Where does LGS Innovations LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), LGS Innovations LLC ranks #7,730 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 LGS Innovations LLC hold?

LGS Innovations LLC holds 42 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 32 technology areas.

What is LGS Innovations LLC's Innovation Score?

LGS Innovations LLC has an Innovation Score of 43.9 out of 100 (top 27% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does LGS Innovations LLC focus on?

LGS Innovations LLC's top technology area is H04B (Transmission) with 16 patents, ranking #564 of 3,909 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 32 CPC subclasses total.

Is LGS Innovations LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

LGS Innovations LLC's recent grant velocity is -92% 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 LGS Innovations LLC's patents?

LGS Innovations LLC'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 LGS Innovations LLC 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

LGS Innovations LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 42 granted patents across 32 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: H04B (Transmission).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, LGS ranks #7,730 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 42 patents across 32 technology areas.

#7,730
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (43.9/100): 17.4
avg claims per patent: -92%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7730 · US Corporation #7,730 · 42 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 42 grants
UPPER-Q #7,730/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kichler Lighting
CPC-FOCUS H04B · 32 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -92% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kichler Lighting LLC (±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 LGS’s 43.9 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 13.0 pts (30%) Velocity 0.5 pts (1%) Breadth 20.0 pts (46%) Claim depth 10.4 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Chi Mei Communicatio… · near

44
Kongsberg Automotive… · near

44
LGS Innovations · this assignee

44
Protochips · near

44
Wildcat Discovery · near

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows LGS's Innovation Score is 43.9/100 (top 27% 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 LGS?

Each dot is one of LGS’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). LGS’s own 17.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where LGS's grants concentrate

LGS Innovations LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 32 CPC subclasses with 38.1% of grants classified under H04B (Transmission). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (12 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, LGS sits between Kokuyo Co., Ltd. and Linxens Holding.

LGS's three-year grant acceleration

LGS Innovations LLC shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 13 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.

Kokuyo

42
Kong

42
Korea Railroad Re…

42
Kichler Lighting

42
LIH Yann Industri…

42
Landa Labs (2012)

42
Life Fitness

42
Linxens Holding

42
LGS Innovations ◀

42

What this shows LGS holds 42 patents at rank #7,729, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near LGS

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,729 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04B (Transmission)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for LGS, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04B (Transmission), LGS ranks #564 of 3,909 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

Protochips, Inc. 44 Kongsberg Automotive AB 44 Chi Mei Communication Systems, Inc. 44 Wildcat Discovery Technologies, Inc. 44

LGS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 27% higher than 73% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

LGS Innovations LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	16.7%
2016	1	2.4%
2017	12	28.6%
2018	8	19.0%
2019	11	26.2%
2020	2	4.8%
2022	1	2.4%

Which technologies does LGS Innovations LLC patent most?

H04B - Transmission 16

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 14

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 7

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 6

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 6

H03F - Amplifiers 6

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 4

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 3

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 3

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 3

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 2

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 2

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 2

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 2

H03J - Tuning Resonant CIRCUITS; Selecting Resonant Circuits 2

Top 15 of 32 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

LGS Innovations LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

LGS Innovations LLC's lead technology class is H04B (Transmission), 38.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04B
Ranked #7,730 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare LGS Innovations LLC against Kokuyo Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.9/100 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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