Where does LG Energy Solution, Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), LG Energy Solution, Ltd. ranks #173 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 LG Energy Solution, Ltd. hold?

LG Energy Solution, Ltd. holds 2,270 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 165 technology areas.

What is LG Energy Solution, Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

LG Energy Solution, Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 79.3 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 LG Energy Solution, Ltd. focus on?

LG Energy Solution, Ltd.'s top technology area is H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy) with 2,086 patents, ranking #4 of 2,332 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 165 CPC subclasses total.

Is LG Energy Solution, Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for LG Energy Solution, Ltd..

What does claim depth mean for LG Energy Solution, Ltd.'s patents?

LG Energy Solution, Ltd.'s patents average 12.8 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 LG Energy Solution, Ltd. 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

LG Energy Solution, Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 2,270 granted patents across 165 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, LG ranks #173 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 2,270 patents across 165 technology areas.

#173
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (79.3/100): 12.8
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R173 · Foreign Corporation #173 · 2,270 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-LARGE 2.3K grants
TOP-DECILE #173/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH The Board of…
CPC-WIDE H01M · 165 areas
INNOV-STRONG 79.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (±5 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 LG’s 79.3 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 26.7 pts (34%) Velocity 20.0 pts (25%) Breadth 25.0 pts (31%) Claim depth 7.7 pts (10%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Changxin Memory · near

79
LG Energy Solution · this assignee

79
Johnson Controls… · near

79
Apple · near

79
Hyundai Mobis · near

79
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows LG's Innovation Score is 79.3/100 (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 LG?

Each dot is one of LG’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). LG’s own 12.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How LG's grant cadence moved

Grant history spans 2021–2025. Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 662 grants and bottomed in 2021 at 2. Lead class H01M accounts for 91.9% of the portfolio across 165 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Alibaba Group Holding Limited (#169) and Daikin Industries, Ltd. (#177).

LG's three-year grant acceleration

LG Energy Solution, Ltd. shows 1,539 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Alibaba Group Hol…

2,299
NTT Docomo

2,283
Hyundai Mobis

2,279
The Board of Trus…

2,275
LG Energy Solution ◀

2,270
Depuy Synthes Pro…

2,257
Becton Dickinson…

2,235
Sumitomo Rubber I…

2,232
Daikin Industries

2,229

What this shows LG holds 2,270 patents at rank #173, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near LG

By rank, the assignees closest to #173 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01M (Processes OR Means)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for LG, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01M (Processes OR Means), LG ranks #4 of 2,332 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (79 here).

Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP 79 Changxin Memory Technologies, Inc. 79 Apple Inc. 79 Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd. 79

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.8 here).

adidas AG 12.8 avg Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH 12.8 avg Sogang University Research Foundation 12.8 avg Morpho, Inc. 12.8 avg

LG's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

79 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 · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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LG Energy Solution, Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	2	0.1%
2022	473	20.8%
2023	404	17.8%
2024	662	29.2%
2025partial year	729	32.1%

Which technologies does LG Energy Solution, Ltd. patent most?

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 2,086

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2,060

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 508

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 330

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 226

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 141

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 111

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 108

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 84

C01G - Compounds Containing Metals NOT Covered BY Subclasses C01d OR C01f 77

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 77

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 56

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 49

A62C - Fire-fighting 42

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 41

Top 15 of 165 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

LG Energy Solution, Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

LG Energy Solution, Ltd.'s lead technology class is H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy), 91.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01M
Ranked #173 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare LG Energy Solution, Ltd. against Alibaba Group Holding Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 79.3/100 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

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