Where does Linx Printing Technologies Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Linx Printing Technologies Limited ranks #24,714 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Linx Printing Technologies Limited hold?

Linx Printing Technologies Limited holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Linx Printing Technologies Limited's Innovation Score?

Linx Printing Technologies Limited has an Innovation Score of 26.6 out of 100 (top 79% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Linx Printing Technologies Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Linx Printing Technologies Limited's recent grant velocity is +200% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Linx Printing Technologies Limited's patents?

Linx Printing Technologies Limited's patents average 14.6 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 Linx Printing Technologies 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

Linx Printing Technologies Limited

Q: What technology areas does Linx Printing Technologies Limited focus on?

Linx Printing Technologies Limited's top technology area is B41J (TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS) with 10 patents. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 5 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: B41J (TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Linx ranks #24,714 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 5 technology areas.

#24,714
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 79%
by Innovation Score (26.6/100): 14.6
avg claims per patent: +200%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24714 · Foreign Corporation #24,714 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,714/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH Lightning Source
CPC-NARROW B41J · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +200% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Lightning Source 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Linx Printing · this assignee

27
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows Linx's Innovation Score is 26.6/100 (top 79% 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.

Where Linx's grants concentrate

Linx Printing Technologies Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 90.9% of grants classified under B41J (TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Linx sits between Lightning Source Llc and Lufkin Industries, Llc.

Linx's three-year grant acceleration

Linx Printing Technologies Limited shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Lightning Source

11
Liikennevirta Oy…

11
Line Work Bucket…

11
Linq3

11
Liqwd

11
Lofelt

11
Lubby Holdings

11
Lufkin Industries

11
Linx Printing ◀

11

What this shows Linx holds 11 patents at rank #24,714, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Linx

By rank, the assignees closest to #24,714 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B41J (Typewriters)

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

Linx's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 Top 79% higher than 21% of 50,000 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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Linx Printing Technologies Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	18.2%
2020	4	36.4%
2021	1	9.1%
2022	1	9.1%
2025partial year	3	27.3%

Which technologies does Linx Printing Technologies Limited patent most?

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS 10

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 2

C09D - COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES OR LACQUERS; FILLING PASTES; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; CORRECTING FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR 1

B65B - MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING 1

H04N - PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION 1

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#24,714

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

26.6 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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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