei Gakuin Ed…

57
Kyosan Electric M…

57
Lyondell Chemical…

57
Mastercard Canada…

57
Medical Components

57
Metrologic Instru…

57
La-z-boy Incorpor… ◀

57

What this shows La-Z-Boy holds 57 patents at rank #5,954, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near La-Z-Boy

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,954 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47C (Chairs)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in La-Z-Boy's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Withings 45 Academisch Ziekenhuis Leiden (H.O.D.N. LUMC) GMBH 45 Bracco Imaging S.P.A. 45 Omrix Biopharmaceuticals Ltd. 45

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (22.9 here).

Nunhems B.V. 22.9 avg Takeda Vaccines, Inc. 22.9 avg Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 22.9 avg Location Labs, Inc. 23.0 avg

La-z-boy's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 24% higher than 76% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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La-Z-Boy Incorporated patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	8.8%
2016	10	17.5%
2017	4	7.0%
2018	5	8.8%
2019	6	10.5%
2020	13	22.8%
2021	8	14.0%
2022	2	3.5%
2023	4	7.0%

Which technologies does La-Z-Boy Incorporated patent most?

A47C - CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds 45

A61G - Transport, Personal Conveyances, OR Accommodation Specially Adapted FOR Patients OR Disabled Persons ; Operating Tables OR CHAIRS; Chairs FOR DENTISTRY; Funeral Devices 6

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

F16H - Gearing 2

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 2

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 2

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 2

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B22D - Casting OF METALS; Casting OF Other Substances BY THE Same Processes OR Devices 1

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 1

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 1

A45F - Travelling OR Camp EQUIPMENT: Sacks OR Packs Carried ON THE Body 1

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 1

Top 15 of 20 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#5,956

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

45.1 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

La-Z-Boy Incorporated's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

La-Z-Boy Incorporated's lead technology class is A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds), 78.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47C
Ranked #5,956 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare La-Z-Boy Incorporated against JenaValve Technology, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.1/100 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.