Where does LTA Research and Exploration, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), LTA Research and Exploration, LLC ranks #36,303 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 LTA Research and Exploration, LLC hold?

LTA Research and Exploration, LLC holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is LTA Research and Exploration, LLC's Innovation Score?

LTA Research and Exploration, LLC has an Innovation Score of 49.9 out of 100 (top 14% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does LTA Research and Exploration, LLC focus on?

LTA Research and Exploration, LLC's top technology area is B64B (Lighter-than AIR Aircraft) with 7 patents, ranking #12 of 39 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is LTA Research and Exploration, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for LTA Research and Exploration, LLC.

What does claim depth mean for LTA Research and Exploration, LLC's patents?

LTA Research and Exploration, LLC's patents average 19.1 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 LTA Research and Exploration, 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

LTA Research and Exploration, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: B64B (Lighter-than AIR Aircraft).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, LTA ranks #36,303 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 10 technology areas.

#36,303
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 14%
by Innovation Score (49.9/100): 19.1
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36303 · US Corporation #36,303 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,303/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Look Sharp Labs
CPC-FOCUS B64B · 10 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Look Sharp Labs, 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 LTA’s 49.9 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 7.2 pts (14%) Velocity 20.0 pts (40%) Breadth 11.2 pts (22%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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LTA Research and… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows LTA's Innovation Score is 49.9/100 (top 14% 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 LTA?

Each dot is one of LTA’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). LTA’s own 19.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where LTA's grants concentrate

LTA Research and Exploration, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B64B (Lighter-than AIR Aircraft). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, LTA sits between Look Sharp Labs, Inc. and Lumas Polymers LLC.

LTA's three-year grant acceleration

LTA Research and Exploration, LLC 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.

Look Sharp Labs

7
Loramendi S Coop

7
LOW & Bonar

7
LT Lighting (Taiw…

7
Lteoil

7
Lucidlogix

7
Lucky EYE

7
Lumas Polymers

7
LTA Research and… ◀

7

What this shows LTA holds 7 patents at rank #36,220, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near LTA

By rank, the assignees closest to #36,220 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B64B (Lighter-than AIR Aircraft)

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

LTA's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 14% higher than 86% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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LTA Research and Exploration, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	1	14.3%
2022	2	28.6%
2023	3	42.9%
2025partial year	1	14.3%

Which technologies does LTA Research and Exploration, LLC patent most?

B64B - Lighter-than AIR Aircraft 7

B64F - Ground OR Aircraft-carrier-deck Installations Specially Adapted FOR USE IN Connection With AIRCRAFT; Designing, Manufacturing, Assembling, Cleaning, Maintaining OR Repairing Aircraft, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Handling, Transporting, Testing OR Inspecting Aircraft Components, NOT Otherwise Provide 5

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 2

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 2

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 2

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 2

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 2

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 1

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

Top 10 of 10 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

LTA Research and Exploration, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

LTA Research and Exploration, LLC's lead technology class is B64B (Lighter-than AIR Aircraft), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B64B
Ranked #36,303 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare LTA Research and Exploration, LLC against Look Sharp Labs, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.9/100 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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