Where does Lawrence Equipment, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Lawrence Equipment, Inc. ranks #26,729 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 Lawrence Equipment, Inc. hold?

Lawrence Equipment, Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Lawrence Equipment, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Lawrence Equipment, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 47.9 out of 100 (top 18% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Lawrence Equipment, Inc. focus on?

Lawrence Equipment, Inc.'s top technology area is A21C (Machines OR Equipment FOR Making OR Processing DOUGHS; Handling Baked Articles Made From Dough) with 9 patents, ranking #7 of 90 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Lawrence Equipment, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Lawrence Equipment, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +25% 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 Lawrence Equipment, Inc.'s patents?

Lawrence Equipment, Inc.'s patents average 24.3 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 Lawrence Equipment, 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

Lawrence Equipment, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: A21C (Machines OR Equipment FOR Making OR Processing DOUGHS; Handling Baked Articles Made From Dough).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Lawrence ranks #26,729 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 11 technology areas.

#26,729
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.9/100): 24.3
avg claims per patent: +25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26729 · US Corporation #26,729 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,729/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Laminar
CPC-FOCUS A21C · 11 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Laminar, 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 Lawrence’s 47.9 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 8.3 pts (17%) Velocity 13.3 pts (28%) Breadth 11.7 pts (24%) Claim depth 14.6 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Lawrence Equipment · this assignee

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Lawrence's Innovation Score is 47.9/100 (top 18% 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 Lawrence?

Each dot is one of Lawrence’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). Lawrence’s own 24.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Lawrence's grants concentrate

Lawrence Equipment, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 90% of grants classified under A21C (Machines OR Equipment FOR Making OR Processing DOUGHS; Handling Baked Articles Made From Dough). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Lawrence sits between Laminar, Inc. and Levolor, Inc..

Lawrence's three-year grant acceleration

Lawrence Equipment, Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Laminar

10
Lantos

10
Lanx

10
Lapmaster Wolters

10
Lee Valley Tools

10
Lenox

10
Leonardi Manufact…

10
Levolor

10
Lawrence Equipment ◀

10

What this shows Lawrence holds 10 patents at rank #26,752, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Lawrence

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,752 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A21C (Machines OR Equipment FOR Making OR Processing Doughs)

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

Lawrence's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 18% higher than 82% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Lawrence Equipment, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	20.0%
2018	1	10.0%
2019	1	10.0%
2021	1	10.0%
2023	1	10.0%
2024	3	30.0%
2025partial year	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Lawrence Equipment, Inc. patent most?

A21C - Machines OR Equipment FOR Making OR Processing DOUGHS; Handling Baked Articles Made From Dough 9

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 5

B30B - Presses IN General 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

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

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 1

B07C - Postal SORTING; Sorting Individual Articles, OR Bulk Material FIT TO BE Sorted Piece-meal, e.g. BY Picking 1

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

A21D - Treatment OF Flour OR Dough FOR Baking, e.g. BY Addition OF MATERIALS; BAKING; Bakery Products 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Lawrence Equipment, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Lawrence Equipment, Inc.'s lead technology class is A21C (Machines OR Equipment FOR Making OR Processing DOUGHS; Handling Baked Articles Made From Dough), 90% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A21C
Ranked #26,729 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Lawrence Equipment, Inc. against Laminar, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.9/100 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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