Where does Maxim Defense Industries, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Maxim Defense Industries, LLC ranks #17,883 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 Maxim Defense Industries, LLC hold?

Maxim Defense Industries, LLC holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Maxim Defense Industries, LLC's Innovation Score?

Maxim Defense Industries, LLC has an Innovation Score of 30.1 out of 100 (33rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Maxim Defense Industries, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Maxim Defense Industries, LLC's recent grant velocity is +400% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Maxim Defense Industries, LLC's patents?

Maxim Defense Industries, LLC's patents average 8.1 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 Maxim Defense Industries, 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

Maxim Defense Industries, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Maxim Defense Industries, LLC focus on?

Maxim Defense Industries, LLC's top technology area is F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance) with 4 patents, ranking #166 of 374 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Maxim ranks #17,883 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 3 technology areas.

#17,883
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 33rd percentile
by Innovation Score (30.1/100): 8.1
avg claims per patent: +400%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17883 · US Corporation #17,883 · 16 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,883/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Maintek Computer…
CPC-NARROW F41A · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +400% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Maintek Computer (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. (±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 Maxim’s 30.1 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 9.8 pts (33%) Velocity 9.3 pts (31%) Breadth 6.1 pts (20%) Claim depth 4.8 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Maxim Defense… · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Maxim's Innovation Score is 30.1/100 (33rd percentile 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 Maxim?

Each dot is one of Maxim’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). Maxim’s own 8.1 claims/patent is at or below the 12.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Maxim's grants concentrate

Maxim Defense Industries, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 25% of grants classified under F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Maxim sits between Maintek Computer (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. and Medical Depot, Inc..

Maxim's three-year grant acceleration

Maxim Defense Industries, LLC shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Maintek Computer…

16
Masco Canada

16
Matrixx Software

16
Matthews Resources

16
Mcgill University

16
Mcneil AB

16
Meadwestvaco Calm…

16
Medical Depot

16
Maxim Defense Ind… ◀

16

What this shows Maxim holds 16 patents at rank #17,900, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Maxim

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,900 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms A…)

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

Maxim's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 33rd percentile higher than 33% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Maxim Defense Industries, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	2	12.5%
2020	2	12.5%
2021	1	6.3%
2022	2	12.5%
2023	1	6.3%
2024	4	25.0%
2025partial year	4	25.0%

Which technologies does Maxim Defense Industries, LLC patent most?

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 4

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 1

Top 3 of 3 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

Maxim Defense Industries, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Maxim Defense Industries, LLC's lead technology class is F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance), 25% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F41A
Ranked #17,883 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Maxim Defense Industries, LLC against Maintek Computer (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.1/100 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.

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

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