Where does Ableton AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ableton AG ranks #44,353 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 Ableton AG hold?

Ableton AG holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2023, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Ableton AG's Innovation Score?

Ableton AG has an Innovation Score of 25.4 out of 100 (17th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Ableton AG focus on?

Ableton AG's top technology area is H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices) with 4 patents, ranking #279 of 1,006 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Ableton AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ableton AG's recent grant velocity is -33% 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 Ableton AG's patents?

Ableton AG's patents average 13.8 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 Ableton AG 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 Foreign Corporation

Ableton AG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2023. 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: H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ableton ranks #44,353 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 6 technology areas.

#44,353
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 17th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.4/100): 13.8
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R44353 · Foreign Corporation #44,353 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
LOWER-Q #44,353/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Aalto-korkeakoulusää…
CPC-NARROW H01H · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Aalto-korkeakoulusäätiö (±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 Ableton’s 25.4 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 6.2 pts (24%) Velocity 2.2 pts (9%) Breadth 8.7 pts (34%) Claim depth 8.3 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Mapa · near

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Ableton · this assignee

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Deceuninck North… · near

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MR Christmas… · near

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Daemo Engineering · near

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Ableton's Innovation Score is 25.4/100 (17th percentile 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 Ableton?

Each dot is one of Ableton’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). Ableton’s own 13.8 claims/patent is at or below the 16.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Ableton's grants concentrate

Ableton AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Ableton sits between Aalto-korkeakoulusäätiö and Acceleration Systems, LLC.

Ableton's three-year grant acceleration

Ableton AG shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

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What this shows Ableton holds 5 patents at rank #44,715, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ableton

By rank, the assignees closest to #44,715 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01H (Electric Switches)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Ableton, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01H (Electric Switches), Ableton ranks #279 of 1,006 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (25 here).

Deceuninck North America, LLC 25 Mapa GMBH 25 MR. Christmas Incorporated 25 Daemo Engineering Co., Ltd. 25

Ableton's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 17th percentile higher than 17% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2023

Grants by year

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

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Ableton AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	20.0%
2019	2	40.0%
2020	1	20.0%
2023	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Ableton AG patent most?

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 4

G05G - Control Devices OR Systems Insofar AS Characterised BY Mechanical Features Only 2

G10H - Electrophonic Musical INSTRUMENTS; Instruments IN Which THE Tones ARE Generated BY Electromechanical Means OR Electronic Generators, OR IN Which THE Tones ARE Synthesised From A Data Store 2

G10C - Pianos, Harpsichords, Spinets OR Similar Stringed Musical Instruments With ONE OR More Keyboards 2

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 1

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Ableton AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ableton AG's lead technology class is H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01H
Ranked #44,353 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ableton AG against Aalto-korkeakoulusäätiö, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 25.4/100 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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