Where does Little Engine, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Little Engine, LLC ranks #15,430 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 Little Engine, LLC hold?

Little Engine, LLC holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Little Engine, LLC's Innovation Score?

Little Engine, LLC has an Innovation Score of 35.3 out of 100 (top 50% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Little Engine, LLC focus on?

Little Engine, LLC's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 18 patents, ranking #990 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Little Engine, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Little Engine, LLC's recent grant velocity is +275% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Little Engine, LLC's patents?

Little Engine, LLC's patents average 17.3 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 Little Engine, LLC 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

Little Engine, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Little ranks #15,430 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 6 technology areas.

#15,430
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 50%
by Innovation Score (35.3/100): 17.3
avg claims per patent: +275%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15430 · US Corporation #15,430 · 19 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,430/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Light & Motion…
CPC-NARROW A61B · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +275% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Light & Motion Industries (±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 Little’s 35.3 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 10.3 pts (29%) Velocity 5.9 pts (17%) Breadth 8.7 pts (25%) Claim depth 10.4 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Little Engine · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Little's Innovation Score is 35.3/100 (top 50% 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 Little?

Each dot is one of Little’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). Little’s own 17.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Little's grants concentrate

Little Engine, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 94.7% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Little sits between Light & Motion Industries and M-files OY.

Little's three-year grant acceleration

Little Engine, LLC shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Light & Motion In…

19
Lightforce Austra…

19
Lightlab Sweden AB

19
Liquidpower Speci…

19
Living Proof

19
Lumitex

19
Lynx Software

19
M-files OY

19
Little Engine ◀

19

What this shows Little holds 19 patents at rank #15,433, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Little

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,433 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Little's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 Top 50% higher than 50% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Little Engine, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	5.3%
2017	1	5.3%
2019	2	10.5%
2020	5	26.3%
2021	2	10.5%
2022	1	5.3%
2023	7	36.8%

Which technologies does Little Engine, LLC patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 18

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 18

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 2

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 2

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 1

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

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Little Engine, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Little Engine, LLC's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 94.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #15,430 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Little Engine, LLC against Light & Motion Industries, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.3/100 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.