Where does Leupold & Stevens, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Leupold & Stevens, Inc. ranks #6,045 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 Leupold & Stevens, Inc. hold?

Leupold & Stevens, Inc. holds 56 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Leupold & Stevens, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Leupold & Stevens, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 46.4 out of 100 (top 21% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Leupold & Stevens, Inc. focus on?

Leupold & Stevens, Inc.'s top technology area is F41G (Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming) with 40 patents, ranking #5 of 307 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Leupold & Stevens, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Leupold & Stevens, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -49% 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 Leupold & Stevens, Inc.'s patents?

Leupold & Stevens, Inc.'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 Leupold & Stevens, 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

Leupold & Stevens, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 56 granted patents across 6 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: F41G (Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Leupold ranks #6,045 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 56 patents across 6 technology areas.

#6,045
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 21%
by Innovation Score (46.4/100): 15.9
avg claims per patent: -49%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6045 · US Corporation #6,045 · 56 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 56 grants
UPPER-Q #6,045/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Knauf Insulation Sprl
CPC-NARROW F41G · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -49% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Knauf Insulation Sprl (±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 Leupold’s 46.4 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 14.0 pts (30%) Velocity 14.3 pts (31%) Breadth 8.7 pts (19%) Claim depth 9.5 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Blue Buffalo… · near

46
Cerebras Systems · near

46
Leupold & Stevens · this assignee

46
Norsk Hydro ASA · near

46
THE Secant Group · near

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Leupold's Innovation Score is 46.4/100 (top 21% 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 Leupold?

Each dot is one of Leupold’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). Leupold’s own 15.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Leupold's grants concentrate

Leupold & Stevens, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 71.4% of grants classified under F41G (Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (11 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2020. By volume, Leupold sits between KX Technologies LLC and Mexichem Fluor S.A. DE C.V..

Leupold's three-year grant acceleration

Leupold & Stevens, Inc. shows 15 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

KX

56
Knauf Insulation…

56
LF Centennial

56
Land O'lakes

56
Longitude Semicon…

56
Martin Profession…

56
Menicon

56
Mexichem Fluor DE…

56
Leupold & Stevens ◀

56

What this shows Leupold holds 56 patents at rank #6,046, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Leupold

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,046 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F41G (Weapon Sights)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Leupold, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F41G (Weapon Sights), Leupold ranks #5 of 307 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

Cerebras Systems Inc. 46 THE Secant Group, LLC 46 Blue Buffalo Enterpises, Inc. 46 Norsk Hydro ASA 46

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.9 here).

Cambium Networks Ltd 15.9 avg Stellenbosch University 15.9 avg Claas Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH 15.9 avg Integrated Silicon Solution, (Cayman) Inc. 15.9 avg

Leupold's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 21% higher than 79% 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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Leupold & Stevens, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	10	17.9%
2016	11	19.6%
2017	6	10.7%
2018	4	7.1%
2019	4	7.1%
2020	3	5.4%
2022	5	8.9%
2023	3	5.4%
2024	7	12.5%
2025partial year	3	5.4%

Which technologies does Leupold & Stevens, Inc. patent most?

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 40

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 15

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 6

G05G - Control Devices OR Systems Insofar AS Characterised BY Mechanical Features Only 5

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 2

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Leupold & Stevens, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Leupold & Stevens, Inc.'s lead technology class is F41G (Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F41G
Ranked #6,045 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Leupold & Stevens, Inc. against KX Technologies LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.4/100 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

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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