Where does Lincoln Global, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Lincoln Global, Inc. ranks #711 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 Lincoln Global, Inc. hold?

Lincoln Global, Inc. holds 638 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 99 technology areas.

What is Lincoln Global, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Lincoln Global, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 60.6 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Lincoln Global, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Lincoln Global, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -47% 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 Lincoln Global, Inc.'s patents?

Lincoln Global, Inc.'s patents average 16.0 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 Lincoln Global, 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

Lincoln Global, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Lincoln Global, Inc. focus on?

Lincoln Global, Inc.'s top technology area is B23K (Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam) with 458 patents, ranking #2 of 1,623 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 99 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 638 granted patents across 99 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: B23K (Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Lincoln ranks #711 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 638 patents across 99 technology areas.

#711
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (60.6/100): 16.0
avg claims per patent: -47%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R711 · US Corporation #711 · 638 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 638 grants
TOP-DECILE #711/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mitsubishi Hitachi…
CPC-WIDE B23K · 99 areas
INNOV-STRONG 60.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -47% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, 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 Lincoln’s 60.6 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 22.3 pts (37%) Velocity 3.7 pts (6%) Breadth 25.0 pts (41%) Claim depth 9.6 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Appotronics · near

61
Chang'an University · near

61
Lenovo Enterprise… · near

61
Lincoln Global · this assignee

61
Teknologian… · near

61
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Lincoln's Innovation Score is 60.6/100 (top 3% 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 Lincoln?

Each dot is one of Lincoln’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). Lincoln’s own 16.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Lincoln's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Lincoln Global, Inc. received 210 grants versus 399 in 2015–2019 (-47% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 91 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 26. Lead class B23K accounts for 71.8% of the portfolio across 99 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (#707) and Ohio State Innovation Foundation (#715).

Lincoln's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Lincoln Global, Inc. moved from 177 to 97 grants (0.55x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,579. See the growth leaderboard.

Abbott Cardiovasc…

640
Mitsubishi Materi…

640
S C Johnson & SON

640
MANN+Hummel

639
Mitsubishi Hitach…

638
Lincoln Global ◀

638
Cooper

637
Industry-universi…

637
Ohio State Innova…

637

What this shows Lincoln holds 638 patents at rank #711, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Lincoln

By rank, the assignees closest to #711 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B23K (Soldering OR Unsoldering)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Lincoln, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B23K (Soldering OR Unsoldering), Lincoln ranks #2 of 1,623 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (SINGAPORE) PTE. Ltd. 61 Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy 61 Appotronics Corporation Limited 61 Chang'an University 61

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.0 here).

PS4 Luxco S.a.r.l. 16.0 avg Maquet Critical Care AB 16.0 avg Agency FOR Science, Technology AND Research 16.0 avg Institute FOR Information Industry 16.0 avg

Lincoln's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

61 Top 3% higher than 97% 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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Lincoln Global, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	91	14.3%
2016	81	12.7%
2017	91	14.3%
2018	72	11.3%
2019	64	10.0%
2020	72	11.3%
2021	41	6.4%
2022	37	5.8%
2023	26	4.1%
2024	34	5.3%
2025partial year	29	4.5%

Which technologies does Lincoln Global, Inc. patent most?

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 458

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 68

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 34

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 33

H05H - Plasma Technique ; Production OF Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles OR OF NEUTRONS; Production OR Acceleration OF Neutral Molecular OR Atomic Beams 31

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 31

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 28

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 25

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 22

A42B - HATS; Head Coverings 22

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 21

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 21

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 20

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 20

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 16

Top 15 of 99 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

Lincoln Global, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Lincoln Global, Inc.'s lead technology class is B23K (Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam), 71.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B23K
Ranked #711 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Lincoln Global, Inc. against Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 60.6/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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