Where does X Development LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), X Development LLC ranks #361 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 X Development LLC hold?

X Development LLC holds 1,197 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 220 technology areas.

What is X Development LLC's Innovation Score?

X Development LLC has an Innovation Score of 66.2 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does X Development LLC focus on?

X Development LLC's top technology area is B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices) with 351 patents, ranking #4 of 1,442 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 220 CPC subclasses total.

Is X Development LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

X Development LLC's recent grant velocity is +5% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for X Development LLC's patents?

X Development LLC's patents average 18.9 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 X Development 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

X Development LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,197 granted patents across 220 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: B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, X ranks #361 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,197 patents across 220 technology areas.

#361
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (66.2/100): 18.9
avg claims per patent: +5%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R361 · US Corporation #361 · 1,197 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-BROAD · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 1.2K grants
TOP-DECILE #361/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH The United States…
CPC-BROAD B25J · 220 areas
INNOV-STRONG 66.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +5% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (±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 X’s 66.2 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 24.5 pts (37%) Velocity 5.4 pts (8%) Breadth 25.0 pts (38%) Claim depth 11.3 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Carl Zeiss SMT · near

66
Brose Fahrzeugteile… · near

66
Wuhan Tianma… · near

66
X Development · this assignee

66
Dana Italia S R L · near

66
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows X's Innovation Score is 66.2/100 (top 1% 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 X?

Each dot is one of X’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). X’s own 18.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How X's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, X Development LLC received 603 grants versus 574 in 2015–2019 (+5% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2017 at 206 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 21. Lead class B25J accounts for 29.3% of the portfolio across 220 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Pixart Imaging Inc. (#357) and Cummins Inc. (#365).

X's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, X Development LLC moved from 415 to 334 grants (0.81x 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 #1,829. See the growth leaderboard.

Pixart Imaging

1,212
Volvo CAR

1,206
Magna

1,198
The United States…

1,197
X Development ◀

1,197
Altera

1,196
Chevron U

1,194
Canon Medical Sys…

1,191
Cummins

1,191

What this shows X holds 1,197 patents at rank #361, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near X

By rank, the assignees closest to #361 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B25J (Manipulators)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for X, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B25J (Manipulators), X ranks #4 of 1,442 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (66 here).

Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch 66 Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg 66 Dana Italia S.R.L. 66 Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH 66

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.9 here).

Docusign, Inc. 18.9 avg Poet Research, Inc. 18.9 avg Mastercard Technologies Canada ULC 18.9 avg TQ Delta, LLC 18.9 avg

X's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

66 Top 1% higher than 99% 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.

View data table

X Development LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	21	1.8%
2017	206	17.2%
2018	201	16.8%
2019	146	12.2%
2020	130	10.9%
2021	139	11.6%
2022	130	10.9%
2023	138	11.5%
2024	66	5.5%
2025partial year	20	1.7%

Which technologies does X Development LLC patent most?

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 351

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 261

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 250

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 174

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 169

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 168

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 168

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 165

H04B - Transmission 129

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 92

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 83

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 72

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 61

B64U - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor 57

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 54

Top 15 of 220 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

X Development LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

X Development LLC's lead technology class is B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices), 29.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B25J
Ranked #361 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare X Development LLC against Pixart Imaging Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 66.2/100 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

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