Where does Lockheed Martin Coherent Technologies, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Lockheed Martin Coherent Technologies, Inc. ranks #22,918 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Lockheed Martin Coherent Technologies, Inc. hold?

Lockheed Martin Coherent Technologies, Inc. holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Lockheed Martin Coherent Technologies, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Lockheed Martin Coherent Technologies, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 32.3 out of 100 (top 59% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Lockheed Martin Coherent Technologies, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Lockheed Martin Coherent Technologies, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -80% 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 Lockheed Martin Coherent Technologies, Inc.'s patents?

Lockheed Martin Coherent Technologies, Inc.'s patents average 16.5 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Lockheed Martin Coherent Technologies, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Lockheed Martin Coherent Technologies, Inc. focus on?

Lockheed Martin Coherent Technologies, Inc.'s top technology area is G01S (RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES) with 7 patents. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Lockheed Martin Coherent Technologies, 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 PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: G01S (RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRA).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Lockheed ranks #22,918 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 12 technology areas.

#22,918
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 59%
by Innovation Score (32.3/100): 16.5
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22918 · US Corporation #22,918 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,918/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH Linyi Huadong Pet Su…
CPC-FOCUS G01S · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Linyi Huadong Pet Supplies Co., Ltd (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Lockheed Martin Cohe… · this assignee

32
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows Lockheed's Innovation Score is 32.3/100 (top 59% 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.

Where Lockheed's grants concentrate

Lockheed Martin Coherent Technologies, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 58.3% of grants classified under G01S (RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRA). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Lockheed sits between Linyi Huadong Pet Supplies Co., Ltd and Lundbeck La Jolla Research Center, Inc..

Linyi Huadong Pet…

12
Liquidpiston

12
Liteboxer

12
Liveclips

12
Locus Location Sy…

12
Ludong University

12
Luminus Devices

12
Lundbeck La Jolla…

12
Lockheed Martin C… ◀

12

What this shows Lockheed holds 12 patents at rank #22,916, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Lockheed

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,916 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01S (Radio Direction-finding)

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

Lockheed's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 Top 59% higher than 41% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Lockheed Martin Coherent Technologies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	8.3%
2016	1	8.3%
2017	3	25.0%
2018	1	8.3%
2019	4	33.3%
2020	1	8.3%
2022	1	8.3%

Which technologies does Lockheed Martin Coherent Technologies, Inc. patent most?

G01S - RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES 7

G02B - OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS 5

G01J - MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT, POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRARED, VISIBLE OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; RADIATION PYROMETRY 3

H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION 2

H04B - TRANSMISSION 2

H01S - DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL 2

G03H - HOLOGRAPHIC PROCESSES OR APPARATUS 1

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 1

H04N - PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION 1

G06T - IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL 1

G01B - MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS 1

B23K - SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM 1

Top 12 of 12 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#22,918

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

32.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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

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