Where does A-dec, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), A-dec, Inc. ranks #6,864 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 A-dec, Inc. hold?

A-dec, Inc. holds 48 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is A-dec, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

A-dec, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 37.6 out of 100 (top 43% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does A-dec, Inc. focus on?

A-dec, Inc.'s top technology area is A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene) with 11 patents, ranking #89 of 546 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

Is A-dec, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

A-dec, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -23% 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 A-dec, Inc.'s patents?

A-dec, Inc.'s patents average 10.1 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 A-dec, Inc. 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

A-dec, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 48 granted patents across 19 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: A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, A-dec ranks #6,864 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 48 patents across 19 technology areas.

#6,864
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 43%
by Innovation Score (37.6/100): 10.1
avg claims per patent: -23%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6864 · US Corporation #6,864 · 48 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 48 grants
UPPER-Q #6,864/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH 39F USA
CPC-FOCUS A61C · 19 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -23% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: 39F USA 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 A-dec’s 37.6 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 13.4 pts (36%) Velocity 2.7 pts (7%) Breadth 15.4 pts (41%) Claim depth 6.1 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
A-dec · this assignee

38
Endocyte · near

38
Smithgroup Companies · near

38
Zimmer Spine · near

38
Mplus · near

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows A-dec's Innovation Score is 37.6/100 (top 43% 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 A-dec?

Each dot is one of A-dec’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). A-dec’s own 10.1 claims/patent is at or below the 15.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where A-dec's grants concentrate

A-dec, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 22.9% of grants classified under A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (11 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, A-dec sits between Xaar Technology Limited and Aftershock Services, Inc..

A-dec's three-year grant acceleration

A-dec, Inc. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 15 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.

Xaar Technology

49
Yamazaki Mazak

49
Yamato Scale

49
39F USA

48
AC Immune

48
Artemis Intellige…

48
Assa Abloy Access…

48
Aftershock Servic…

48
A-dec ◀

48

What this shows A-dec holds 48 patents at rank #6,864, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near A-dec

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,864 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61C (Dentistry)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in A-dec's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for A-dec, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61C (Dentistry), A-dec ranks #89 of 546 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (38 here).

Endocyte, Inc. 38 Zimmer Spine, Inc. 38 Smithgroup Companies, Inc. 38 Mplus Corp. 38

A-dec's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 43% higher than 57% 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.

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A-dec, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	2.1%
2016	7	14.6%
2017	6	12.5%
2018	11	22.9%
2019	1	2.1%
2020	6	12.5%
2021	8	16.7%
2022	2	4.2%
2023	1	2.1%
2024	3	6.3%
2025partial year	2	4.2%

Which technologies does A-dec, Inc. patent most?

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 11

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 7

A61G - Transport, Personal Conveyances, OR Accommodation Specially Adapted FOR Patients OR Disabled Persons ; Operating Tables OR CHAIRS; Chairs FOR DENTISTRY; Funeral Devices 7

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 6

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

F21K - Non-electric Light Sources Using LUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using Charges OF Combustible MATERIAL; Light Sources Using Semiconductor Devices AS Light-generating ELEMENTS; Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 6

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 6

A47C - CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds 5

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 3

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 2

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 1

Top 15 of 19 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

A-dec, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

A-dec, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene), 22.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61C
Ranked #6,864 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare A-dec, Inc. against Xaar Technology Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.6/100 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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