Where does Advanced Orthodontics AND Education Association, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Advanced Orthodontics AND Education Association, LLC ranks #17,412 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

What is Advanced Orthodontics AND Education Association, LLC's Innovation Score?

Advanced Orthodontics AND Education Association, LLC has an Innovation Score of 18.0 out of 100 (5th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Advanced Orthodontics AND Education Association, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Advanced Orthodontics AND Education Association, LLC's recent grant velocity is -77% 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 Advanced Orthodontics AND Education Association, LLC's patents?

Advanced Orthodontics AND Education Association, LLC's patents average 3.5 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Advanced Orthodontics AND Education Association, LLC

Q: How many patents does Advanced Orthodontics AND Education Association, LLC hold?

Advanced Orthodontics AND Education Association, LLC holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2020, spanning 3 technology areas.

Q: What technology areas does Advanced Orthodontics AND Education Association, LLC focus on?

Advanced Orthodontics AND Education Association, LLC's top technology area is A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene) with 3 patents, ranking #265 of 546 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Advanced Orthodontics AND Education Association, 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 PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2020. 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: A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Advanced ranks #17,412 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 3 technology areas.

#17,412
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 5th percentile
by Innovation Score (18.0/100): 3.5
avg claims per patent: -77%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17412 · US Corporation #17,412 · 16 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,412/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Acps Automotive
CPC-NARROW A61C · 3 areas
INNOV-LOW 18.0/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 3.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -77% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Acps Automotive GmbH (±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 18.0 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 9.8 pts (54%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 6.1 pts (34%) Claim depth 2.1 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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What this shows Advanced's Innovation Score is 18.0/100 (5th 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 3.5 claims/patent is at or below the 11.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Advanced's grants concentrate

Advanced Orthodontics AND Education Association, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 18.8% of grants classified under A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (6 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2019. By volume, Advanced sits between Acps Automotive GmbH and Alltrade Tools, LLC.

Acps Automotive

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Airmar Technology

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Alltrade Tools

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16

What this shows Advanced holds 16 patents at rank #17,406, 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 #17,406 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61C (Dentistry)

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)

18 5th percentile higher than 5% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2020

Grants by year

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

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Advanced Orthodontics AND Education Association, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	5	31.3%
2018	6	37.5%
2019	2	12.5%
2020	3	18.8%

Which technologies does Advanced Orthodontics AND Education Association, LLC patent most?

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 3

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 1

Top 3 of 3 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 Orthodontics AND Education Association, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Advanced Orthodontics AND Education Association, LLC's lead technology class is A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene), 18.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61C
Ranked #17,412 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Advanced Orthodontics AND Education Association, LLC against Acps Automotive GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 18.0/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.