Where does Lego A/S rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Lego A/S ranks #1,924 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 Lego A/S hold?

Lego A/S holds 209 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 45 technology areas.

What is Lego A/S's Innovation Score?

Lego A/S has an Innovation Score of 57.3 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Lego A/S focus on?

Lego A/S's top technology area is A63H (Toys, e.g. Tops, Dolls, Hoops OR Building Blocks) with 73 patents. Grants appear in 45 CPC subclasses total.

Is Lego A/S's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Lego A/S's recent grant velocity is +98% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Lego A/S's patents?

Lego A/S's patents average 8.2 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 Lego A/S 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

Lego A/S

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 209 granted patents across 45 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: A63H (Toys, e.g. Tops, Dolls, Hoops OR Building Blocks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Lego ranks #1,924 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 209 patents across 45 technology areas.

#1,924
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.3/100): 8.2
avg claims per patent: +98%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1924 · Foreign Corporation #1,924 · 209 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 209 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,924/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH China University OF…
CPC-WIDE A63H · 45 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +98% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: China University OF Petroleum (EAST CHINA) (±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
Fluke · near

57
Spectrum Brands · near

57
Lego A/S · this assignee

57
Acco Brands · near

57
GIESECKE+DEVRIENT… · near

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Lego's Innovation Score is 57.3/100 (top 5% 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 Lego's grants concentrate

Lego A/S is a focused PatentsView assignee: 45 CPC subclasses with 34.9% of grants classified under A63H (Toys, e.g. Tops, Dolls, Hoops OR Building Blocks). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (36 grants) versus a trough of 9 in 2015. By volume, Lego sits between THE Clorox Company and Becton Dickinson France.

Lego's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Lego A/S moved from 57 to 87 grants (1.53x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #431. See the growth leaderboard.

THE Clorox

210
icontrol Networks

210
China University…

209
Institute of Geol…

209
Nabors Drilling U…

209
Shure Acquisition…

209
The Charles Machi…

209
Lego A/S ◀

209
Becton Dickinson…

208

What this shows Lego holds 209 patents at rank #1,924, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Lego

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,924 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A63H (Toys)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Lego, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

Fluke Corporation 57 Spectrum Brands, Inc. 57 GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Currency Technology GMBH 57 Acco Brands Corporation 57

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (8.2 here).

North University OF China 8.2 avg Dowa Electronics Materials Co., Ltd. 8.2 avg Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. 8.2 avg NOF Corporation 8.2 avg

Lego's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 5% higher than 95% 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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Lego A/S patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	9	4.3%
2016	9	4.3%
2017	11	5.3%
2018	9	4.3%
2019	23	11.0%
2020	19	9.1%
2021	15	7.2%
2022	36	17.2%
2023	28	13.4%
2024	23	11.0%
2025partial year	27	12.9%

Which technologies does Lego A/S patent most?

A63H - Toys, e.g. Tops, Dolls, Hoops OR Building Blocks 73

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 37

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 18

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 15

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 9

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 7

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 4

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 3

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

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 2

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

A47F - Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters 2

F16H - Gearing 2

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 2

Top 15 of 45 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,924

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

57.3 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

Lego A/S's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Lego A/S's lead technology class is A63H (Toys, e.g. Tops, Dolls, Hoops OR Building Blocks), 34.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A63H
Ranked #1,924 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Lego A/S against THE Clorox Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.3/100 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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