Where does LBT Innovations Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), LBT Innovations Limited ranks #41,371 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 LBT Innovations Limited hold?

LBT Innovations Limited holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is LBT Innovations Limited's Innovation Score?

LBT Innovations Limited has an Innovation Score of 25.2 out of 100 (17th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is LBT Innovations Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

LBT Innovations 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 LBT Innovations Limited's patents?

LBT Innovations Limited's patents average 13.2 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 LBT Innovations 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

LBT Innovations Limited

Q: What technology areas does LBT Innovations Limited focus on?

LBT Innovations Limited's top technology area is C12M (Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters) with 4 patents. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: C12M (Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Ferme).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, LBT ranks #41,371 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 9 technology areas.

#41,371
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 17th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.2/100): 13.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R41371 · Foreign Corporation #41,371 · 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 #41,371/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH LB Bentley
CPC-NARROW C12M · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: LB Bentley Limited (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
LBT Innovations · this assignee

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows LBT's Innovation Score is 25.2/100 (17th 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.

Where LBT's grants concentrate

LBT Innovations Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under C12M (Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Ferme). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, LBT sits between LB Bentley Limited and LDN Pharma Limited.

LB Bentley

6
LB Europe

6
LB USA Flexibles

6
Lbsemicon

6
LC Therapeutics

6
LDA

6
LDC Precision Eng…

6
LDN Pharma

6
LBT Innovations ◀

6

What this shows LBT holds 6 patents at rank #41,322, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near LBT

By rank, the assignees closest to #41,322 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12M (Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR Microbiology)

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

LBT's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 17th percentile higher than 17% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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LBT Innovations Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	16.7%
2016	2	33.3%
2018	3	50.0%

Which technologies does LBT Innovations Limited patent most?

C12M - Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters 4

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 4

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 2

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 1

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

Top 9 of 9 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#41,371

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

25.2 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

LBT Innovations Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

LBT Innovations Limited's lead technology class is C12M (Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Ferme), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12M
Ranked #41,371 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare LBT Innovations Limited against LB Bentley Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 25.2/100 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.