Where does L&L Candle Company, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), L&L Candle Company, LLC ranks #4,892 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 L&L Candle Company, LLC hold?

L&L Candle Company, LLC holds 71 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is L&L Candle Company, LLC's Innovation Score?

L&L Candle Company, LLC has an Innovation Score of 44.9 out of 100 (top 24% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is L&L Candle Company, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

L&L Candle Company, LLC's recent grant velocity is +522% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for L&L Candle Company, LLC's patents?

L&L Candle Company, LLC's patents average 15.2 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 L&L Candle Company, 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

L&L Candle Company, LLC

Q: What technology areas does L&L Candle Company, LLC focus on?

L&L Candle Company, LLC's top technology area is F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors) with 63 patents, ranking #29 of 1,094 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 71 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, L&l ranks #4,892 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 71 patents across 16 technology areas.

#4,892
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 24%
by Innovation Score (44.9/100): 15.2
avg claims per patent: +522%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4892 · US Corporation #4,892 · 71 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 71 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,892/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Inventus Holdings
CPC-FOCUS F21S · 16 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +522% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Inventus Holdings, 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.

How L&l’s 44.9 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 14.8 pts (33%) Velocity 6.9 pts (15%) Breadth 14.1 pts (31%) Claim depth 9.1 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Americorp Investments · near

45
L&L Candle · this assignee

45
Novaliq · near

45
Optiz · near

45
Vitro B de C V · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows L&l's Innovation Score is 44.9/100 (top 24% 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 L&l?

Each dot is one of L&l’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). L&l’s own 15.2 claims/patent is at or below the 15.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where L&l's grants concentrate

L&L Candle Company, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 88.7% of grants classified under F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (14 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2018. By volume, L&l sits between Inventus Holdings, LLC and MOR Research Applications Ltd..

L&l's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, L&L Candle Company, LLC moved from 30 to 31 grants (1.03x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Inventus Holdings

71
Io Therapeutics

71
Kikkoman

71
Klein Tools

71
LS Cable & System

71
Luxembourg Instit…

71
Markforged

71
MOR Research Appl…

71
L&L Candle ◀

71

What this shows L&L holds 71 patents at rank #4,892, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near L&L

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,892 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F21S (Non-portable Lighting Devices)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for L&L, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F21S (Non-portable Lighting Devices), L&L ranks #29 of 1,094 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Novaliq GMBH 45 Vitro, S.A.B. de C.V. 45 Optiz, Inc. 45 Americorp Investments LLC 45

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.2 here).

Toast, Inc. 15.2 avg Leica Biosystems Melbourne PTY Ltd 15.2 avg Owen Mumford Limited 15.2 avg The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd 15.2 avg

L&l's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 24% higher than 76% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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L&L Candle Company, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	4	5.6%
2019	5	7.0%
2020	11	15.5%
2021	14	19.7%
2022	10	14.1%
2023	7	9.9%
2024	14	19.7%
2025partial year	6	8.5%

Which technologies does L&L Candle Company, LLC patent most?

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 63

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 49

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 40

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 36

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 30

F21K - Non-electric Light Sources Using LUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using Charges OF Combustible MATERIAL; Light Sources Using Semiconductor Devices AS Light-generating ELEMENTS; Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 21

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 19

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 15

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 15

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 15

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 11

H01K - Electric Incandescent Lamps 9

F21L - Lighting Devices OR Systems Thereof, Being Portable OR Specially Adapted FOR Transportation 6

A47G - Household OR Table Equipment 4

H02N - Electric Machines NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 15 of 16 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

L&L Candle Company, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

L&L Candle Company, LLC's lead technology class is F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors), 88.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21S
Ranked #4,892 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare L&L Candle Company, LLC against Inventus Holdings, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.9/100 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.

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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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