Where does Affectlayer, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Affectlayer, Inc. ranks #16,558 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 Affectlayer, Inc. hold?

Affectlayer, Inc. holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2021, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Affectlayer, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Affectlayer, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 35.6 out of 100 (top 49% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Affectlayer, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -30% 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 Affectlayer, Inc.'s patents?

Affectlayer, Inc.'s patents average 30.7 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 Affectlayer, 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

Affectlayer, Inc.

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

Affectlayer, Inc.'s top technology area is G10L (Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding) with 15 patents, ranking #208 of 1,620 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2021. 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: G10L (Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Affectlayer ranks #16,558 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 9 technology areas.

#16,558
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 49%
by Innovation Score (35.6/100): 30.7
avg claims per patent: -30%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16558 · US Corporation #16,558 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #16,558/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Active Tools…
CPC-NARROW G10L · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 30.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -30% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Active Tools International (HK) 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.

How Affectlayer’s 35.6 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 10.0 pts (28%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.6 pts (30%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (42%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Affectlayer · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Affectlayer's Innovation Score is 35.6/100 (top 49% 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 Affectlayer?

Each dot is one of Affectlayer’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). Affectlayer’s own 30.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Affectlayer's grants concentrate

Affectlayer, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 88.2% of grants classified under G10L (Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Affectlayer sits between Active Tools International (HK) Ltd. and Airbus DS SLC.

Active Tools Inte…

17
Aculon

17
Aero-flex

17
AFC Cable Systems

17
Growth Internatio…

17
Agatsuma

17
Ai21 Labs

17
Airbus DS SLC

17
Affectlayer ◀

17

What this shows Affectlayer holds 17 patents at rank #16,547, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Affectlayer

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,547 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G10L (Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech Synthesis)

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

Affectlayer's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 49% higher than 51% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2021

Grants by year

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

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Affectlayer, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	5.9%
2018	4	23.5%
2019	5	29.4%
2020	5	29.4%
2021	2	11.8%

Which technologies does Affectlayer, Inc. patent most?

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 15

H04M - Telephonic Communication 15

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 14

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 10

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 8

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

Top 9 of 9 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

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

Affectlayer, Inc.'s lead technology class is G10L (Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding), 88.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G10L
Ranked #16,558 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Affectlayer, Inc. against Active Tools International (HK) Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.6/100 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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