Where does Little Giant Ladder Systems, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Little Giant Ladder Systems, LLC ranks #7,879 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 Giant Ladder Systems, LLC hold?

Little Giant Ladder Systems, LLC holds 41 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Little Giant Ladder Systems, LLC's Innovation Score?

Little Giant Ladder Systems, LLC has an Innovation Score of 47.5 out of 100 (top 18% 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 Giant Ladder Systems, LLC focus on?

Little Giant Ladder Systems, LLC's top technology area is E06C (Ladders) with 24 patents, ranking #4 of 87 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Little Giant Ladder Systems, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Little Giant Ladder Systems, LLC.

What does claim depth mean for Little Giant Ladder Systems, LLC's patents?

Little Giant Ladder Systems, LLC's patents average 9.8 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 Giant Ladder Systems, 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 Giant Ladder Systems, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 41 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: E06C (Ladders).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Little ranks #7,879 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 41 patents across 6 technology areas.

#7,879
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.5/100): 9.8
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7879 · US Corporation #7,879 · 41 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 41 grants
UPPER-Q #7,879/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Keyssa Systems
CPC-NARROW E06C · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.5/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Keyssa Systems, 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 Little’s 47.5 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 12.9 pts (27%) Velocity 20.0 pts (42%) Breadth 8.7 pts (18%) Claim depth 5.9 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Chiyoda · near

47
Keymed (Medical &… · near

47
Little Giant Ladder… · this assignee

47
Magnolia Medical · near

47
Siemens Canada · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Little's Innovation Score is 47.5/100 (top 18% 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 9.8 claims/patent is at or below the 13.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Little's grants concentrate

Little Giant Ladder Systems, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 58.5% of grants classified under E06C (Ladders). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (12 grants) versus a trough of 7 in 2021. By volume, Little sits between Keyssa Systems, Inc. and Microsemi Solutions (US), Inc..

Little's three-year grant acceleration

Little Giant Ladder Systems, LLC shows 28 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Keyssa Systems

41
Leister

41
Lifi Labs

41
Lite-on Singapore…

41
Lexisnexis a divi…

41
Liveramp

41
Marquardt

41
Microsemi Solutio…

41
Little Giant Ladd… ◀

41

What this shows Little holds 41 patents at rank #7,878, 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 #7,878 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E06C (Ladders)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Little, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E06C (Ladders), Little ranks #4 of 87 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Keymed (Medical & Industrial Equipment) Limited 47 Chiyoda Corporation 47 Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc. 47 Siemens Canada Limited 47

Little's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 18% higher than 82% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

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

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Little Giant Ladder Systems, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	7	17.1%
2022	12	29.3%
2023	8	19.5%
2024	8	19.5%
2025partial year	6	14.6%

Which technologies does Little Giant Ladder Systems, LLC patent most?

E06C - Ladders 24

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 3

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 1

Top 6 of 6 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

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

Little Giant Ladder Systems, LLC's lead technology class is E06C (Ladders), 58.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E06C
Ranked #7,879 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Little Giant Ladder Systems, LLC against Keyssa Systems, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.5/100 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

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