Where does Leichtbau-zentrum Sachsen GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Leichtbau-zentrum Sachsen GMBH ranks #36,218 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 Leichtbau-zentrum Sachsen GMBH hold?

Leichtbau-zentrum Sachsen GMBH holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2021, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Leichtbau-zentrum Sachsen GMBH's Innovation Score?

Leichtbau-zentrum Sachsen GMBH has an Innovation Score of 29.4 out of 100 (30th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Leichtbau-zentrum Sachsen GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Leichtbau-zentrum Sachsen GMBH's recent grant velocity is -25% 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 Leichtbau-zentrum Sachsen GMBH's patents?

Leichtbau-zentrum Sachsen GMBH's patents average 17.4 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 Leichtbau-zentrum Sachsen GMBH 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

Leichtbau-zentrum Sachsen GMBH

Q: What technology areas does Leichtbau-zentrum Sachsen GMBH focus on?

Leichtbau-zentrum Sachsen GMBH's top technology area is 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) with 5 patents, ranking #1,113 of 4,378 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2021. 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Leichtbau-zentrum ranks #36,218 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 11 technology areas.

#36,218
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 30th percentile
by Innovation Score (29.4/100): 17.4
avg claims per patent: -25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36218 · Foreign Corporation #36,218 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,218/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Lectra
CPC-FOCUS B29C · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Lectra (±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 Leichtbau-zentrum’s 29.4 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 7.2 pts (24%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.7 pts (40%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Leichtbau-zentrum… · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Leichtbau-zentrum's Innovation Score is 29.4/100 (30th 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Leichtbau-zentrum?

Each dot is one of Leichtbau-zentrum’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). Leichtbau-zentrum’s own 17.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Leichtbau-zentrum's grants concentrate

Leichtbau-zentrum Sachsen GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 71.4% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Leichtbau-zentrum sits between Lectra and LEX Machina, Inc..

Lectra

7
LED Inspirations

7
LED ibond Interna…

7
Leggett & Platt

7
Leith Medical

7
Lemer PAX

7
Lenlok Holdings

7
LEX Machina

7
Leichtbau-zentrum… ◀

7

What this shows Leichtbau-zentrum holds 7 patents at rank #36,184, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Leichtbau-zentrum

By rank, the assignees closest to #36,184 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF Plastics)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Leichtbau-zentrum's primary technology class.

Leichtbau-zentrum's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 30th percentile higher than 30% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Leichtbau-zentrum Sachsen GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	14.3%
2018	1	14.3%
2019	2	28.6%
2020	2	28.6%
2021	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Leichtbau-zentrum Sachsen GMBH patent most?

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 5

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 4

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 2

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 1

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 1

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements 1

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 1

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 11 of 11 technology areas

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USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Leichtbau-zentrum Sachsen GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Leichtbau-zentrum Sachsen GMBH's lead technology class is 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), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B29C
Ranked #36,218 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Leichtbau-zentrum Sachsen GMBH against Lectra, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.4/100 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

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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

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