Where does L'Garde, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), L'Garde, Inc. ranks #17,847 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 L'Garde, Inc. hold?

L'Garde, Inc. holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is L'Garde, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

L'Garde, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 44.6 out of 100 (top 25% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does L'Garde, Inc. focus on?

L'Garde, Inc.'s top technology area is B64G (COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor) with 11 patents, ranking #24 of 230 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is L'Garde, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

L'Garde, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +500% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for L'Garde, Inc.'s patents?

L'Garde, Inc.'s patents average 16.2 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 L'Garde, 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

L'Garde, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: B64G (COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, L'garde ranks #17,847 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 11 technology areas.

#17,847
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 25%
by Innovation Score (44.6/100): 16.2
avg claims per patent: +500%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17847 · US Corporation #17,847 · 16 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,847/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kolon Glotech
CPC-FOCUS B64G · 11 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +500% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kolon Glotech, Inc. (±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 L'garde’s 44.6 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 9.8 pts (22%) Velocity 13.3 pts (30%) Breadth 11.7 pts (26%) Claim depth 9.7 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
L'Garde · this assignee

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows L'garde's Innovation Score is 44.6/100 (top 25% 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 L'garde?

Each dot is one of L'garde’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). L'garde’s own 16.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 7.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where L'garde's grants concentrate

L'Garde, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 68.8% of grants classified under B64G (COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, L'garde sits between Kolon Glotech, Inc. and Leatt Corporation.

L'garde's three-year grant acceleration

L'Garde, Inc. shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Kolon Glotech

16
Kreg Medical

16
Kronos Internatio…

16
Kyon

16
Larc Networks

16
Laurel Bank Machi…

16
Lazzeri Societa A…

16
Leatt

16
L'garde ◀

16

What this shows L'Garde holds 16 patents at rank #17,834, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near L'Garde

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,834 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B64G (Cosmonautics)

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

L'garde's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 25% higher than 75% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

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

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L'Garde, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	6.3%
2018	1	6.3%
2020	2	12.5%
2021	2	12.5%
2022	1	6.3%
2023	1	6.3%
2024	6	37.5%
2025partial year	2	12.5%

Which technologies does L'Garde, Inc. patent most?

B64G - COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor 11

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 6

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 3

F24S - Solar Heat COLLECTORS; Solar Heat Systems 2

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

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 1

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 1

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

E04C - Structural ELEMENTS; Building Materials 1

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 1

Top 11 of 11 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

L'Garde, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

L'Garde, Inc.'s lead technology class is B64G (COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor), 68.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B64G
Ranked #17,847 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare L'Garde, Inc. against Kolon Glotech, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.6/100 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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