Where does LS Cable & System Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), LS Cable & System Ltd. ranks #4,893 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 LS Cable & System Ltd. hold?

LS Cable & System Ltd. holds 71 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 40 technology areas.

What is LS Cable & System Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

LS Cable & System Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 51.3 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is LS Cable & System Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

LS Cable & System Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +10% 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 LS Cable & System Ltd.'s patents?

LS Cable & System Ltd.'s patents average 13.0 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 LS Cable & System 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

LS Cable & System Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does LS Cable & System Ltd. focus on?

LS Cable & System Ltd.'s top technology area is H01B (CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties) with 52 patents. Grants appear in 40 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 71 granted patents across 40 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: H01B (CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, LS ranks #4,893 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 71 patents across 40 technology areas.

#4,893
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (51.3/100): 13.0
avg claims per patent: +10%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4893 · Foreign Corporation #4,893 · 71 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 71 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,893/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Io Therapeutics
CPC-WIDE H01B · 40 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +10% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Io Therapeutics, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Korea Aerospace… · near

51
Lantech com · near

51
LS Cable & System · this assignee

51
Nanocomp · near

51
Yamaichi · near

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows LS's Innovation Score is 51.3/100 (top 12% 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 LS's grants concentrate

LS Cable & System Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 40 CPC subclasses with 73.2% of grants classified under H01B (CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (11 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2021. By volume, LS sits between Io Therapeutics, Inc and Manitowoc Crane Companies, LLC.

LS's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, LS Cable & System Ltd. moved from 23 to 22 grants (0.96x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Io Therapeutics

71
Kikkoman

71
Klein Tools

71
L&L Candle

71
Luxembourg Instit…

71
Markforged

71
MOR Research Appl…

71
Manitowoc Crane C…

71
LS Cable & System ◀

71

What this shows LS holds 71 patents at rank #4,893, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near LS

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,893 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01B (Cables)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for LS, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

Lantech.com, LLC 51 Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd. 51 Korea Aerospace Research Institute 51 Nanocomp Technologies Inc. 51

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.0 here).

Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd. 13.0 avg Idemia Identity & Security France 13.0 avg Siemens Mobility GmbH 13.0 avg Continental Automotive France 13.0 avg

LS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% 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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LS Cable & System Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	9.9%
2017	6	8.5%
2018	7	9.9%
2019	11	15.5%
2020	8	11.3%
2021	4	5.6%
2022	7	9.9%
2023	8	11.3%
2024	7	9.9%
2025partial year	6	8.5%

Which technologies does LS Cable & System Ltd. patent most?

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 52

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 14

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 11

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 10

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 6

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 6

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 6

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 6

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 6

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 5

H04B - Transmission 5

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 4

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 4

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 4

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

Top 15 of 40 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#4,893

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

51.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

LS Cable & System Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

LS Cable & System Ltd.'s lead technology class is H01B (CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties), 73.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01B
Ranked #4,893 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare LS Cable & System Ltd. against Io Therapeutics, Inc, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.3/100 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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