Where does AFL Telecommunications LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), AFL Telecommunications LLC ranks #1,812 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 AFL Telecommunications LLC hold?

AFL Telecommunications LLC holds 224 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 54 technology areas.

What is AFL Telecommunications LLC's Innovation Score?

AFL Telecommunications LLC has an Innovation Score of 58.7 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does AFL Telecommunications LLC focus on?

AFL Telecommunications LLC's top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 166 patents, ranking #96 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 54 CPC subclasses total.

Is AFL Telecommunications LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

AFL Telecommunications LLC's recent grant velocity is -16% 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 AFL Telecommunications LLC's patents?

AFL Telecommunications LLC's patents average 16.9 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 AFL Telecommunications 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 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

AFL Telecommunications LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 224 granted patents across 54 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, AFL ranks #1,812 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 224 patents across 54 technology areas.

#1,812
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (58.7/100): 16.9
avg claims per patent: -16%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1812 · US Corporation #1,812 · 224 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 224 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,812/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH 3D Systems
CPC-WIDE G02B · 54 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -16% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: 3D Systems, 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 AFL’s 58.7 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 18.7 pts (32%) Velocity 4.8 pts (8%) Breadth 25.0 pts (43%) Claim depth 10.2 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AFL Telecommunications · this assignee

59
Axis AB · near

59
Fujikura · near

59
Titan3 Technology · near

59
Volocopter · near

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows AFL's Innovation Score is 58.7/100 (top 4% 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 AFL?

Each dot is one of AFL’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). AFL’s own 16.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How AFL's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, AFL Telecommunications LLC received 98 grants versus 117 in 2015–2019 (-16% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 31 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 15. Lead class G02B accounts for 74.1% of the portfolio across 54 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd. (#1,808) and Leica Geosystems AG (#1,816).

AFL's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, AFL Telecommunications LLC moved from 75 to 54 grants (0.72x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,088. See the growth leaderboard.

Koki Holdings

225
Philips Image Gui…

225
Thales DIS France…

225
3D Systems

224
Basell Poliolefin…

224
Huizhou Kimree Te…

224
JNC Petrochemical

224
Leica Geosystems

224
AFL Telecommunica… ◀

224

What this shows AFL holds 224 patents at rank #1,812, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near AFL

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,812 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for AFL, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G02B (Optical Elements), AFL ranks #96 of 4,891 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

Axis AB 59 Fujikura Ltd. 59 Titan3 Technology LLC 59 Volocopter GmbH 59

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.9 here).

Hgst Netherlands, B.V. 16.9 avg Nanyang Technological University 16.9 avg Coretronic Corporation 16.9 avg Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 16.9 avg

AFL's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

59 Top 4% higher than 96% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

View data table

AFL Telecommunications LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	15	6.7%
2016	27	12.1%
2017	25	11.2%
2018	19	8.5%
2019	31	13.8%
2020	29	12.9%
2021	15	6.7%
2022	20	8.9%
2023	19	8.5%
2024	15	6.7%
2025partial year	9	4.0%

Which technologies does AFL Telecommunications LLC patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 166

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 35

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 17

H04B - Transmission 16

H04Q - Selecting 14

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 13

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 10

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 10

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 9

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 8

H02B - Boards, Substations OR Switching Arrangements FOR THE Supply OR Distribution OF Electric Power 5

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 5

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 4

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 4

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 4

Top 15 of 54 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

AFL Telecommunications LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

AFL Telecommunications LLC's lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 74.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #1,812 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare AFL Telecommunications LLC against Koki Holdings Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.7/100 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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