Where does ACS Industries, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ACS Industries, Inc. ranks #27,974 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 ACS Industries, Inc. hold?

ACS Industries, Inc. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is ACS Industries, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

ACS Industries, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 35.7 out of 100 (top 48% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does ACS Industries, Inc. focus on?

ACS Industries, Inc.'s top technology area is B01D (Separation) with 5 patents, ranking #948 of 3,536 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

Is ACS Industries, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

ACS Industries, Inc.'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 ACS Industries, Inc.'s patents?

ACS Industries, Inc.'s patents average 13.2 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 ACS Industries, 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

ACS Industries, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 19 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: B01D (Separation).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, ACS ranks #27,974 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 19 technology areas.

#27,974
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 48%
by Innovation Score (35.7/100): 13.2
avg claims per patent: +67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27974 · US Corporation #27,974 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #27,974/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Accurate Medical…
CPC-FOCUS B01D · 19 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Accurate Medical Therapeutics 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 ACS’s 35.7 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 8.0 pts (22%) Velocity 4.4 pts (12%) Breadth 15.4 pts (43%) Claim depth 7.9 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ACS Industries · this assignee

36
Guangxi Liugong… · near

36
Luminati Networks · near

36
Oldcastle Building… · near

36
OmniEarth · near

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows ACS's Innovation Score is 35.7/100 (top 48% 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 ACS?

Each dot is one of ACS’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). ACS’s own 13.2 claims/patent is at or below the 18.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where ACS's grants concentrate

ACS Industries, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 55.6% of grants classified under B01D (Separation). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (3 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2022. By volume, ACS sits between Accurate Medical Therapeutics Ltd. and ADA Technologies, Inc..

ACS's three-year grant acceleration

ACS Industries, Inc. shows 2 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.

Accurate Medical…

9
ACD

9
ACO Ahlmann SE &…

9
Acorn West

9
Actega DS

9
Actiw OY

9
ACV Auctions

9
ADA

9
ACS Industries ◀

9

What this shows ACS holds 9 patents at rank #27,968, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near ACS

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,968 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01D (Separation)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for ACS, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B01D (Separation), ACS ranks #948 of 3,536 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (36 here).

OmniEarth, Inc. 36 Guangxi Liugong Machinery Co., Ltd. 36 Luminati Networks Ltd. 36 Oldcastle Building Products Canada Inc. 36

ACS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 48% higher than 52% 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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ACS Industries, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	3	33.3%
2020	3	33.3%
2022	2	22.2%
2025partial year	1	11.1%

Which technologies does ACS Industries, Inc. patent most?

B01D - Separation 5

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 2

G10K - Sound-producing DEVICES; Methods OR Devices FOR Protecting Against, OR FOR Damping, Noise OR Other Acoustic Waves IN GENERAL; Acoustics NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B21K - Making Forged OR Pressed Metal Products, e.g. Horse-shoes, Rivets, Bolts OR Wheels 2

F01N - Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Internal-combustion Engines 2

B21F - Working OR Processing OF Metal Wire 2

B21J - FORGING; HAMMERING; Pressing METAL; RIVETING; Forge Furnaces 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 2

D04B - Knitting 2

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 2

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 2

D06C - Finishing, Dressing, Tentering OR Stretching Textile Fabrics 1

D06H - Marking, Inspecting, Seaming OR Severing Textile Materials 1

A47L - Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General 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

ACS Industries, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ACS Industries, Inc.'s lead technology class is B01D (Separation), 55.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01D
Ranked #27,974 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ACS Industries, Inc. against Accurate Medical Therapeutics Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.7/100 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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