Where does Lockheed Martin Energy, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Lockheed Martin Energy, LLC ranks #5,694 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 Lockheed Martin Energy, LLC hold?

Lockheed Martin Energy, LLC holds 60 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Lockheed Martin Energy, LLC's Innovation Score?

Lockheed Martin Energy, LLC has an Innovation Score of 42.3 out of 100 (top 31% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Lockheed Martin Energy, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Lockheed Martin Energy, LLC's recent grant velocity is +23% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Lockheed Martin Energy, LLC's patents?

Lockheed Martin Energy, LLC's patents average 19.4 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 Lockheed Martin Energy, 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

Lockheed Martin Energy, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Lockheed Martin Energy, LLC focus on?

Lockheed Martin Energy, LLC's top technology area is H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy) with 59 patents, ranking #118 of 2,332 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 60 granted patents across 15 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: H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Lockheed ranks #5,694 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 60 patents across 15 technology areas.

#5,694
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 31%
by Innovation Score (42.3/100): 19.4
avg claims per patent: +23%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5694 · US Corporation #5,694 · 60 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 60 grants
UPPER-Q #5,694/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Knauf Insulation
CPC-FOCUS H01M · 15 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +23% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Knauf Insulation, 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 Lockheed’s 42.3 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 14.2 pts (33%) Velocity 2.8 pts (7%) Breadth 13.7 pts (32%) Claim depth 11.7 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Atlas Copco IAS UK · near

42
Bluescope Steel · near

42
Fractal Heatsink · near

42
Lockheed Martin Energy · this assignee

42
Wuxi Xivi Science… · near

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Lockheed's Innovation Score is 42.3/100 (top 31% 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 Lockheed?

Each dot is one of Lockheed’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). Lockheed’s own 19.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Lockheed's grants concentrate

Lockheed Martin Energy, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 98.3% of grants classified under H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (19 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2022. By volume, Lockheed sits between Knauf Insulation, Inc. and Niterra Co., Ltd..

Lockheed's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Lockheed Martin Energy, LLC moved from 36 to 15 grants (0.42x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Knauf Insulation

60
Kongsberg Automot…

60
Luxottica S R L

60
Lantech com

60
Mueller Martini H…

60
Navico

60
NCH

60
Niterra

60
Lockheed Martin E… ◀

60

What this shows Lockheed holds 60 patents at rank #5,694, 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 #5,694 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01M (Processes OR Means)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Lockheed, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01M (Processes OR Means), Lockheed ranks #118 of 2,332 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Bluescope Steel Limited 42 Atlas Copco IAS UK Limited 42 Fractal Heatsink Technologies LLC 42 Wuxi Xivi Science AND Technology Co., Ltd. 42

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.4 here).

Flagship Pioneering Innovations VI, LLC 19.4 avg Kinestral Technologies, Inc. 19.4 avg Siemens Healthineers International AG 19.4 avg ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC 19.4 avg

Lockheed's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 31% higher than 69% 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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Lockheed Martin Energy, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	7	11.7%
2019	19	31.7%
2020	11	18.3%
2021	6	10.0%
2022	4	6.7%
2023	4	6.7%
2024	7	11.7%
2025partial year	2	3.3%

Which technologies does Lockheed Martin Energy, LLC patent most?

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 59

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 59

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 16

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 6

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 5

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 4

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 2

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 2

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 2

C03C - Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other Materials 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

H02B - Boards, Substations OR Switching Arrangements FOR THE Supply OR Distribution OF Electric Power 1

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

Top 15 of 15 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

Lockheed Martin Energy, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Lockheed Martin Energy, LLC's lead technology class is H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy), 98.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01M
Ranked #5,694 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Lockheed Martin Energy, LLC against Knauf Insulation, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.3/100 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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