Where does Latelec rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Latelec ranks #13,529 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 Latelec hold?

Latelec holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Latelec's Innovation Score?

Latelec has an Innovation Score of 52.3 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Latelec's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Latelec's recent grant velocity is +1600% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Latelec's patents?

Latelec's patents average 12.3 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 Latelec 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

Latelec

Q: What technology areas does Latelec focus on?

Latelec's top technology area is B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft) with 8 patents, ranking #191 of 799 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Latelec ranks #13,529 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 16 technology areas.

#13,529
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.3/100): 12.3
avg claims per patent: +1600%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13529 · Foreign Corporation #13,529 · 22 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,529/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH KÖRBER
CPC-FOCUS B64D · 16 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +1600% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: KÖRBER Technologies GMBH (±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 Latelec’s 52.3 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 10.8 pts (21%) Velocity 20.0 pts (38%) Breadth 14.1 pts (27%) Claim depth 7.4 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Latelec · this assignee

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Latelec's Innovation Score is 52.3/100 (top 10% 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 Latelec?

Each dot is one of Latelec’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). Latelec’s own 12.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Latelec's grants concentrate

Latelec is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 36.4% of grants classified under B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Latelec sits between Kwikset Corporation and Lumeova, Inc..

Latelec's three-year grant acceleration

Latelec shows 16 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Kwikset

22
KÖRBER

22
L'orÉAL USA Creat…

22
Lasko Operations…

22
Leadway (HK)

22
Lucidity Enterpri…

22
Lumenco

22
Lumeova

22
Latelec ◀

22

What this shows Latelec holds 22 patents at rank #13,528, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Latelec

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,528 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO Aircraft)

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

Latelec's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 10% higher than 90% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Latelec patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	4.5%
2020	1	4.5%
2022	6	27.3%
2023	4	18.2%
2024	6	27.3%
2025partial year	4	18.2%

Which technologies does Latelec patent most?

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 8

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 6

H04B - Transmission 6

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 5

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 3

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 2

H04J - Multiplex Communication 2

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

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 2

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

H04M - Telephonic Communication 1

H04Q - Selecting 1

H02B - Boards, Substations OR Switching Arrangements FOR THE Supply OR Distribution OF Electric Power 1

Top 15 of 16 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

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

Latelec's lead technology class is B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft), 36.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B64D
Ranked #13,529 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Latelec against Kwikset Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.3/100 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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