Where does AIT Austrian Institute OF Technology GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), AIT Austrian Institute OF Technology GMBH ranks #8,973 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 AIT Austrian Institute OF Technology GMBH hold?

AIT Austrian Institute OF Technology GMBH holds 35 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 37 technology areas.

What is AIT Austrian Institute OF Technology GMBH's Innovation Score?

AIT Austrian Institute OF Technology GMBH has an Innovation Score of 46.1 out of 100 (top 22% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is AIT Austrian Institute OF Technology GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

AIT Austrian Institute OF Technology GMBH's recent grant velocity is +43% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for AIT Austrian Institute OF Technology GMBH's patents?

AIT Austrian Institute OF Technology GMBH's patents average 15.2 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

AIT Austrian Institute OF Technology GMBH

Q: What technology areas does AIT Austrian Institute OF Technology GMBH focus on?

AIT Austrian Institute OF Technology GMBH's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 15 patents, ranking #1,024 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 37 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the AIT Austrian Institute OF Technology GMBH 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 PatentsView assignee record - 35 granted patents across 37 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, AIT ranks #8,973 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 35 patents across 37 technology areas.

#8,973
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 22%
by Innovation Score (46.1/100): 15.2
avg claims per patent: +43%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8973 · Foreign Corporation #8,973 · 35 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 35 grants
UPPER-Q #8,973/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH 2724889 Ontario
CPC-FOCUS G01N · 37 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +43% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: 2724889 Ontario 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 AIT’s 46.1 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 12.4 pts (27%) Velocity 3.1 pts (7%) Breadth 21.5 pts (47%) Claim depth 9.1 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Biocompatibles UK · near

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Terumo Cardiovascula… · near

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows AIT's Innovation Score is 46.1/100 (top 22% 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 AIT?

Each dot is one of AIT’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). AIT’s own 15.2 claims/patent is at or below the 18.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where AIT's grants concentrate

AIT Austrian Institute OF Technology GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 37 CPC subclasses with 42.9% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (11 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, AIT sits between Won-Door Corporation and Axsome Malta Ltd..

AIT's three-year grant acceleration

AIT Austrian Institute OF Technology GMBH shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 17 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.

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2724889 Ontario

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What this shows AIT holds 35 patents at rank #8,970, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near AIT

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,970 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for AIT, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), AIT ranks #1,024 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

Biocompatibles UK Limited 46 NLT Technologies, Ltd. 46 Saint-gobain Performance Plastics Rencol Limited 46 Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation 46

AIT's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 22% higher than 78% 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.

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AIT Austrian Institute OF Technology GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	5.7%
2016	2	5.7%
2017	3	8.6%
2018	2	5.7%
2019	5	14.3%
2020	1	2.9%
2021	11	31.4%
2022	2	5.7%
2023	3	8.6%
2024	3	8.6%
2025partial year	1	2.9%

Which technologies does AIT Austrian Institute OF Technology GMBH patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 15

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 11

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 10

H04B - Transmission 5

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 4

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 4

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 4

A01H - NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques 3

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 3

A61J - Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutical PURPOSES; Devices OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Bringing Pharmaceutical Products Into Particular Physical OR Administering FORMS; Devices FOR Administering Food OR Medicines ORALLY; Baby COMFORTERS; Devices FOR Receiving Spittle 3

A01C - PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising 3

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 3

C12M - Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters 2

Top 15 of 37 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

AIT Austrian Institute OF Technology GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

AIT Austrian Institute OF Technology GMBH's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 42.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #8,973 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare AIT Austrian Institute OF Technology GMBH against Won-Door Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.1/100 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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