Where does X-Energy, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), X-Energy, LLC ranks #18,300 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-Energy, LLC hold?

X-Energy, LLC holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is X-Energy, LLC's Innovation Score?

X-Energy, LLC has an Innovation Score of 36.3 out of 100 (top 47% 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-Energy, LLC focus on?

X-Energy, LLC's top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 12 patents, ranking #1,089 of 5,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

Is X-Energy, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

X-Energy, LLC's recent grant velocity is +267% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for X-Energy, LLC's patents?

X-Energy, LLC's patents average 15.1 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 X-Energy, 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-Energy, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, X-energy ranks #18,300 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 16 technology areas.

#18,300
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 47%
by Innovation Score (36.3/100): 15.1
avg claims per patent: +267%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18300 · US Corporation #18,300 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #18,300/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Wistaria Trading
CPC-FOCUS Y02E · 16 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +267% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Wistaria Trading 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 X-energy’s 36.3 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 (27%) Velocity 3.3 pts (9%) Breadth 14.1 pts (39%) Claim depth 9.0 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Glu Mobile · near

36
Rohto Pharmaceutical · near

36
Shenzhen S-hande… · near

36
X-Energy · this assignee

36
Aero Industries · near

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows X-energy's Innovation Score is 36.3/100 (top 47% 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-energy?

Each dot is one of X-energy’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-energy’s own 15.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where X-energy's grants concentrate

X-Energy, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 75% of grants classified under Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, X-energy sits between Wistaria Trading Ltd and Xi'an Creation Keji Co. , Ltd..

X-energy's three-year grant acceleration

X-Energy, LLC shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Wistaria Trading

16
World Wide Daily…

16
Worldwide Pro

16
Worthen Industries

16
X4 Pharmaceuticals

16
Xebec Technology

16
Xenotherapeutics

16
Xi'an Creation Ke…

16
X-energy ◀

16

What this shows X-Energy holds 16 patents at rank #18,296, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near X-Energy

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,296 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for X-Energy, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions), X-Energy ranks #1,089 of 5,963 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (36 here).

Glu Mobile Inc. 36 Shenzhen S-hande Technology Co., Ltd. 36 Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 36 Aero Industries, Inc. 36

X-energy's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 47% higher than 53% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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X-Energy, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	12.5%
2019	1	6.3%
2020	3	18.8%
2021	4	25.0%
2023	1	6.3%
2024	3	18.8%
2025partial year	2	12.5%

Which technologies does X-Energy, LLC patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 12

G21C - Nuclear Reactors 10

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 6

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 6

C01G - Compounds Containing Metals NOT Covered BY Subclasses C01d OR C01f 3

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 3

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 3

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 2

B64G - COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor 1

G21D - Nuclear Power Plant 1

B01D - Separation 1

G21F - Protection Against X-radiation, Gamma Radiation, Corpuscular Radiation OR Particle BOMBARDMENT; Treating Radioactively Contaminated MATERIAL; Decontamination Arrangements Therefor 1

C01F - Compounds OF THE Metals Beryllium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium, Thorium, OR OF THE Rare-earth Metals 1

Top 15 of 16 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

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

X-Energy, LLC's lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 75% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #18,300 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare X-Energy, LLC against Wistaria Trading Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.3/100 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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