Where does Laitram, L.L.C. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Laitram, L.L.C. ranks #1,579 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 Laitram, L.L.C. hold?

Laitram, L.L.C. holds 262 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 72 technology areas.

What is Laitram, L.L.C.'s Innovation Score?

Laitram, L.L.C. has an Innovation Score of 61.2 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Laitram, L.L.C.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Laitram, L.L.C.'s recent grant velocity is -34% 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 Laitram, L.L.C.'s patents?

Laitram, L.L.C.'s patents average 19.0 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 Laitram, L.L.C. 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

Laitram, L.L.C.

Q: What technology areas does Laitram, L.L.C. focus on?

Laitram, L.L.C.'s top technology area is B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors) with 222 patents, ranking #3 of 1,746 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 72 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 262 granted patents across 72 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: B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Laitram ranks #1,579 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 262 patents across 72 technology areas.

#1,579
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.2/100): 19.0
avg claims per patent: -34%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1579 · US Corporation #1,579 · 262 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 262 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,579/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Autel Robotics
CPC-WIDE B65G · 72 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -34% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Autel Robotics Co., Ltd. (±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 Laitram’s 61.2 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 19.2 pts (31%) Velocity 5.5 pts (9%) Breadth 25.0 pts (41%) Claim depth 11.4 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Laitram L L C · this assignee

61
Progress Rail Services · near

61
Roland · near

61
Sumitomo Constructio… · near

61
Leica Geosystems · near

61
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Laitram's Innovation Score is 61.2/100 (top 3% 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 Laitram?

Each dot is one of Laitram’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). Laitram’s own 19.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Laitram's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Laitram, L.L.C. received 99 grants versus 149 in 2015–2019 (-34% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2016 at 35 grants and bottomed in 2021 at 14. Lead class B65G accounts for 84.7% of the portfolio across 72 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Autel Robotics Co., Ltd. (#1,575) and Unisantis Electronics Singapore PTE. Ltd. (#1,583).

Laitram's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Laitram, L.L.C. moved from 71 to 59 grants (0.83x 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 #1,712. See the growth leaderboard.

Autel Robotics

262
Canon U

262
Hisense Internati…

262
Toyota Chuo Kenky…

262
Microjet Technolo…

262
National Universi…

262
The Lubrizol

262
Unisantis Singapo…

262
Laitram L L C ◀

262

What this shows Laitram holds 262 patents at rank #1,579, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Laitram

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,579 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Laitram, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices), Laitram ranks #3 of 1,746 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

Roland Corporation 61 Sumitomo Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. 61 Progress Rail Services Corporation 61 Leica Geosystems AG 61

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.0 here).

Tyco Fire & Security GMBH 19.0 avg TE Connectivity Co. Ltd. 19.0 avg Analogic Corporation 19.0 avg Cornell University 19.0 avg

Laitram's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

61 Top 3% higher than 97% 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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Laitram, L.L.C. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	30	11.5%
2016	35	13.4%
2017	29	11.1%
2018	24	9.2%
2019	31	11.8%
2020	26	9.9%
2021	14	5.3%
2022	17	6.5%
2023	19	7.3%
2024	23	8.8%
2025partial year	14	5.3%

Which technologies does Laitram, L.L.C. patent most?

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 222

B07C - Postal SORTING; Sorting Individual Articles, OR Bulk Material FIT TO BE Sorted Piece-meal, e.g. BY Picking 20

A22C - Processing Meat, Poultry, OR Fish 20

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 13

G01G - Weighing 10

F16H - Gearing 8

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 8

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 8

F16G - Belts, Cables, OR Ropes, Predominantly Used FOR Driving PURPOSES; CHAINS; Fittings Predominantly Used Therefor 7

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 7

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 6

A23B - Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables 6

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 5

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 4

Top 15 of 72 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

Laitram, L.L.C.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Laitram, L.L.C.'s lead technology class is B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors), 84.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65G
Ranked #1,579 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Laitram, L.L.C. against Autel Robotics Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.2/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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