Where does LaCrosse Footwear, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), LaCrosse Footwear, Inc. ranks #3,629 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 LaCrosse Footwear, Inc. hold?

LaCrosse Footwear, Inc. holds 101 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is LaCrosse Footwear, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

LaCrosse Footwear, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 26.8 out of 100 (21st percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is LaCrosse Footwear, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

LaCrosse Footwear, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +59% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for LaCrosse Footwear, Inc.'s patents?

LaCrosse Footwear, Inc.'s patents average 2.8 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 LaCrosse Footwear, 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

LaCrosse Footwear, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does LaCrosse Footwear, Inc. focus on?

LaCrosse Footwear, Inc.'s top technology area is A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear) with 10 patents. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 101 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Lacrosse ranks #3,629 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 101 patents across 2 technology areas.

#3,629
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 21st percentile
by Innovation Score (26.8/100): 2.8
avg claims per patent: +59%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3629 · US Corporation #3,629 · 101 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 101 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,629/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fameccanica Data S p A
CPC-NARROW A43B · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.8/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 2.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +59% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fameccanica.Data S.p.A. (±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
LaCrosse Footwear · this assignee

27
Lightbend · near

27
Linde Material… · near

27
MSD Wellcome Trust… · near

27
S9 · near

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Lacrosse's Innovation Score is 26.8/100 (21st 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.

Where Lacrosse's grants concentrate

LaCrosse Footwear, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 9.9% of grants classified under A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (17 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Lacrosse sits between Fameccanica.Data S.p.A. and Ridge Tool Company.

Lacrosse's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, LaCrosse Footwear, Inc. moved from 47 to 29 grants (0.62x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,405. See the growth leaderboard.

Fameccanica Data…

101
HM Clause

101
James Hardie Tech…

101
Lucas Automotive

101
Nanolumens Acquis…

101
Optum Services (I…

101
Paige AI

101
Ridge Tool

101
Lacrosse Footwear ◀

101

What this shows LaCrosse holds 101 patents at rank #3,630, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near LaCrosse

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,630 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A43B (Characteristic Features OF Footwear)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (27 here).

S9, LLC 27 Lightbend, Inc. 27 Linde Material Handling GmbH 27 MSD Wellcome Trust Hilleman Laboratories PVT. Ltd. 27

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (2.8 here).

Catalyst Lifestyle Limited 2.8 avg MerchSource, LLC 2.8 avg The Libman Company 2.8 avg Zhejiang Orient Gene Biotech Co., Ltd 2.7 avg

Lacrosse's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 21st percentile higher than 21% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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LaCrosse Footwear, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	2.0%
2016	2	2.0%
2017	11	10.9%
2018	5	5.0%
2019	17	16.8%
2020	14	13.9%
2021	16	15.8%
2022	9	8.9%
2023	17	16.8%
2024	3	3.0%
2025partial year	5	5.0%

Which technologies does LaCrosse Footwear, Inc. patent most?

A43B - Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear 10

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 7

Top 2 of 2 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,629

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

26.8 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

LaCrosse Footwear, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

LaCrosse Footwear, Inc.'s lead technology class is A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear), 9.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A43B
Ranked #3,629 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare LaCrosse Footwear, Inc. against Fameccanica.Data S.p.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.8/100 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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