Where does Landmark Graphics Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Landmark Graphics Corporation ranks #937 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 Landmark Graphics Corporation hold?

Landmark Graphics Corporation holds 474 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 42 technology areas.

What is Landmark Graphics Corporation's Innovation Score?

Landmark Graphics Corporation has an Innovation Score of 62.8 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Landmark Graphics Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Landmark Graphics Corporation's recent grant velocity is +4% 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 Landmark Graphics Corporation's patents?

Landmark Graphics Corporation's patents average 19.2 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 Landmark Graphics Corporation 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

Landmark Graphics Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Landmark Graphics Corporation focus on?

Landmark Graphics Corporation's top technology area is E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells) with 319 patents, ranking #11 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 42 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 474 granted patents across 42 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: E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Landmark ranks #937 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 474 patents across 42 technology areas.

#937
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (62.8/100): 19.2
avg claims per patent: +4%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R937 · US Corporation #937 · 474 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 474 grants
TOP-DECILE #937/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Memorial Sloan…
CPC-WIDE E21B · 42 areas
INNOV-STRONG 62.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +4% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (±1 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 Landmark’s 62.8 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 21.3 pts (34%) Velocity 7.1 pts (11%) Breadth 22.9 pts (36%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Landmark Graphics · this assignee

63
Putzmeister… · near

63
Triple WIN TECHNOLOG… · near

63
Uchicago Argonne · near

63
Dow Silicones · near

63
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Landmark's Innovation Score is 62.8/100 (top 2% 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 Landmark?

Each dot is one of Landmark’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). Landmark’s own 19.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 19.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Landmark's grants concentrate

Landmark Graphics Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 42 CPC subclasses with 67.3% of grants classified under E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (78 grants) versus a trough of 19 in 2015. By volume, Landmark sits between Caterpillar Paving Products Inc. and Adeia Guides Inc..

Landmark's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Landmark Graphics Corporation moved from 149 to 158 grants (1.06x 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 #1,040. See the growth leaderboard.

Caterpillar Pavin…

476
Chicago Mercantil…

476
Nant Holdings IP

476
Stratasys

476
Landmark Graphics ◀

474
Memorial Sloan Ke…

473
Uatc

473
Trading Internati…

472
Adeia Guides

470

What this shows Landmark holds 474 patents at rank #937, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Landmark

By rank, the assignees closest to #937 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Landmark, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling), Landmark ranks #11 of 1,363 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (63 here).

Uchicago Argonne, LLC 63 Triple WIN TECHNOLOGY(SHENZHEN) Co. Ltd. 63 Putzmeister Engineering GmbH 63 Dow Silicones Corporation 63

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.2 here).

NUtech Ventures 19.2 avg Rhizen Pharmaceuticals AG 19.2 avg Cox Communications, Inc. 19.2 avg Marvell International Ltd. 19.2 avg

Landmark's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

63 Top 2% higher than 98% 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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Landmark Graphics Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	19	4.0%
2016	30	6.3%
2017	40	8.4%
2018	53	11.2%
2019	78	16.5%
2020	39	8.2%
2021	32	6.8%
2022	56	11.8%
2023	53	11.2%
2024	49	10.3%
2025partial year	25	5.3%

Which technologies does Landmark Graphics Corporation patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 319

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 222

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 196

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 72

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 65

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 59

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 45

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 17

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 10

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 8

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 7

G16Z - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Specific Application Fields, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 6

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

B65F - Gathering OR Removal OF Domestic OR Like Refuse 4

Top 15 of 42 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

Landmark Graphics Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Landmark Graphics Corporation's lead technology class is E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells), 67.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #937 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Landmark Graphics Corporation against Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 62.8/100 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

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

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