Where does Linear Shaped Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Linear Shaped Limited ranks #48,398 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 Linear Shaped Limited hold?

Linear Shaped Limited holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2022, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Linear Shaped Limited's Innovation Score?

Linear Shaped Limited has an Innovation Score of 43.1 out of 100 (top 29% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Linear Shaped Limited focus on?

Linear Shaped Limited's top technology area is F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition) with 5 patents, ranking #102 of 331 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is Linear Shaped Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Linear Shaped Limited.

What does claim depth mean for Linear Shaped Limited's patents?

Linear Shaped Limited's patents average 16.4 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 Linear Shaped Limited 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

Linear Shaped Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2022. 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: F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Linear ranks #48,398 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 4 technology areas.

#48,398
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 29%
by Innovation Score (43.1/100): 16.4
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R48398 · Foreign Corporation #48,398 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #48,398/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Lightcam
CPC-NARROW F42B · 4 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2021–2022 · 2y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Lightcam LLC (±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 Linear’s 43.1 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 6.2 pts (14%) Velocity 20.0 pts (46%) Breadth 7.1 pts (16%) Claim depth 9.8 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Linear Shaped · this assignee

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Linear's Innovation Score is 43.1/100 (top 29% 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 Linear?

Each dot is one of Linear’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). Linear’s own 16.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 1.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Linear's grants concentrate

Linear Shaped Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Linear sits between Lightcam LLC and Lipham Trading Company, LLC.

Linear's three-year grant acceleration

Linear Shaped Limited shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Lightcam

5
Lightsources

5
Likwid Concepts

5
Line Works

5
Linhai Funiao Lig…

5
Linksign Technolo…

5
Linpac Packaging

5
Lipham Trading

5
Linear Shaped ◀

5

What this shows Linear holds 5 patents at rank #48,334, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Linear

By rank, the assignees closest to #48,334 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F42B (Explosive Charges)

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

Linear's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 29% higher than 71% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2022

Grants by year

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

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Linear Shaped Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	1	20.0%
2022	4	80.0%

Which technologies does Linear Shaped Limited patent most?

F42B - Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition 5

F42D - Blasting 3

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

Top 4 of 4 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

Linear Shaped Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Linear Shaped Limited's lead technology class is F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F42B
Ranked #48,398 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Linear Shaped Limited against Lightcam LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.1/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.