Where does Adaptive Methods, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Adaptive Methods, Inc. ranks #25,652 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Adaptive Methods, Inc. hold?

Adaptive Methods, Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Adaptive Methods, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Adaptive Methods, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 33.9 out of 100 (top 54% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Adaptive Methods, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Adaptive Methods, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Adaptive Methods, Inc.'s patents?

Adaptive Methods, Inc.'s patents average 22.2 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 Adaptive Methods, 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

Adaptive Methods, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Adaptive Methods, Inc. focus on?

Adaptive Methods, Inc.'s top technology area is Y10T (TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION) with 7 patents. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: Y10T (TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Adaptive ranks #25,652 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 12 technology areas.

#25,652
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 54%
by Innovation Score (33.9/100): 22.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25652 · US Corporation #25,652 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #25,652/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH Accutronics
CPC-FOCUS Y10T · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Accutronics, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Adaptive Methods · this assignee

34
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows Adaptive's Innovation Score is 33.9/100 (top 54% 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.

Where Adaptive's grants concentrate

Adaptive Methods, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 70% of grants classified under Y10T (TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2017. By volume, Adaptive sits between Accutronics, Ltd. and Advanced Composite Specialties, Inc..

Accutronics

10
Acoustic Medsyste…

10
Acuitive Solutions

10
Acument Intellect…

10
Adonit

10
Adroit Worldwide…

10
Advance Carts

10
Advanced Composit…

10
Adaptive Methods ◀

10

What this shows Adaptive holds 10 patents at rank #25,744, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Adaptive

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,744 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification)

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

Adaptive's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 Top 54% higher than 46% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Adaptive Methods, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	30.0%
2016	3	30.0%
2017	2	20.0%
2018	2	20.0%

Which technologies does Adaptive Methods, Inc. patent most?

Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION 7

B63G - OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; AIRCRAFT CARRIERS 6

B26D - CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING 6

F42B - EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION 5

B23D - PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; LIKE OPERATIONS FOR WORKING METAL BY REMOVING MATERIAL, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 5

B63B - SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 3

B63C - LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS 3

G01S - RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES 2

B24B - MACHINES, DEVICES, OR PROCESSES FOR GRINDING OR POLISHING ; DRESSING OR CONDITIONING OF ABRADING SURFACES; FEEDING OF GRINDING, POLISHING, OR LAPPING AGENTS 1

H03H - IMPEDANCE NETWORKS, e.g. RESONANT CIRCUITS; RESONATORS 1

H05K - PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS 1

B64D - EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT 1

Top 12 of 12 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#25,652

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

33.9 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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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