Where does Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology (LIST) rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology (LIST) ranks #4,894 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 Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology (LIST) hold?

Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology (LIST) holds 71 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 73 technology areas.

What is Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology (LIST)'s Innovation Score?

Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology (LIST) has an Innovation Score of 60.1 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology (LIST)'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology (LIST)'s recent grant velocity is +373% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology (LIST)'s patents?

Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology (LIST)'s patents average 16.3 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 Foreign Corporation

Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology (LIST)

Q: What technology areas does Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology (LIST) focus on?

Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology (LIST)'s top technology area is C23C (Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General) with 16 patents, ranking #174 of 1,658 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 73 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology (LIST) 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 - 71 granted patents across 73 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: C23C (Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evap).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Luxembourg ranks #4,894 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 71 patents across 73 technology areas.

#4,894
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (60.1/100): 16.3
avg claims per patent: +373%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4894 · Foreign Corporation #4,894 · 71 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 71 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,894/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kikkoman
CPC-WIDE C23C · 73 areas
INNOV-STRONG 60.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +373% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kikkoman Corporation (±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 Luxembourg’s 60.1 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 14.8 pts (25%) Velocity 10.6 pts (18%) Breadth 25.0 pts (42%) Claim depth 9.8 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Scania CV AB · near

60
Brown University · near

60
Luxembourg Institute… · this assignee

60
May Patents · near

60
Screen Holdings · near

60
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Luxembourg's Innovation Score is 60.1/100 (top 3% 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 Luxembourg?

Each dot is one of Luxembourg’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). Luxembourg’s own 16.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Luxembourg's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology (LIST) received 52 grants versus 11 in 2015–2019 (+373% equal-window velocity, top decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2023 at 14 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 2. Lead class C23C accounts for 22.5% of the portfolio across 73 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Kikkoman Corporation (#4,890) and Matthews International Corporation (#4,898).

Luxembourg's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology (LIST) moved from 22 to 35 grants (1.59x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Kikkoman

71
Klein Tools

71
L&L Candle

71
LS Cable & System

71
Markforged

71
MOR Research Appl…

71
Manitowoc Crane C…

71
Matthews Internat…

71
Luxembourg Instit… ◀

71

What this shows Luxembourg holds 71 patents at rank #4,894, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Luxembourg

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,894 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C23C (Coating Metallic Material)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Luxembourg, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C23C (Coating Metallic Material), Luxembourg ranks #174 of 1,658 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

May Patents Ltd. 60 Brown University 60 Screen Holdings Co., Ltd. 60 Scania CV AB 60

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.3 here).

Bausch & Lomb Incorporated 16.3 avg ABB AG 16.3 avg Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. 16.3 avg Neuravi Limited 16.3 avg

Luxembourg's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

60 Top 3% higher than 97% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology (LIST) patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	2.8%
2017	2	2.8%
2018	2	2.8%
2019	5	7.0%
2020	6	8.5%
2021	11	15.5%
2022	13	18.3%
2023	14	19.7%
2024	8	11.3%
2025partial year	8	11.3%

Which technologies does Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology (LIST) patent most?

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 16

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 14

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 9

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 8

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 8

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 7

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 6

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

B81C - Processes OR Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OR Treatment OF Microstructural Devices OR Systems 4

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 4

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 4

B60C - Vehicle TYRES; Tyre INFLATION; Tyre CHANGING; Connecting Valves TO Inflatable Elastic Bodies IN GENERAL; Devices OR Arrangements Related TO Tyres 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 4

C25D - Processes FOR THE Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Production OF COATINGS; ELECTROFORMING; Apparatus Therefor 4

Top 15 of 73 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

Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology (LIST)'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology (LIST)'s lead technology class is C23C (Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evap), 22.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C23C
Ranked #4,894 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology (LIST) against Kikkoman Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 60.1/100 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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