Where does LB Bentley Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), LB Bentley Limited ranks #41,367 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 LB Bentley Limited hold?

LB Bentley Limited holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2019, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is LB Bentley Limited's Innovation Score?

LB Bentley Limited has an Innovation Score of 22.6 out of 100 (11th 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 LB Bentley Limited focus on?

LB Bentley Limited's top technology area is F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating) with 5 patents, ranking #429 of 1,836 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is LB Bentley Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

LB Bentley Limited's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 LB Bentley Limited's patents?

LB Bentley Limited's patents average 13.3 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 LB Bentley Limited 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

LB Bentley Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2019. 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: F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, LB ranks #41,367 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 5 technology areas.

#41,367
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 11th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.6/100): 13.3
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R41367 · Foreign Corporation #41,367 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #41,367/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Laser Ammo
CPC-NARROW F16K · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 22.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Laser Ammo Ltd. (±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 LB’s 22.6 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 6.7 pts (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.9 pts (35%) Claim depth 8.0 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
LB Bentley · this assignee

23
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows LB's Innovation Score is 22.6/100 (11th 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 LB?

Each dot is one of LB’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). LB’s own 13.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where LB's grants concentrate

LB Bentley Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (4 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2019. By volume, LB sits between Laser Ammo Ltd. and LBT Innovations Limited.

Laser Ammo

6
Lateral Solutions

6
Latitude Pharmace…

6
Laughable Toys

6
LB Europe

6
LB USA Flexibles

6
Lbsemicon

6
LBT Innovations

6
LB Bentley ◀

6

What this shows LB holds 6 patents at rank #41,318, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near LB

By rank, the assignees closest to #41,318 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16K (Valves)

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

LB's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

23 11th percentile higher than 11% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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LB Bentley Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	4	66.7%
2019	2	33.3%

Which technologies does LB Bentley Limited patent most?

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 5

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

LB Bentley Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

LB Bentley Limited's lead technology class is F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16K
Ranked #41,367 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare LB Bentley Limited against Laser Ammo Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 22.6/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.