Where does Symbol Technologies, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Symbol Technologies, LLC ranks #905 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 Symbol Technologies, LLC hold?

Symbol Technologies, LLC holds 496 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 78 technology areas.

What is Symbol Technologies, LLC's Innovation Score?

Symbol Technologies, LLC has an Innovation Score of 56.8 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Symbol Technologies, LLC focus on?

Symbol Technologies, LLC's top technology area is G06K (Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers) with 198 patents, ranking #15 of 1,953 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 78 CPC subclasses total.

Is Symbol Technologies, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Symbol Technologies, LLC's recent grant velocity is -74% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Symbol Technologies, LLC's patents?

Symbol Technologies, LLC's patents average 15.2 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 Symbol Technologies, 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

Symbol Technologies, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 496 granted patents across 78 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: G06K (Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Symbol ranks #905 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 496 patents across 78 technology areas.

#905
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.8/100): 15.2
avg claims per patent: -74%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R905 · US Corporation #905 · 496 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 496 grants
TOP-DECILE #905/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Wilus Institute OF…
CPC-WIDE G06K · 78 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -74% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Wilus Institute OF Standards AND Technology 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 Symbol’s 56.8 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 21.4 pts (38%) Velocity 1.3 pts (2%) Breadth 25.0 pts (44%) Claim depth 9.1 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Rosenberger… · near

57
Symbol · this assignee

57
Hyster-Yale Group · near

57
Syngenta Crop… · near

57
The Medical College… · near

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Symbol's Innovation Score is 56.8/100 (top 6% 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 Symbol?

Each dot is one of Symbol’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). Symbol’s own 15.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Symbol's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Symbol Technologies, LLC received 102 grants versus 392 in 2015–2019 (-74% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 110 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 1. Lead class G06K accounts for 39.9% of the portfolio across 78 subclasses. Volume neighbours: NHK Spring Co., Ltd. (#901) and Analog Devices Global Unlimited Company (#909).

Symbol's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Symbol Technologies, LLC moved from 140 to 27 grants (0.19x 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 #3,103. See the growth leaderboard.

NHK Spring

499
Omron Healthcare

499
Eastman Chemical

498
University OF Mar…

497
Wilus Institute O…

496
Symbol ◀

496
Citizen Watch

494
The United States…

494
Analog Devices Gl…

493

What this shows Symbol holds 496 patents at rank #905, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Symbol

By rank, the assignees closest to #905 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06K (Graphical Data Reading)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Symbol, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06K (Graphical Data Reading), Symbol ranks #15 of 1,953 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co. KG 57 Syngenta Crop Protection AG 57 The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. 57 Hyster-Yale Group, Inc. 57

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.2 here).

Volvo Truck Corporation 15.2 avg Otis Elevator Company 15.2 avg Cytec Industries, Inc. 15.2 avg Beijing Naura Microelectronics Equipment Co., Ltd. 15.2 avg

Symbol's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 6% higher than 94% 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.

View data table

Symbol Technologies, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	110	22.2%
2016	67	13.5%
2017	81	16.3%
2018	69	13.9%
2019	65	13.1%
2020	56	11.3%
2021	19	3.8%
2022	19	3.8%
2023	7	1.4%
2024	1	0.2%
2025partial year	2	0.4%

Which technologies does Symbol Technologies, LLC patent most?

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 198

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 76

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 64

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 62

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 56

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 52

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 49

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 38

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 30

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 23

G07G - Registering THE Receipt OF Cash, Valuables, OR Tokens 22

H04M - Telephonic Communication 20

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 18

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 18

H04B - Transmission 17

Top 15 of 78 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Symbol Technologies, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Symbol Technologies, LLC's lead technology class is G06K (Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers), 39.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06K
Ranked #905 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Symbol Technologies, LLC against NHK Spring Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.8/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.