Where does Lin Engineering, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Lin Engineering, Inc. ranks #22,906 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 Lin Engineering, Inc. hold?

Lin Engineering, Inc. holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Lin Engineering, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Lin Engineering, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 32.9 out of 100 (43rd 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 Lin Engineering, Inc. focus on?

Lin Engineering, Inc.'s top technology area is H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines) with 10 patents, ranking #266 of 1,724 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

Is Lin Engineering, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Lin Engineering, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +20% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Lin Engineering, Inc.'s patents?

Lin Engineering, Inc.'s patents average 9.5 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 Lin Engineering, 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

Lin Engineering, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Lin ranks #22,906 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 2 technology areas.

#22,906
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 43rd percentile
by Innovation Score (32.9/100): 9.5
avg claims per patent: +20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22906 · US Corporation #22,906 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,906/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Lennham Pharmaceutic…
CPC-NARROW H02K · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +20% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Lennham Pharmaceuticals, 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 Lin’s 32.9 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 8.9 pts (27%) Velocity 13.3 pts (40%) Breadth 5.0 pts (15%) Claim depth 5.7 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Cosmax · near

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Lin Engineering · this assignee

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Ceat · near

33
Ziel Home Furnishing… · near

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Lin's Innovation Score is 32.9/100 (43rd 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 Lin?

Each dot is one of Lin’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). Lin’s own 9.5 claims/patent is at or below the 10.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Lin's grants concentrate

Lin Engineering, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Lin sits between Lennham Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Liteboxer Technologies, Inc..

Lin's three-year grant acceleration

Lin Engineering, Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

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What this shows Lin holds 12 patents at rank #22,910, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Lin

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,910 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Lin, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines), Lin ranks #266 of 1,724 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (33 here).

Sarong Societa' Per Azioni 33 Cosmax, Inc. 33 Ziel Home Furnishing Technology Co., Ltd. 33 Ceat Limited 33

Lin's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 43rd percentile higher than 43% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Lin Engineering, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	8.3%
2017	1	8.3%
2018	3	25.0%
2020	1	8.3%
2021	1	8.3%
2022	1	8.3%
2023	2	16.7%
2024	1	8.3%
2025partial year	1	8.3%

Which technologies does Lin Engineering, Inc. patent most?

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 10

F16H - Gearing 2

Top 2 of 2 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Lin Engineering, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Lin Engineering, Inc.'s lead technology class is H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H02K
Ranked #22,906 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Lin Engineering, Inc. against Lennham Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.9/100 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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