Where does Leatherman Tool Group, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Leatherman Tool Group, Inc. ranks #10,088 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 Leatherman Tool Group, Inc. hold?

Leatherman Tool Group, Inc. holds 31 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Leatherman Tool Group, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Leatherman Tool Group, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 36.3 out of 100 (top 47% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Leatherman Tool Group, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Leatherman Tool Group, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -29% 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 Leatherman Tool Group, Inc.'s patents?

Leatherman Tool Group, Inc.'s patents average 13.4 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 Leatherman Tool Group, 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

Leatherman Tool Group, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Leatherman Tool Group, Inc. focus on?

Leatherman Tool Group, Inc.'s top technology area is B25F (Combination OR Multi-purpose Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Details OR Components OF Portable Power-driven Tools NOT Particularly Related TO THE Operations Performed AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 18 patents, ranking #24 of 229 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 31 granted patents across 12 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: B25F (Combination OR Multi-purpose Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Details OR Components OF Portable Power-driven Tools NOT Particularly Related TO THE Operations Performed AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Leatherman ranks #10,088 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 31 patents across 12 technology areas.

#10,088
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 47%
by Innovation Score (36.3/100): 13.4
avg claims per patent: -29%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10088 · US Corporation #10,088 · 31 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 31 grants
UPPER-Q #10,088/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH KÄRCHER North America
CPC-FOCUS B25F · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -29% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: KÄRCHER North America, 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 Leatherman’s 36.3 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 12.0 pts (33%) Velocity 4.0 pts (11%) Breadth 12.2 pts (34%) Claim depth 8.1 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
100% Speedlab · near

36
Chemimage · near

36
Leatherman Tool Group · this assignee

36
Deephaven Data Labs · near

36
Pandora Media · near

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Leatherman's Innovation Score is 36.3/100 (top 47% 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 Leatherman?

Each dot is one of Leatherman’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). Leatherman’s own 13.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Leatherman's grants concentrate

Leatherman Tool Group, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 58.1% of grants classified under B25F (Combination OR Multi-purpose Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Details OR Components OF Portable Power-driven Tools NOT Particularly Related TO THE Operations Performed AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Leatherman sits between Kuroda Precision Industries Ltd. and Mahle Engine Systems UK Ltd.

Leatherman's three-year grant acceleration

Leatherman Tool Group, Inc. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 10 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.

Kuroda Precision…

31
KÄRcher North Ame…

31
Lanxess

31
Lasertec

31
Larson Manufactur…

31
Legacy Ventures

31
Lindsay Transport…

31
Mahle Engine Syst…

31
Leatherman Tool G… ◀

31

What this shows Leatherman holds 31 patents at rank #10,087, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Leatherman

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,087 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B25F (Combination OR Multi-purpose Tools)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Leatherman, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B25F (Combination OR Multi-purpose Tools), Leatherman ranks #24 of 229 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (36 here).

Chemimage Technologies LLC 36 100% Speedlab, LLC 36 Pandora Media, Inc. 36 Deephaven Data Labs LLC 36

Leatherman's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 47% higher than 53% 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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Leatherman Tool Group, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	12.9%
2016	4	12.9%
2017	4	12.9%
2018	1	3.2%
2019	4	12.9%
2020	2	6.5%
2021	4	12.9%
2022	4	12.9%
2023	1	3.2%
2024	1	3.2%
2025partial year	2	6.5%

Which technologies does Leatherman Tool Group, Inc. patent most?

B25F - Combination OR Multi-purpose Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Details OR Components OF Portable Power-driven Tools NOT Particularly Related TO THE Operations Performed AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 18

B26B - Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 10

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 8

B25G - Handles FOR Hand Implements 8

A44C - Personal Adornments, e.g. JEWELLERY; Coins 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

B62B - Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges 2

B67B - Applying Closure Members TO Bottles Jars, OR Similar CONTAINERS; Opening Closed Containers 2

B23D - PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; Like Operations FOR Working Metal BY Removing Material, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F23Q - Ignition ; Extinguishing-devices 1

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 1

A44D - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Buttons, Pins, Buckles OR Slide Fasteners, AND TO Jewellery, Bracelets OR Other Personal Adornments 1

Top 12 of 12 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

Leatherman Tool Group, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Leatherman Tool Group, Inc.'s lead technology class is B25F (Combination OR Multi-purpose Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Details OR Components OF Portable Power-driven Tools NOT Particularly Related TO THE Operations Performed AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 58.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B25F
Ranked #10,088 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Leatherman Tool Group, Inc. against Kuroda Precision Industries Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.3/100 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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