Where does L.E. Jones Company rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), L.E. Jones Company ranks #20,003 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 L.E. Jones Company hold?

L.E. Jones Company holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is L.E. Jones Company's Innovation Score?

L.E. Jones Company has an Innovation Score of 50.0 out of 100 (top 14% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does L.E. Jones Company focus on?

L.E. Jones Company's top technology area is F01L (Cyclically Operating Valves FOR Machines OR Engines) with 14 patents, ranking #33 of 181 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is L.E. Jones Company's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

L.E. Jones Company'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 L.E. Jones Company's patents?

L.E. Jones Company's patents average 15.9 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 L.E. Jones Company 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

L.E. Jones Company

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: F01L (Cyclically Operating Valves FOR Machines OR Engines).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, L.e. ranks #20,003 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 10 technology areas.

#20,003
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 14%
by Innovation Score (50.0/100): 15.9
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20003 · US Corporation #20,003 · 14 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,003/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kona Medical
CPC-FOCUS F01L · 10 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kona Medical, 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 L.e.’s 50.0 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 9.4 pts (19%) Velocity 20.0 pts (40%) Breadth 11.2 pts (22%) Claim depth 9.5 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
L E Jones · this assignee

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows L.e.'s Innovation Score is 50.0/100 (top 14% 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 L.e.?

Each dot is one of L.e.’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). L.e.’s own 15.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where L.e.'s grants concentrate

L.E. Jones Company is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under F01L (Cyclically Operating Valves FOR Machines OR Engines). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, L.e. sits between Kona Medical, Inc. and LES Produits Sunforce Inc..

L.e.'s three-year grant acceleration

L.E. Jones Company shows 6 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.

Kona Medical

14
Koyo Thermo Syste…

14
Krystal Biotech

14
Kurtz

14
Landauer

14
Lansus

14
Leauto Intelligen…

14
LES Produits Sunf…

14
L E Jones ◀

14

What this shows L.E. holds 14 patents at rank #19,996, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near LE

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,996 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F01L (Cyclically Operating Valves FOR Machines OR Engines)

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

L.e.'s Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 14% higher than 86% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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L.E. Jones Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	7.1%
2016	2	14.3%
2017	1	7.1%
2018	2	14.3%
2019	1	7.1%
2021	1	7.1%
2022	3	21.4%
2023	1	7.1%
2024	2	14.3%

Which technologies does L.E. Jones Company patent most?

F01L - Cyclically Operating Valves FOR Machines OR Engines 14

C22C - Alloys 13

C21D - Modifying THE Physical Structure OF Ferrous METALS; General Devices FOR Heat Treatment OF Ferrous OR Non-ferrous Metals OR ALLOYS; Making Metal Malleable, e.g. BY Decarburisation OR Tempering 8

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 6

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

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 2

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 2

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 1

B22C - Foundry Moulding 1

F02F - Cylinders, Pistons OR Casings, FOR Combustion ENGINES; Arrangements OF Sealings IN Combustion Engines 1

Top 10 of 10 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

L.E. Jones Company's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

L.E. Jones Company's lead technology class is F01L (Cyclically Operating Valves FOR Machines OR Engines), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F01L
Ranked #20,003 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare L.E. Jones Company against Kona Medical, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.0/100 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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