Where does Leap Motion, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Leap Motion, Inc. ranks #3,659 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 Leap Motion, Inc. hold?

Leap Motion, Inc. holds 100 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Leap Motion, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Leap Motion, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 42.8 out of 100 (top 30% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Leap Motion, Inc. focus on?

Leap Motion, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 82 patents, ranking #639 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

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

Leap Motion, Inc.'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 Leap Motion, Inc.'s patents?

Leap Motion, Inc.'s patents average 21.2 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 Leap Motion, 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

Leap Motion, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 100 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Leap ranks #3,659 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 100 patents across 16 technology areas.

#3,659
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 30%
by Innovation Score (42.8/100): 21.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3659 · US Corporation #3,659 · 100 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 100 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,659/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Huawei Canada
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 16 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Huawei Technologies Canada Co., 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 Leap’s 42.8 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 15.9 pts (37%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 14.1 pts (33%) Claim depth 12.7 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
iBiquity Digital · near

43
InterDesign · near

43
Leap Motion · this assignee

43
Sage Therapeutics · near

43
Macneil IP · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Leap's Innovation Score is 42.8/100 (top 30% 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 Leap?

Each dot is one of Leap’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). Leap’s own 21.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Leap's grants concentrate

Leap Motion, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 82% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (35 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2015. By volume, Leap sits between Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd. and Rakuten Symphony, Inc..

Huawei Canada

100
Kingston Digital

100
Laboratory OF Ame…

100
Litens Automotive…

100
Multidimension Te…

100
Perkins Engines

100
RPX Clearinghouse

100
Rakuten Symphony

100
Leap Motion ◀

100

What this shows Leap holds 100 patents at rank #3,660, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Leap

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,660 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Leap, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Leap ranks #639 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

Sage Therapeutics, Inc. 43 Macneil IP LLC 43 InterDesign, Inc. 43 iBiquity Digital Corporation 43

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (21.2 here).

NKT Photonics A/S 21.2 avg BP Corporation North America Inc. 21.2 avg Analog Devices, Inc. 21.2 avg CreeLED, Inc. 21.2 avg

Leap's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 30% higher than 70% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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Leap Motion, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	4.0%
2016	12	12.0%
2017	35	35.0%
2018	29	29.0%
2019	20	20.0%

Which technologies does Leap Motion, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 82

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 60

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 60

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 33

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 16

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 6

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 5

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 5

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 4

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 2

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 2

H04M - Telephonic Communication 2

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

H04S - Stereophonic Systems 1

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 1

Top 15 of 16 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

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

Leap Motion, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 82% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #3,659 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Leap Motion, Inc. against Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.8/100 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.