Where does Lummus Technology LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Lummus Technology LLC ranks #1,969 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 Lummus Technology LLC hold?

Lummus Technology LLC holds 204 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 45 technology areas.

What is Lummus Technology LLC's Innovation Score?

Lummus Technology LLC has an Innovation Score of 57.3 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Lummus Technology LLC focus on?

Lummus Technology LLC's top technology area is B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus) with 111 patents, ranking #28 of 2,755 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 45 CPC subclasses total.

Is Lummus Technology LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Lummus Technology LLC's recent grant velocity is +35% 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 Lummus Technology LLC's patents?

Lummus Technology LLC's patents average 16.2 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 Lummus Technology 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

Lummus Technology LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 204 granted patents across 45 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: B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Lummus ranks #1,969 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 204 patents across 45 technology areas.

#1,969
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.3/100): 16.2
avg claims per patent: +35%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1969 · US Corporation #1,969 · 204 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 204 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,969/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Entropic Communicati…
CPC-WIDE B01J · 45 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +35% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Entropic Communications, 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 Lummus’s 57.3 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 18.4 pts (32%) Velocity 5.5 pts (10%) Breadth 23.7 pts (41%) Claim depth 9.7 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ajinomoto · near

57
Department OF… · near

57
Lummus Technology · this assignee

57
National Central… · near

57
United Arab… · near

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Lummus's Innovation Score is 57.3/100 (top 5% 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 Lummus?

Each dot is one of Lummus’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). Lummus’s own 16.2 claims/patent is at or below the 18.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Lummus's grants concentrate

Lummus Technology LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 45 CPC subclasses with 54.4% of grants classified under B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (29 grants) versus a trough of 13 in 2018. By volume, Lummus sits between Entropic Communications, LLC and Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company.

Lummus's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Lummus Technology LLC moved from 68 to 56 grants (0.82x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,752. See the growth leaderboard.

Entropic Communic…

204
Essilor Internati…

204
Heartware

204
Kateeva

204
Netgear

204
Saf-holland

204
The Noco

204
Watlow Electric M…

204
Lummus Technology ◀

204

What this shows Lummus holds 204 patents at rank #1,969, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Lummus

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,969 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Lummus, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes), Lummus ranks #28 of 2,755 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

Department OF Veterans Affairs 57 National Central University 57 United Arab Emirates University 57 Ajinomoto Co., Inc. 57

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.2 here).

Bar-Ilan University 16.2 avg Macronix International Co., Ltd. 16.2 avg S.P.C.M. SA 16.2 avg Arris Technology, Inc. 16.2 avg

Lummus's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 5% higher than 95% 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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Lummus Technology LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	18	8.8%
2016	16	7.8%
2017	19	9.3%
2018	13	6.4%
2019	15	7.4%
2020	24	11.8%
2021	29	14.2%
2022	22	10.8%
2023	17	8.3%
2024	17	8.3%
2025partial year	14	6.9%

Which technologies does Lummus Technology LLC patent most?

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 111

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 102

C10G - Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GASES; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting OF HYDROCARBONS; Reforming OF NAPHTHA; Mineral Waxes 93

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 82

B01D - Separation 48

C10L - Fuels NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Natural GAS; Synthetic Natural GAS Obtained BY Processes NOT Covered BY Subclasses C10g OR C10K; Liquified Petroleum GAS; USE OF Additives TO Fuels OR FIRES; Fire-lighters 22

F25J - Liquefaction, Solidification OR Separation OF Gases OR Gaseous ; OR Liquefied GASEOUS; Mixtures BY Pressure AND Cold Treatment ; OR BY Bringing Them Into THE Supercritical State 20

C10J - Production OF Producer GAS, Water-gas, Synthesis GAS From Solid Carbonaceous Material, OR Mixtures Containing These Gases ; Carburetting AIR OR Other Gases 14

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 11

F28F - Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application 10

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 9

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 8

C10K - Purifying OR Modifying THE Chemical Composition OF Combustible Gases Containing Carbon Monoxide 6

C10B - Destructive Distillation OF Carbonaceous Materials FOR Production OF GAS, Coke, TAR, OR Similar Materials 6

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 5

Top 15 of 45 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

Lummus Technology LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Lummus Technology LLC's lead technology class is B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus), 54.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01J
Ranked #1,969 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Lummus Technology LLC against Entropic Communications, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.3/100 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.

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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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