Where does Aixtron, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Aixtron, Inc. ranks #44,545 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 Aixtron, Inc. hold?

Aixtron, Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2016, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Aixtron, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Aixtron, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 27.1 out of 100 (22nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Aixtron, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Aixtron, Inc.'s patents?

Aixtron, 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 Aixtron, 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

Aixtron, Inc.

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

Aixtron, Inc.'s top technology area is 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) with 4 patents, ranking #522 of 1,658 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2016. 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: 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 Evap).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Aixtron ranks #44,545 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 7 technology areas.

#44,545
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 22nd percentile
by Innovation Score (27.1/100): 19.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R44545 · US Corporation #44,545 · 5 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
LOWER-Q #44,545/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Airista Internationa…
CPC-NARROW C23C · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Airista International Oy (±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 Aixtron’s 27.1 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 6.2 pts (23%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (35%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (42%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Aixtron · this assignee

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Aixtron's Innovation Score is 27.1/100 (22nd 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 Aixtron?

Each dot is one of Aixtron’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). Aixtron’s own 19.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Aixtron's grants concentrate

Aixtron, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under 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 Evap). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Aixtron sits between Airista International Oy and Akasa, Inc..

Airista Internati…

5
Airphrame

5
Airscape

5
Airway Medical In…

5
Ajax Systems

5
Ajax Therapeutics

5
Akagi Nyugyo

5
Akasa

5
Aixtron ◀

5

What this shows Aixtron holds 5 patents at rank #44,795, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Aixtron

By rank, the assignees closest to #44,795 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C23C (Coating Metallic Material)

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

Aixtron's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 22nd percentile higher than 22% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2016

Grants by year

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

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Aixtron, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	60.0%
2016	2	40.0%

Which technologies does Aixtron, Inc. patent most?

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

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 3

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 3

C30B - Single-crystal Growth ; Unidirectional Solidification OF Eutectic Material OR Unidirectional Demixing OF Eutectoid MATERIAL; Refining BY Zone-melting OF Material ; Production OF A Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure ; Single Crystals OR Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material WI 1

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

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 1

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 1

Top 7 of 7 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

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

Aixtron, Inc.'s lead technology class is 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 Evap), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C23C
Ranked #44,545 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Aixtron, Inc. against Airista International Oy, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.1/100 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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