Where does THE Lycra Company LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), THE Lycra Company LLC ranks #20,517 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 THE Lycra Company LLC hold?

THE Lycra Company LLC holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2023, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is THE Lycra Company LLC's Innovation Score?

THE Lycra Company LLC has an Innovation Score of 46.8 out of 100 (top 20% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is THE Lycra Company LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for THE Lycra Company LLC.

What does claim depth mean for THE Lycra Company LLC's patents?

THE Lycra Company LLC's patents average 15.4 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 THE Lycra Company 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

THE Lycra Company LLC

Q: What technology areas does THE Lycra Company LLC focus on?

THE Lycra Company LLC's top technology area is C08G (Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds) with 7 patents, ranking #433 of 1,741 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 21 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2023. 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: C08G (Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, THE ranks #20,517 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 21 technology areas.

#20,517
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 20%
by Innovation Score (46.8/100): 15.4
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20517 · US Corporation #20,517 · 14 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,517/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Teso LT UAB
CPC-FOCUS C08G · 21 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2023 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Teso LT, UAB (±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 THE’s 46.8 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 9.4 pts (20%) Velocity 12.0 pts (26%) Breadth 16.2 pts (35%) Claim depth 9.3 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
THE Lycra · this assignee

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows THE's Innovation Score is 46.8/100 (top 20% 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 THE?

Each dot is one of THE’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). THE’s own 15.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where THE's grants concentrate

THE Lycra Company LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under C08G (Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (6 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2020. By volume, THE sits between Teso LT, UAB and Thornhill Scientific Inc..

THE's three-year grant acceleration

THE Lycra Company LLC shows 9 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.

Teso LT UAB

14
Teva Pharmaceutic…

14
Texa S P A

14
THE Boots

14
THE Metal Ware

14
THE Sweet Living…

14
Thomson Industries

14
Thornhill Scienti…

14
THE Lycra ◀

14

What this shows THE holds 14 patents at rank #20,500, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near THE

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,500 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C08G (Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY React…)

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

THE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 20% higher than 80% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2023

Grants by year

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

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THE Lycra Company LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	2	14.3%
2021	3	21.4%
2022	6	42.9%
2023	3	21.4%

Which technologies does THE Lycra Company LLC patent most?

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 7

D01F - Chemical Features IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR RIBBONS; Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OF Carbon Filaments 7

D01D - Mechanical Methods OR Apparatus IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR Ribbons 4

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 4

D02G - Crimping OR Curling Fibres, Filaments, Threads, OR YARNS; Yarns OR Threads 4

A41B - SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; Baby LINEN; Handkerchiefs 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

D04B - Knitting 3

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 3

A41C - CORSETS; Brassieres 3

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 3

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 3

D06M - Treatment, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere IN Class D06, OF Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers OR Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials 3

D03D - Woven FABRICS; Methods OF WEAVING; Looms 2

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 1

Top 15 of 21 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

THE Lycra Company LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

THE Lycra Company LLC's lead technology class is C08G (Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C08G
Ranked #20,517 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare THE Lycra Company LLC against Teso LT, UAB, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.8/100 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.