Where does LMS Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), LMS Co., Ltd. ranks #4,779 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 LMS Co., Ltd. hold?

LMS Co., Ltd. holds 73 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 42 technology areas.

What is LMS Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

LMS Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 52.6 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does LMS Co., Ltd. focus on?

LMS Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 40 patents, ranking #377 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 42 CPC subclasses total.

Is LMS Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

LMS Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +56% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for LMS Co., Ltd.'s patents?

LMS Co., Ltd.'s patents average 14.0 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 LMS Co., Ltd. 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

LMS Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 73 granted patents across 42 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, LMS ranks #4,779 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 73 patents across 42 technology areas.

#4,779
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.6/100): 14.0
avg claims per patent: +56%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4779 · Foreign Corporation #4,779 · 73 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 73 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,779/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ivanti
CPC-WIDE G02B · 42 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +56% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ivanti, 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 LMS’s 52.6 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 14.9 pts (28%) Velocity 6.4 pts (12%) Breadth 22.9 pts (44%) Claim depth 8.4 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Accuray Incorporated · near

53
Ecosense Lighting · near

53
Agama-X · near

53
LMS · this assignee

53
Toray Plastics… · near

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows LMS's Innovation Score is 52.6/100 (top 10% 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 LMS?

Each dot is one of LMS’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). LMS’s own 14.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where LMS's grants concentrate

LMS Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 42 CPC subclasses with 54.8% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (12 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, LMS sits between Ivanti, Inc. and Purdue Pharmaceuticals L.P..

LMS's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, LMS Co., Ltd. moved from 26 to 25 grants (0.96x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Ivanti

73
Komax Holding

73
Kaseya

73
Ledil OY

73
Murakami

73
Ndsu Research Fou…

73
Nerviano Medical…

73
Purdue Pharmaceut…

73
LMS ◀

73

What this shows LMS holds 73 patents at rank #4,779, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near LMS

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,779 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for LMS, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G02B (Optical Elements), LMS ranks #377 of 4,891 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

Toray Plastics (America), Inc. 53 Agama-X Co., Ltd. 53 Ecosense Lighting Inc. 53 Accuray Incorporated 53

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.0 here).

Nautilus, Inc. 14.0 avg Berry Global, Inc. 14.0 avg Telia Company AB 14.0 avg Faraday & Future Inc. 14.0 avg

LMS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 10% higher than 90% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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LMS Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	2.7%
2016	2	2.7%
2017	4	5.5%
2018	10	13.7%
2019	9	12.3%
2020	8	11.0%
2021	9	12.3%
2022	12	16.4%
2023	7	9.6%
2024	6	8.2%
2025partial year	4	5.5%

Which technologies does LMS Co., Ltd. patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 40

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 27

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 13

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 12

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 12

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 11

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 10

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 9

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 7

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 5

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 5

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 5

C09B - Organic Dyes OR Closely-related Compounds FOR Producing Dyes ; , e.g. PIGMENTS; MORDANTS; Lakes 4

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 4

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 4

Top 15 of 42 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

LMS Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

LMS Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 54.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #4,779 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare LMS Co., Ltd. against Ivanti, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.6/100 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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