Where does Affl Associates, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Affl Associates, Inc. ranks #28,001 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 Affl Associates, Inc. hold?

Affl Associates, Inc. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Affl Associates, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Affl Associates, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 33.3 out of 100 (44th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Affl Associates, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Affl Associates, Inc.'s patents?

Affl Associates, Inc.'s patents average 15.7 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 Affl Associates, 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

Affl Associates, Inc.

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

Affl Associates, Inc.'s top technology area is A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment) with 9 patents, ranking #143 of 1,021 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Affl ranks #28,001 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 4 technology areas.

#28,001
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 44th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.3/100): 15.7
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R28001 · US Corporation #28,001 · 9 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #28,001/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Advancing B V
CPC-NARROW A63B · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Advancing Technologies B.V. (±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 Affl’s 33.3 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 8.0 pts (24%) Velocity 8.9 pts (27%) Breadth 7.1 pts (21%) Claim depth 9.4 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Affl Associates · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Affl's Innovation Score is 33.3/100 (44th 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 Affl?

Each dot is one of Affl’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). Affl’s own 15.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Affl's grants concentrate

Affl Associates, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Affl sits between Advancing Technologies B.V. and Afyren.

Affl's three-year grant acceleration

Affl Associates, Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Advancing B V

9
Adventist Health…

9
Aegis Flow L L C

9
Aegis Sortation

9
Afimilk Agricultu…

9
AFS Newco

9
AFT Pharmaceutica…

9
Afyren

9
Affl Associates ◀

9

What this shows Affl holds 9 patents at rank #27,984, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Affl

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,984 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training)

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

Affl's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 44th percentile higher than 44% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Affl Associates, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	11.1%
2021	2	22.2%
2022	1	11.1%
2023	2	22.2%
2024	1	11.1%
2025partial year	2	22.2%

Which technologies does Affl Associates, Inc. patent most?

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 9

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 3

A44D - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Buttons, Pins, Buckles OR Slide Fasteners, AND TO Jewellery, Bracelets OR Other Personal Adornments 2

A45F - Travelling OR Camp EQUIPMENT: Sacks OR Packs Carried ON THE Body 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

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

Affl Associates, Inc.'s lead technology class is A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A63B
Ranked #28,001 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Affl Associates, Inc. against Advancing Technologies B.V., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.3/100 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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