USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

AIC Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 39 granted patents across 20 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: H05K (PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS).

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

10.1

Avg claims per patent

-69%

5-year grant velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, AIC ranks #8,152 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 39 patents across 20 technology areas.

#8,152
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 46%
by Innovation Score (36.6/100): 10.1
avg claims per patent: -69%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

AIC Inc. has been granted 39 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing AIC Inc. at #8,152 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 20 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 10.1 claims per patent with primary concentration in H05K (PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS). As a Foreign Corporation, AIC Inc. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, AIC sits between Zing Semiconductor Corporation (40 patents, rank #8,148) and Atomic Energy OF Canada Limited (39 patents, rank #8,156) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 36.6/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 9 grants, compared with 29 in the 2015–2019 window, a -69% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.

Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. AIC Inc.'s 10.1 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 20 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.

Zing Semiconductor

40
Zygo

40
iottie

40
nchain Holdings

40
Airbus

39
Aisin Takaoka

39
Asahi Yukizai

39
Atomic Energy OF…

39
AIC ◀

39

What this shows AIC holds 39 patents at rank #8,152, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near AIC

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,152 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H05K (Printed Circuits)

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

AIC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 46% higher than 54% of 50,000 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

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.

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AIC Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	20.5%
2016	10	25.6%
2017	3	7.7%
2018	4	10.3%
2019	4	10.3%
2020	4	10.3%
2021	2	5.1%
2022	2	5.1%
2023	1	2.6%
2025partial year	1	2.6%

Which technologies does AIC Inc. patent most?

H05K - PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS 22

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 21

G11B - INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER 14

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE 4

H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10 3

H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION 3

F28D - HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT 2

F28F - DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION 2

F16B - DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING 2

Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION 2

H01R - ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS 2

F01D - NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES 1

G05D - SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES 1

Y02W - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT OR WASTE MANAGEMENT 1

Y02A - TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE 1

Top 15 of 20 technology areas

Grant record at a glance

Portfolio Volume 39 grants

CPC subclasses 20

Avg. claims / grant 10.1

Velocity -69%

Historical grant data only; it does not rate legal strength or current strategy.

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#8,152

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

36.6 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does AIC Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), AIC Inc. ranks #8,152 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does AIC Inc. hold?

AIC Inc. holds 39 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is AIC Inc.'s Innovation Score?

AIC Inc. has an Innovation Score of 36.6 out of 100 (top 46% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does AIC Inc. focus on?

AIC Inc.'s top technology area is H05K (PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS) with 22 patents. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

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

AIC Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -69% 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 AIC Inc.'s patents?

AIC Inc.'s patents average 10.1 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 AIC 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.

How to use this portfolio

AIC's 39 grants land it in the top 46% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - AIC ranks #8,152 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in H05K - see who else leads that technology area. H05K leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

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.