Where does Link Mfg., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Link Mfg., Ltd. ranks #16,959 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 Link Mfg., Ltd. hold?

Link Mfg., Ltd. holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Link Mfg., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Link Mfg., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 40.4 out of 100 (top 36% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Link Mfg., Ltd. focus on?

Link Mfg., Ltd.'s top technology area is B60G (Vehicle Suspension Arrangements) with 15 patents, ranking #54 of 428 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Link Mfg., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Link Mfg., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +67% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Link Mfg., Ltd.'s patents?

Link Mfg., Ltd.'s patents average 17.4 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 Link Mfg., Ltd. 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

Link Mfg., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: B60G (Vehicle Suspension Arrangements).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Link ranks #16,959 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 8 technology areas.

#16,959
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.4/100): 17.4
avg claims per patent: +67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16959 · US Corporation #16,959 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #16,959/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH LensGen
CPC-NARROW B60G · 8 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: LensGen, 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 Link’s 40.4 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 10.0 pts (25%) Velocity 10.0 pts (25%) Breadth 10.0 pts (25%) Claim depth 10.4 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Link Mfg · this assignee

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Link's Innovation Score is 40.4/100 (top 36% 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 Link?

Each dot is one of Link’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). Link’s own 17.4 claims/patent is at or below the 18.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Link's grants concentrate

Link Mfg., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 88.2% of grants classified under B60G (Vehicle Suspension Arrangements). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Link sits between LensGen, Inc and Luminiz Inc..

Link's three-year grant acceleration

Link Mfg., Ltd. shows 6 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.

Lensgen

17
Lenze Drives

17
Liberty Plugins

17
Liberty Pumps

17
Litera

17
Liveview

17
Lumicell

17
Luminiz

17
Link Mfg ◀

17

What this shows Link holds 17 patents at rank #16,962, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Link

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,962 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60G (Vehicle Suspension Arrangements)

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

Link's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 36% higher than 64% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Link Mfg., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	17.6%
2017	1	5.9%
2018	2	11.8%
2020	3	17.6%
2021	1	5.9%
2022	2	11.8%
2023	1	5.9%
2024	3	17.6%
2025partial year	1	5.9%

Which technologies does Link Mfg., Ltd. patent most?

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements 15

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 10

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 3

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 2

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 2

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 1

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 1

G01G - Weighing 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Link Mfg., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Link Mfg., Ltd.'s lead technology class is B60G (Vehicle Suspension Arrangements), 88.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60G
Ranked #16,959 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Link Mfg., Ltd. against LensGen, Inc, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.4/100 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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