Where does Levi Strauss & Co. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Levi Strauss & Co. ranks #4,205 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 Levi Strauss & Co. hold?

Levi Strauss & Co. holds 85 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 28 technology areas.

What is Levi Strauss & Co.'s Innovation Score?

Levi Strauss & Co. has an Innovation Score of 68.1 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Levi Strauss & Co. focus on?

Levi Strauss & Co.'s top technology area is D06B (Treating Textile Materials Using Liquids, Gases OR Vapours) with 80 patents, ranking #1 of 87 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 28 CPC subclasses total.

Is Levi Strauss & Co.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Levi Strauss & Co.'s recent grant velocity is +1150% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Levi Strauss & Co.'s patents?

Levi Strauss & Co.'s patents average 30.1 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 Levi Strauss & Co. 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

Levi Strauss & Co.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 85 granted patents across 28 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: D06B (Treating Textile Materials Using Liquids, Gases OR Vapours).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Levi ranks #4,205 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 85 patents across 28 technology areas.

#4,205
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (68.1/100): 30.1
avg claims per patent: +1150%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4205 · US Corporation #4,205 · 85 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 85 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,205/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ideavillage Products
CPC-FOCUS D06B · 28 areas
INNOV-STRONG 68.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 30.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +1150% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ideavillage Products Corp. (±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 Levi’s 68.1 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 15.4 pts (23%) Velocity 19.0 pts (28%) Breadth 18.7 pts (27%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
FMC · near

68
UIF (University… · near

68
Levi Strauss & · this assignee

68
The Board of… · near

68
Nant Holdings IP · near

68
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Levi's Innovation Score is 68.1/100 (top 1% 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 Levi?

Each dot is one of Levi’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). Levi’s own 30.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Levi's grants concentrate

Levi Strauss & Co. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 28 CPC subclasses with 94.1% of grants classified under D06B (Treating Textile Materials Using Liquids, Gases OR Vapours). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (25 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Levi sits between Ideavillage Products Corp. and NV Bekaert SA.

Levi's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Levi Strauss & Co. moved from 20 to 57 grants (2.85x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Ideavillage Produ…

85
Kuka Roboter

85
Leedarson Lighting

85
LM Wind Power A/S

85
MTG

85
Macrogenics

85
Nifco Korea

85
Bekaert

85
Levi Strauss & ◀

85

What this shows Levi holds 85 patents at rank #4,206, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Levi

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,206 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in D06B (Treating Textile Materials Using Liquids)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Levi, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In D06B (Treating Textile Materials Using Liquids), Levi ranks #1 of 87 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (68 here).

UIF (University Industry Foundation), Yonsei University 68 The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System 68 Nant Holdings IP, LLC 68 FMC Technologies, Inc. 68

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (30.1 here).

Suncor Energy Inc. 30.0 avg Tokitae LLC 30.2 avg Clearsign Combustion Corporation 30.3 avg SAS Institute, Inc. 30.3 avg

Levi's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

68 Top 1% higher than 99% 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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Levi Strauss & Co. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	3.5%
2018	1	1.2%
2019	2	2.4%
2020	5	5.9%
2021	13	15.3%
2022	16	18.8%
2023	25	29.4%
2024	16	18.8%
2025partial year	4	4.7%

Which technologies does Levi Strauss & Co. patent most?

D06B - Treating Textile Materials Using Liquids, Gases OR Vapours 80

D06M - Treatment, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere IN Class D06, OF Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers OR Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials 75

D06P - Dyeing OR Printing TEXTILES; Dyeing Leather, Furs OR Solid Macromolecular Substances IN ANY Form 72

D06C - Finishing, Dressing, Tentering OR Stretching Textile Fabrics 67

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 63

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 60

A41H - Appliances OR Methods FOR Making Clothes, e.g. FOR Dress-making OR FOR Tailoring, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 58

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 55

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 54

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 53

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 48

D03D - Woven FABRICS; Methods OF WEAVING; Looms 37

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 28

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 23

D06Q - Decorating Textiles 14

Top 15 of 28 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

Levi Strauss & Co.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Levi Strauss & Co.'s lead technology class is D06B (Treating Textile Materials Using Liquids, Gases OR Vapours), 94.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore D06B
Ranked #4,205 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Levi Strauss & Co. against Ideavillage Products Corp., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 68.1/100 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.