Where does Lawter, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Lawter, Inc. ranks #48,302 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 Lawter, Inc. hold?

Lawter, Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Lawter, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Lawter, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 37.3 out of 100 (top 44% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Lawter, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +0% 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 Lawter, Inc.'s patents?

Lawter, Inc.'s patents average 24.0 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 Lawter, 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

Lawter, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Lawter, Inc. focus on?

Lawter, Inc.'s top technology area is C09J (ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives) with 3 patents, ranking #274 of 837 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 8 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: C09J (ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Lawter ranks #48,302 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 8 technology areas.

#48,302
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.3/100): 24.0
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R48302 · US Corporation #48,302 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #48,302/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Launchpoint
CPC-NARROW C09J · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Launchpoint Technologies, 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 Lawter’s 37.3 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 6.2 pts (17%) Velocity 6.7 pts (18%) Breadth 10.0 pts (27%) Claim depth 14.4 pts (39%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Lawter · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Lawter's Innovation Score is 37.3/100 (top 44% 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 Lawter?

Each dot is one of Lawter’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). Lawter’s own 24.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Lawter's grants concentrate

Lawter, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under C09J (ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Lawter sits between Launchpoint Technologies, Inc. and LCTech GmbH.

Lawter's three-year grant acceleration

Lawter, Inc. shows 1 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.

Launchpoint

5
Lava Therapeutics

5
Lavision

5
Lawrence Berkeley…

5
Laxmi Therapeutic…

5
Layar B V

5
Lazzeri Genetica…

5
Lctech

5
Lawter ◀

5

What this shows Lawter holds 5 patents at rank #48,287, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Lawter

By rank, the assignees closest to #48,287 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C09J (Adhesives)

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

Lawter's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 44% higher than 56% 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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Lawter, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	40.0%
2020	1	20.0%
2024	1	20.0%
2025partial year	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Lawter, Inc. patent most?

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 3

C09F - Natural RESINS; French POLISH; DRYING-OILS; OIL Drying Agents, i.e. SICCATIVES; Turpentine 2

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 2

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 2

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 1

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 1

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 1

Top 8 of 8 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

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

Lawter, Inc.'s lead technology class is C09J (ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C09J
Ranked #48,302 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Lawter, Inc. against Launchpoint Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.3/100 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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