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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Aero Industries, Inc. ranks #11,526 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 Aero Industries, Inc. hold?

Aero Industries, Inc. holds 26 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 13 technology areas.

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

Aero Industries, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 36.3 out of 100 (top 47% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Aero Industries, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -47% 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 Aero Industries, Inc.'s patents?

Aero Industries, Inc.'s patents average 17.2 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 Aero 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

Aero Industries, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Aero Industries, Inc. focus on?

Aero Industries, Inc.'s top technology area is B60J (Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles) with 13 patents, ranking #56 of 418 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 26 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: B60J (Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Aero ranks #11,526 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 26 patents across 13 technology areas.

#11,526
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 47%
by Innovation Score (36.3/100): 17.2
avg claims per patent: -47%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11526 · US Corporation #11,526 · 26 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 26 grants
UPPER-Q #11,526/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Agri-Cover
CPC-FOCUS B60J · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -47% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Agri-Cover, 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.

How Aero’s 36.3 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 11.4 pts (31%) Velocity 1.8 pts (5%) Breadth 12.7 pts (35%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Aero Industries · this assignee

36
Intelmate · near

36
Johnson Controls… · near

36
LSI Industries · near

36
MyScript · near

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Aero's Innovation Score is 36.3/100 (top 47% 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 Aero?

Each dot is one of Aero’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). Aero’s own 17.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Aero's grants concentrate

Aero Industries, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under B60J (Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Aero sits between Autefa Solutions Germany GMBH and Allied Bioscience, Inc..

Aero's three-year grant acceleration

Aero Industries, Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

Autefa Solutions…

26
Automotive Lighti…

26
Avermedia

26
Axcella Health

26
Agri-cover

26
Aker Subsea AS

26
Alfred Kaercher S…

26
Allied Bioscience

26
Aero Industries ◀

26

What this shows Aero holds 26 patents at rank #11,546, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Aero

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,546 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60J (Windows)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Aero, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B60J (Windows), Aero ranks #56 of 418 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (36 here).

Intelmate LLC 36 Johnson Controls Components GMBH & Co. KG 36 MyScript 36 LSI Industries, Inc. 36

Aero's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 47% higher than 53% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Aero Industries, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	11.5%
2016	1	3.8%
2017	3	11.5%
2018	5	19.2%
2019	5	19.2%
2020	5	19.2%
2021	1	3.8%
2022	1	3.8%
2023	1	3.8%
2024	1	3.8%

Which technologies does Aero Industries, Inc. patent most?

B60J - Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles 13

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 11

F16H - Gearing 3

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 3

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 2

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 2

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 1

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 1

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 1

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 13 of 13 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

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

Aero Industries, Inc.'s lead technology class is B60J (Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60J
Ranked #11,526 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Aero Industries, Inc. against Autefa Solutions Germany GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.3/100 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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