Where does Advantech Global, Ltd rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Advantech Global, Ltd ranks #30,754 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 Advantech Global, Ltd hold?

Advantech Global, Ltd holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Advantech Global, Ltd's Innovation Score?

Advantech Global, Ltd has an Innovation Score of 28.0 out of 100 (26th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Advantech Global, Ltd's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Advantech Global, Ltd's recent grant velocity is -86% 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 Advantech Global, Ltd's patents?

Advantech Global, Ltd's patents average 16.4 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 Advantech Global, Ltd 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 Foreign Corporation

Advantech Global, Ltd

Q: What technology areas does Advantech Global, Ltd focus on?

Advantech Global, Ltd's top technology area is C23C (Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General) with 8 patents. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: C23C (Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evap).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Advantech ranks #30,754 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 9 technology areas.

#30,754
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 26th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.0/100): 16.4
avg claims per patent: -86%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R30754 · Foreign Corporation #30,754 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #30,754/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Adhesives Research
CPC-NARROW C23C · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -86% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Adhesives Research, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Advantech Global · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Advantech's Innovation Score is 28.0/100 (26th 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.

Where Advantech's grants concentrate

Advantech Global, Ltd is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under C23C (Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evap). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Advantech sits between Adhesives Research, Inc. and Aerlyte, Inc..

Adhesives Research

8
Advanced Intercon…

8
Advanced Machine…

8
Advanced Scientif…

8
Advenira Enterpri…

8
Aeluma

8
Aerial Sphere

8
Aerlyte

8
Advantech Global ◀

8

What this shows Advantech holds 8 patents at rank #30,859, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Advantech

By rank, the assignees closest to #30,859 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C23C (Coating Metallic Material)

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

Advantech's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 26th percentile higher than 26% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Advantech Global, Ltd patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	25.0%
2016	1	12.5%
2017	2	25.0%
2019	2	25.0%
2020	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Advantech Global, Ltd patent most?

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 8

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 3

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 2

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 1

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 1

Top 9 of 9 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#30,754

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

28.0 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Advantech Global, Ltd's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Advantech Global, Ltd's lead technology class is C23C (Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evap), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C23C
Ranked #30,754 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Advantech Global, Ltd against Adhesives Research, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.0/100 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.