Where does AIL Research Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), AIL Research Inc. ranks #44,515 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 AIL Research Inc. hold?

AIL Research Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is AIL Research Inc.'s Innovation Score?

AIL Research Inc. has an Innovation Score of 27.7 out of 100 (25th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

AIL Research Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -33% 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 AIL Research Inc.'s patents?

AIL Research Inc.'s patents average 19.2 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 AIL Research 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

AIL Research Inc.

Q: What technology areas does AIL Research Inc. focus on?

AIL Research Inc.'s top technology area is F28D (Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact) with 2 patents, ranking #345 of 801 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: F28D (Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, AIL ranks #44,515 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 8 technology areas.

#44,515
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 25th percentile
by Innovation Score (27.7/100): 19.2
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R44515 · US Corporation #44,515 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
LOWER-Q #44,515/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ai-musics Technology
CPC-NARROW F28D · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ai-musics Technology 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 AIL’s 27.7 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 6.2 pts (22%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (36%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (42%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AIL Research · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows AIL's Innovation Score is 27.7/100 (25th 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 AIL?

Each dot is one of AIL’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). AIL’s own 19.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where AIL's grants concentrate

AIL Research Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 40% of grants classified under F28D (Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, AIL sits between AI Visualize, Inc. and Aimed BIO Inc..

AI Visualize

5
Ai-musics Technol…

5
Aikawa Fiber OY

5
AIL International

5
AIM Immunotech

5
AIM Sports

5
Aim3d

5
Aimed BIO

5
AIL Research ◀

5

What this shows AIL holds 5 patents at rank #44,451, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near AIL

By rank, the assignees closest to #44,451 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F28D (Heat-exchange Apparatus)

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

AIL's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 25th percentile higher than 25% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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AIL Research Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	20.0%
2016	1	20.0%
2017	1	20.0%
2020	2	40.0%

Which technologies does AIL Research Inc. patent most?

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

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 2

B01D - Separation 2

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 1

F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

F24S - Solar Heat COLLECTORS; Solar Heat Systems 1

Top 8 of 8 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

AIL Research Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

AIL Research Inc.'s lead technology class is F28D (Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact), 40% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F28D
Ranked #44,515 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare AIL Research Inc. against AI Visualize, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.7/100 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

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.