Where does Lock-n-stitch, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Lock-n-stitch, Inc. ranks #29,312 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 Lock-n-stitch, Inc. hold?

Lock-n-stitch, Inc. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Lock-n-stitch, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Lock-n-stitch, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 39.0 out of 100 (top 39% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Lock-n-stitch, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Lock-n-stitch, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +500% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Lock-n-stitch, Inc.'s patents?

Lock-n-stitch, Inc.'s patents average 6.6 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 Lock-n-stitch, Inc. 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

Lock-n-stitch, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Lock-n-stitch, Inc. focus on?

Lock-n-stitch, Inc.'s top technology area is F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing) with 9 patents, ranking #134 of 2,095 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 4 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: F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Lock-n-stitch ranks #29,312 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 4 technology areas.

#29,312
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 39%
by Innovation Score (39.0/100): 6.6
avg claims per patent: +500%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R29312 · US Corporation #29,312 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #29,312/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Limntech
CPC-NARROW F16B · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.0/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +500% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Limntech 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 Lock-n-stitch’s 39.0 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 8.0 pts (21%) Velocity 20.0 pts (51%) Breadth 7.1 pts (18%) Claim depth 3.9 pts (10%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Lock-n-stitch · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Lock-n-stitch's Innovation Score is 39.0/100 (top 39% 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 Lock-n-stitch?

Each dot is one of Lock-n-stitch’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). Lock-n-stitch’s own 6.6 claims/patent is at or below the 13.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

Lock-n-stitch vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Lock-n-stitch's grants concentrate

Lock-n-stitch, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Lock-n-stitch sits between Limntech LLC and Loro Piana S.P.A..

Lock-n-stitch's three-year grant acceleration

Lock-n-stitch, Inc. shows 5 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.

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LLT International…

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What this shows Lock-n-stitch holds 9 patents at rank #29,256, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Lock-n-stitch

By rank, the assignees closest to #29,256 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements…)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Lock-n-stitch's primary technology class.

Lock-n-stitch's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 39% higher than 61% 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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Lock-n-stitch, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	11.1%
2021	1	11.1%
2022	1	11.1%
2023	1	11.1%
2024	3	33.3%
2025partial year	2	22.2%

Which technologies does Lock-n-stitch, Inc. patent most?

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 9

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 6

B23B - TURNING; Boring 6

B23G - Thread CUTTING; Working OF Screws, Bolt Heads, OR Nuts, IN Conjunction Therewith 3

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

Lock-n-stitch, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Lock-n-stitch, Inc.'s lead technology class is F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16B
Ranked #29,312 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Lock-n-stitch, Inc. against Limntech LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.0/100 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

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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

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