Where does Advanced Flexible Composites, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Advanced Flexible Composites, Inc. ranks #44,442 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 Advanced Flexible Composites, Inc. hold?

Advanced Flexible Composites, Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2024, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Advanced Flexible Composites, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Advanced Flexible Composites, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 31.7 out of 100 (39th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Advanced Flexible Composites, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Advanced Flexible Composites, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +50% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Advanced Flexible Composites, Inc.'s patents?

Advanced Flexible Composites, Inc.'s patents average 19.6 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 Advanced Flexible Composites, 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

Advanced Flexible Composites, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Advanced Flexible Composites, Inc. focus on?

Advanced Flexible Composites, Inc.'s top technology area is B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors) with 3 patents, ranking #615 of 1,746 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2024. 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: B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Advanced ranks #44,442 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 4 technology areas.

#44,442
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 39th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.7/100): 19.6
avg claims per patent: +50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R44442 · US Corporation #44,442 · 5 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
LOWER-Q #44,442/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Adolf KÜHNER
CPC-NARROW B65G · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Adolf KÜHNER AG (±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 Advanced’s 31.7 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 6.2 pts (19%) Velocity 6.7 pts (21%) Breadth 7.1 pts (22%) Claim depth 11.8 pts (37%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Advanced Flexible… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Advanced's Innovation Score is 31.7/100 (39th 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 Advanced?

Each dot is one of Advanced’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). Advanced’s own 19.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Advanced's grants concentrate

Advanced Flexible Composites, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Advanced sits between Adolf KÜHNER AG and Advanced Product Development, LLC.

Advanced's three-year grant acceleration

Advanced Flexible Composites, Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Adolf KÜHNER

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What this shows Advanced holds 5 patents at rank #44,406, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Advanced

By rank, the assignees closest to #44,406 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices)

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

Advanced's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 39th percentile higher than 39% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2024

Grants by year

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

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Advanced Flexible Composites, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	20.0%
2019	1	20.0%
2020	1	20.0%
2024	2	40.0%

Which technologies does Advanced Flexible Composites, Inc. patent most?

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 3

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 2

A47J - Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages 2

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 2

Top 4 of 4 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

Advanced Flexible Composites, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Advanced Flexible Composites, Inc.'s lead technology class is B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65G
Ranked #44,442 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Advanced Flexible Composites, Inc. against Adolf KÜHNER AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.7/100 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

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