Where does Acetate International LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Acetate International LLC ranks #23,770 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 Acetate International LLC hold?

Acetate International LLC holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Acetate International LLC's Innovation Score?

Acetate International LLC has an Innovation Score of 52.4 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Acetate International LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Acetate International LLC's recent grant velocity is +67% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Acetate International LLC's patents?

Acetate International LLC's patents average 16.2 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 Acetate International 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

Acetate International LLC

Q: What technology areas does Acetate International LLC focus on?

Acetate International LLC's top technology area is A24D (CIGARS; CIGARETTES; Tobacco Smoke FILTERS; Mouthpieces FOR Cigars OR CIGARETTES; Manufacture OF Tobacco Smoke Filters OR Mouthpieces) with 8 patents, ranking #21 of 82 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: A24D (CIGARS; CIGARETTES; Tobacco Smoke FILTERS; Mouthpieces FOR Cigars OR CIGARETTES; Manufacture OF Tobacco Smoke Filters OR Mouthpieces).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Acetate ranks #23,770 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 16 technology areas.

#23,770
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.4/100): 16.2
avg claims per patent: +67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23770 · US Corporation #23,770 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #23,770/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Accipiter Radar
CPC-FOCUS A24D · 16 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Accipiter Radar Technologies, 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 Acetate’s 52.4 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 8.6 pts (16%) Velocity 20.0 pts (38%) Breadth 14.1 pts (27%) Claim depth 9.7 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Acetate International · this assignee

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Acetate's Innovation Score is 52.4/100 (top 10% 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 Acetate?

Each dot is one of Acetate’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). Acetate’s own 16.2 claims/patent is at or below the 20.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Acetate's grants concentrate

Acetate International LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 72.7% of grants classified under A24D (CIGARS; CIGARETTES; Tobacco Smoke FILTERS; Mouthpieces FOR Cigars OR CIGARETTES; Manufacture OF Tobacco Smoke Filters OR Mouthpieces). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Acetate sits between Accipiter Radar Technologies, Inc. and Adam Hall GmbH.

Acetate's three-year grant acceleration

Acetate International LLC shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Accipiter Radar

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Accudata

11
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Acera

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Active Biotech AB

11
Active Minerals I…

11
Adagene

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Adam Hall

11
Acetate Internati… ◀

11

What this shows Acetate holds 11 patents at rank #23,864, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Acetate

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,864 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A24D (Cigars)

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

Acetate's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 10% higher than 90% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Acetate International LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	2	18.2%
2019	1	9.1%
2023	5	45.5%
2025partial year	3	27.3%

Which technologies does Acetate International LLC patent most?

A24D - CIGARS; CIGARETTES; Tobacco Smoke FILTERS; Mouthpieces FOR Cigars OR CIGARETTES; Manufacture OF Tobacco Smoke Filters OR Mouthpieces 8

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 5

D01F - Chemical Features IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR RIBBONS; Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OF Carbon Filaments 3

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 2

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 2

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

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 1

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 1

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 1

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 1

D01D - Mechanical Methods OR Apparatus IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR Ribbons 1

D02G - Crimping OR Curling Fibres, Filaments, Threads, OR YARNS; Yarns OR Threads 1

D02J - Finishing OR Dressing OF Filaments, Yarns, Threads, Cords, Ropes OR THE Like 1

A24F - Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 15 of 16 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

Acetate International LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Acetate International LLC's lead technology class is A24D (CIGARS; CIGARETTES; Tobacco Smoke FILTERS; Mouthpieces FOR Cigars OR CIGARETTES; Manufacture OF Tobacco Smoke Filters OR Mouthpieces), 72.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A24D
Ranked #23,770 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Acetate International LLC against Accipiter Radar Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.4/100 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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