Where does LM-Instruments OY rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), LM-Instruments OY ranks #41,462 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 LM-Instruments OY hold?

LM-Instruments OY holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is LM-Instruments OY's Innovation Score?

LM-Instruments OY has an Innovation Score of 33.9 out of 100 (46th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does LM-Instruments OY focus on?

LM-Instruments OY's top technology area is A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene) with 4 patents, ranking #222 of 546 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is LM-Instruments OY's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

LM-Instruments OY's recent grant velocity is -50% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for LM-Instruments OY's patents?

LM-Instruments OY's patents average 11.3 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 LM-Instruments OY 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

LM-Instruments OY

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 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: A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Lm-instruments ranks #41,462 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 4 technology areas.

#41,462
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 46th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.9/100): 11.3
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R41462 · Foreign Corporation #41,462 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #41,462/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH LIT Brands
CPC-NARROW A61C · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: LIT Brands, 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 Lm-instruments’s 33.9 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 6.7 pts (20%) Velocity 13.3 pts (39%) Breadth 7.1 pts (21%) Claim depth 6.8 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
LM-Instruments OY · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Lm-instruments's Innovation Score is 33.9/100 (46th percentile 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 Lm-instruments?

Each dot is one of Lm-instruments’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). Lm-instruments’s own 11.3 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.

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

Where Lm-instruments's grants concentrate

LM-Instruments OY is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Lm-instruments sits between LIT Brands, LLC and Logue AND Co. PTY Ltd..

Lm-instruments's three-year grant acceleration

LM-Instruments OY shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

LIT Brands

6
Lite-on

6
Lltech Management

6
LM Wind Power R&D…

6
Locate Theapeutics

6
Locus Solutions

6
Logical Concepts

6
Logue AND PTY

6
Lm-instruments OY ◀

6

What this shows LM-Instruments holds 6 patents at rank #41,366, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near LM-Instruments

By rank, the assignees closest to #41,366 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61C (Dentistry)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in LM-Instruments's primary technology class.

Lm-instruments's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 46th percentile higher than 46% 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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LM-Instruments OY patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	16.7%
2017	1	16.7%
2018	1	16.7%
2019	1	16.7%
2023	2	33.3%

Which technologies does LM-Instruments OY patent most?

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 4

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 3

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 2

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 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

LM-Instruments OY's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

LM-Instruments OY's lead technology class is A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61C
Ranked #41,462 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare LM-Instruments OY against LIT Brands, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.9/100 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.

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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