Where does Lifeline Systems Company rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Lifeline Systems Company ranks #22,901 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 Lifeline Systems Company hold?

Lifeline Systems Company holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2024, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Lifeline Systems Company's Innovation Score?

Lifeline Systems Company has an Innovation Score of 42.0 out of 100 (top 31% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Lifeline Systems Company focus on?

Lifeline Systems Company's top technology area is G08B (Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems) with 11 patents, ranking #184 of 2,091 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is Lifeline Systems Company's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Lifeline Systems Company.

What does claim depth mean for Lifeline Systems Company's patents?

Lifeline Systems Company's patents average 15.4 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 Lifeline Systems Company 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

Lifeline Systems Company

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2024. 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: G08B (Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Lifeline ranks #22,901 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 9 technology areas.

#22,901
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 31%
by Innovation Score (42.0/100): 15.4
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22901 · US Corporation #22,901 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,901/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Lancaster University…
CPC-NARROW G08B · 9 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2021–2024 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Lancaster University Business Enterprises Limited (±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 Lifeline’s 42.0 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 8.9 pts (21%) Velocity 13.3 pts (32%) Breadth 10.6 pts (25%) Claim depth 9.3 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Lifeline Systems · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Lifeline's Innovation Score is 42.0/100 (top 31% 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 Lifeline?

Each dot is one of Lifeline’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). Lifeline’s own 15.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Lifeline's grants concentrate

Lifeline Systems Company is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 91.7% of grants classified under G08B (Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (4 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2022. By volume, Lifeline sits between Lancaster University Business Enterprises Limited and Linhai Guokang Leisure Products Co., Ltd..

Lifeline's three-year grant acceleration

Lifeline Systems Company 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.

Lancaster Univers…

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Ledup Manufacturi…

12
Lenbrook Industri…

12
Lennham Pharmaceu…

12
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Light Line Medical

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Lin Engineering

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Linhai Guokang Le…

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Lifeline Systems ◀

12

What this shows Lifeline holds 12 patents at rank #22,907, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Lifeline

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,907 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G08B (Signalling OR Calling Systems)

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

Lifeline's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 31% higher than 69% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2024

Grants by year

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

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Lifeline Systems Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	4	33.3%
2022	2	16.7%
2023	3	25.0%
2024	3	25.0%

Which technologies does Lifeline Systems Company patent most?

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 11

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 6

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 2

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 1

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Lifeline Systems Company's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Lifeline Systems Company's lead technology class is G08B (Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems), 91.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G08B
Ranked #22,901 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Lifeline Systems Company against Lancaster University Business Enterprises Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.0/100 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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