Where does Ab Initio Technology LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ab Initio Technology LLC ranks #1,467 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 Ab Initio Technology LLC hold?

Ab Initio Technology LLC holds 283 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Ab Initio Technology LLC's Innovation Score?

Ab Initio Technology LLC has an Innovation Score of 47.9 out of 100 (top 18% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Ab Initio Technology LLC focus on?

Ab Initio Technology LLC's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 264 patents, ranking #244 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Ab Initio Technology LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ab Initio Technology LLC's recent grant velocity is -21% 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 Ab Initio Technology LLC's patents?

Ab Initio Technology LLC's patents average 37.7 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 Ab Initio Technology 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

Ab Initio Technology LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 283 granted patents across 7 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ab ranks #1,467 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 283 patents across 7 technology areas.

#1,467
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.9/100): 37.7
avg claims per patent: -21%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1467 · US Corporation #1,467 · 283 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 283 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,467/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH AMO Development
CPC-NARROW G06F · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 37.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -21% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AMO Development, LLC (±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 Ab’s 47.9 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 19.5 pts (41%) Velocity 4.0 pts (8%) Breadth 9.4 pts (20%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Global IP Holdings · near

48
Ab Initio Technology · this assignee

48
Aixtron SE · near

48
Connaught · near

48
Nishikawa Rubber · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ab's Innovation Score is 47.9/100 (top 18% 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 Ab?

Each dot is one of Ab’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). Ab’s own 37.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Ab's grants concentrate

Ab Initio Technology LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 93.3% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (46 grants) versus a trough of 15 in 2023. By volume, Ab sits between Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation and Chengdu Qinchuan IOT Technology Co., Ltd..

Ab's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Ab Initio Technology LLC moved from 103 to 62 grants (0.60x 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 #2,441. See the growth leaderboard.

Toshiba Infrastru…

284
Trend Micro Incor…

284
Xiamen ECO Lighti…

284
AMO Development

283
Firmenich

283
Nanjing Chervon I…

283
Ab Initio Technol… ◀

283
Atieva

282
Chengdu Qinchuan…

282

What this shows Ab holds 283 patents at rank #1,468, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ab

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,468 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Ab, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Ab ranks #244 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd. 48 Connaught Electronics Ltd. 48 Aixtron SE 48 Global IP Holdings, LLC 48

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (37.7 here).

Kemet Electronics Corporation 37.8 avg Narrative Science LLC 37.2 avg Seagen Inc. 36.8 avg Berkshire Grey, Inc. 38.9 avg

Ab's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 18% higher than 82% 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.

View data table

Ab Initio Technology LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	22	7.8%
2016	20	7.1%
2017	32	11.3%
2018	30	10.6%
2019	46	16.3%
2020	31	11.0%
2021	26	9.2%
2022	28	9.9%
2023	15	5.3%
2024	19	6.7%
2025partial year	14	4.9%

Which technologies does Ab Initio Technology LLC patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 264

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 25

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 12

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 11

H04M - Telephonic Communication 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 2

Top 7 of 7 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

Ab Initio Technology LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ab Initio Technology LLC's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 93.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #1,467 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ab Initio Technology LLC against Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.9/100 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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