Where does Litera Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Litera Corporation ranks #16,961 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 Litera Corporation hold?

Litera Corporation holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Litera Corporation's Innovation Score?

Litera Corporation has an Innovation Score of 43.5 out of 100 (top 28% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Litera Corporation focus on?

Litera Corporation's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 15 patents, ranking #2,636 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is Litera Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Litera Corporation's recent grant velocity is +43% 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 Litera Corporation's patents?

Litera Corporation's patents average 18.2 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 Litera Corporation 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

Litera Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Litera ranks #16,961 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 4 technology areas.

#16,961
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 28%
by Innovation Score (43.5/100): 18.2
avg claims per patent: +43%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16961 · US Corporation #16,961 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #16,961/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Lenze Drives
CPC-NARROW G06F · 4 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +43% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Lenze Drives GmbH (±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 Litera’s 43.5 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 (23%) Velocity 15.6 pts (36%) Breadth 7.1 pts (16%) Claim depth 10.9 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Litera · this assignee

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Litera's Innovation Score is 43.5/100 (top 28% 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 Litera?

Each dot is one of Litera’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). Litera’s own 18.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Litera's grants concentrate

Litera Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 88.2% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Litera sits between Lenze Drives GmbH and Lynk, Inc..

Litera's three-year grant acceleration

Litera Corporation shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Lenze Drives

17
Liberty Plugins

17
Liberty Pumps

17
Link Mfg

17
Liveview

17
Lumicell

17
Luminiz

17
Lynk

17
Litera ◀

17

What this shows Litera holds 17 patents at rank #16,963, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Litera

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,963 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Litera's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 28% higher than 72% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2023

Grants by year

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

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Litera Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	5.9%
2017	3	17.6%
2018	3	17.6%
2020	2	11.8%
2021	1	5.9%
2022	6	35.3%
2023	1	5.9%

Which technologies does Litera Corporation patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 15

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 8

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

G09C - Ciphering OR Deciphering Apparatus FOR Cryptographic OR Other Purposes Involving THE Need FOR Secrecy 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

Litera Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Litera Corporation's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 88.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #16,961 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Litera Corporation against Lenze Drives GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.5/100 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.