Where does Li-Cycle Corp. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Li-Cycle Corp. ranks #41,411 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 Li-Cycle Corp. hold?

Li-Cycle Corp. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Li-Cycle Corp.'s Innovation Score?

Li-Cycle Corp. has an Innovation Score of 31.6 out of 100 (38th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Li-Cycle Corp. focus on?

Li-Cycle Corp.'s top technology area is C01D (Compounds OF Alkali Metals, i.e. Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, Caesium, OR Francium) with 6 patents, ranking #10 of 124 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Li-Cycle Corp.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Li-Cycle Corp..

What does claim depth mean for Li-Cycle Corp.'s patents?

Li-Cycle Corp.'s patents average 22.0 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 Li-Cycle Corp. 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

Li-Cycle Corp.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 8 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: C01D (Compounds OF Alkali Metals, i.e. Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, Caesium, OR Francium).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Li-cycle ranks #41,411 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 8 technology areas.

#41,411
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 38th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.6/100): 22.0
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R41411 · Foreign Corporation #41,411 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #41,411/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Levicept
CPC-NARROW C01D · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Levicept Ltd (±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 Li-cycle’s 31.6 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 6.7 pts (21%) Velocity 1.7 pts (5%) Breadth 10.0 pts (32%) Claim depth 13.2 pts (42%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Li-Cycle · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Li-cycle's Innovation Score is 31.6/100 (38th percentile 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 Li-cycle?

Each dot is one of Li-cycle’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). Li-cycle’s own 22.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Li-cycle's grants concentrate

Li-Cycle Corp. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under C01D (Compounds OF Alkali Metals, i.e. Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, Caesium, OR Francium). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Li-cycle sits between Levicept Ltd and LifeCuff Technologies Inc..

Li-cycle's three-year grant acceleration

Li-Cycle Corp. shows 1 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.

Levicept

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Lewis Bolt & Nut

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Lex Submersible P…

6
Li Creative

6
Liberty Diversifi…

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Licella Fibre Fue…

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Liddup

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Lifecuff

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Li-cycle ◀

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What this shows Li-Cycle holds 6 patents at rank #41,439, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Li-Cycle

By rank, the assignees closest to #41,439 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C01D (Compounds OF Alkali Metals)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Li-Cycle's primary technology class.

Li-cycle's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 38th percentile higher than 38% 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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Li-Cycle Corp. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	4	66.7%
2022	1	16.7%
2025partial year	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Li-Cycle Corp. patent most?

C01D - Compounds OF Alkali Metals, i.e. Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, Caesium, OR Francium 6

B03B - Separating Solid Materials Using Liquids OR Using Pneumatic Tables OR Jigs 6

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 6

B03C - Magnetic OR Electrostatic Separation OF Solid Materials From Solid Materials OR FLUIDS; Separation BY High-voltage Electric Fields 6

B02C - Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain 6

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 6

C22B - Production AND Refining OF Metals ; Pretreatment OF RAW Materials 6

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 6

Top 8 of 8 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

Li-Cycle Corp.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Li-Cycle Corp.'s lead technology class is C01D (Compounds OF Alkali Metals, i.e. Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, Caesium, OR Francium), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C01D
Ranked #41,411 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Li-Cycle Corp. against Levicept Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.6/100 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

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