Where does Latchways plc rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Latchways plc ranks #11,323 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 Latchways plc hold?

Latchways plc holds 27 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Latchways plc's Innovation Score?

Latchways plc has an Innovation Score of 34.5 out of 100 (48th 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 Latchways plc focus on?

Latchways plc's top technology area is A62B (Devices, Apparatus OR Methods FOR Life-saving) with 26 patents, ranking #11 of 266 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Latchways plc's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Latchways plc's recent grant velocity is -76% 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 Latchways plc's patents?

Latchways plc's patents average 15.9 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 Latchways plc 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 Foreign Corporation

Latchways plc

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 27 granted patents across 11 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: A62B (Devices, Apparatus OR Methods FOR Life-saving).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Latchways ranks #11,323 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 27 patents across 11 technology areas.

#11,323
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 48th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.5/100): 15.9
avg claims per patent: -76%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11323 · Foreign Corporation #11,323 · 27 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 27 grants
UPPER-Q #11,323/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH LaserMotive
CPC-FOCUS A62B · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -76% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: LaserMotive, 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.

How Latchways’s 34.5 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 11.5 pts (33%) Velocity 1.7 pts (5%) Breadth 11.7 pts (34%) Claim depth 9.6 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
OptiScan Biomedical · near

34
TSI Products · near

34
Contentguard Holdings · near

34
Latchways · this assignee

34
Qcify · near

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Latchways's Innovation Score is 34.5/100 (48th 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 Latchways?

Each dot is one of Latchways’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). Latchways’s own 15.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Latchways's grants concentrate

Latchways plc is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 96.3% of grants classified under A62B (Devices, Apparatus OR Methods FOR Life-saving). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Latchways sits between Lightwave Logic, Inc. and LipoScience, Inc..

Latchways's three-year grant acceleration

Latchways plc shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Lightwave Logic

27
Lunella Biotech

27
Luziferlamps S L

27
Lasermotive

27
Leica Microsystem…

27
Leopold Kostal &…

27
Limflow

27
Liposcience

27
Latchways ◀

27

What this shows Latchways holds 27 patents at rank #11,327, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Latchways

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,327 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A62B (Devices)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Latchways, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A62B (Devices), Latchways ranks #11 of 266 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (34 here).

Qcify, Inc. 34 Contentguard Holdings, Inc. 34 OptiScan Biomedical Corporation 34 TSI Products, Inc. 34

Latchways's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 48th percentile higher than 48% 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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Latchways plc patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	18.5%
2016	2	7.4%
2017	5	18.5%
2018	4	14.8%
2019	5	18.5%
2020	2	7.4%
2021	1	3.7%
2023	1	3.7%
2024	1	3.7%
2025partial year	1	3.7%

Which technologies does Latchways plc patent most?

A62B - Devices, Apparatus OR Methods FOR Life-saving 26

E04G - SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; Building Implements OR Aids, OR Their USE; Handling Building Materials ON THE SITE; Repairing, Breaking-up OR Other Work ON Existing Buildings 8

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

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 4

B64F - Ground OR Aircraft-carrier-deck Installations Specially Adapted FOR USE IN Connection With AIRCRAFT; Designing, Manufacturing, Assembling, Cleaning, Maintaining OR Repairing Aircraft, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Handling, Transporting, Testing OR Inspecting Aircraft Components, NOT Otherwise Provide 3

E06C - Ladders 2

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 1

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 1

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 1

F16G - Belts, Cables, OR Ropes, Predominantly Used FOR Driving PURPOSES; CHAINS; Fittings Predominantly Used Therefor 1

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

Top 11 of 11 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Latchways plc's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Latchways plc's lead technology class is A62B (Devices, Apparatus OR Methods FOR Life-saving), 96.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A62B
Ranked #11,323 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Latchways plc against Lightwave Logic, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.5/100 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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