Overall rank by patents
#12,520
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 24 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: G01N (INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Life ranks #12,520 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 24 patents across 16 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R12520 · Foreign Corporation #12,520 · 24 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Language Line Services, 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Life Safety Distribu… · this assignee
35 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Life Safety Distribution Ag stamps GRANTS-SMALL, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-RICH, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-DROP, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #12,520 of 50,000; Innovation Score 35.0/100 sits in the top 50% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Language Line Services, Inc. (±0 grants).
Life Safety Distribution Ag has been granted 24 US utility patents between 2016 and 2024, placing Life Safety Distribution Ag at #12,520 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 16 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 14.7 claims per patent with primary concentration in G01N (INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES). As a Foreign Corporation, Life Safety Distribution Ag is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Life sits between Lucifer Lighting Company (24 patents, rank #12,524) and Lonati S.p.a. (24 patents, rank #12,532) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 35.0/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 4 grants, compared with 20 in the 2015–2019 window, a -80% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Life Safety Distribution Ag's 14.7 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 16 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
LUCIFER LIGHTING COMPANY
24 patents
Language Line Services, Inc.
24 patents
LiBEST INC.
24 patents
LiTL LLC
24 patents
Life Sciences Research Partners VZW
24 patents
Life Services, LLC
24 patents
Lipocine, Inc.
24 patents
Lonati S.P.A.
24 patents
Life Safety Distribution AG
24 patents
What this shows Life holds 24 patents at rank #12,528, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #12,528 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Life's primary technology class.
Life's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
35 Top 50% higher than 50% of 50,000 US assignees
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 6 | 25.0% |
| 2017 | 6 | 25.0% |
| 2018 | 4 | 16.7% |
| 2019 | 4 | 16.7% |
| 2021 | 3 | 12.5% |
| 2024 | 1 | 4.2% |
Top 15 of 16 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#12,520
of 50,000 tracked assignees
35.0 out of 100
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