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UL Llc

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 21 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: G06Q (INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, UL ranks #16,469 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 21 technology areas.

#16,469
of 50,000 US assignees by volume
Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.8/100)
17.4
avg claims per patent
-33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16469 · US Corporation #16,469 · 18 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

  • GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
  • MID-PACK #16,469/50,000
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tubis Technology
  • CPC-FOCUS G06Q · 21 areas
  • INNOV-PAR 56.8/100
  • CLAIMS-RICH 17.4 claims/avg
  • TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
  • VEL-DOWN -33% vel
  • BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Tubis 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.

Innovation-score neighbourhood around UL

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows UL Llc stamps GRANTS-MICRO, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-PAR, CLAIMS-RICH, TYPE-USCORP, VEL-DOWN, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #16,469 of 50,000; Innovation Score 56.8/100 sits in the top 6% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Tubis Technology Inc. (±0 grants).

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

Portfolio overview

UL Llc has been granted 18 US utility patents between 2016 and 2025, placing UL Llc at #16,469 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 21 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 17.4 claims per patent with primary concentration in G06Q (INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,). As a US Corporation, UL Llc is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, UL sits between Tubis Technology Inc. (18 patents, rank #16,461) and Universite DE Lille 2 Droit ET Sante (18 patents, rank #16,469) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 56.8/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 4 grants, compared with 6 in the 2015–2019 window, a -33% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The US Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.

Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. UL Llc's 17.4 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 21 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.

Who files at UL's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows UL holds 18 patents at rank #16,465, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near UL

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,465 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…)

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

UL'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 50,000 US assignees

0–10: 687 US assignees (1%). Below this entry. 10–20: 2,527 US assignees (5%). Below this entry. 20–30: 13,162 US assignees (26%). Below this entry. 30–40: 15,294 US assignees (31%). Below this entry. 40–50: 11,491 US assignees (23%). Below this entry. 50–60: 5,058 US assignees (10%). This entry sits in this band. 60–70: 1,537 US assignees (3%). Above this entry. 70–80: 234 US assignees (0%). Above this entry. 80–90: 10 US assignees (0%). Above this entry. 90–100: 0 US assignees (0%). Above this entry. This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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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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UL Llc patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2016 2 11.1%
2017 2 11.1%
2018 1 5.6%
2019 1 5.6%
2022 1 5.6%
2023 1 5.6%
2024 2 11.1%
2025partial year 8 44.4%

Which technologies does UL Llc patent most?

Top 15 of 21 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#16,469

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

56.8 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?
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

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.