Where does Akwel Sweden AB rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Akwel Sweden AB ranks #44,559 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 Akwel Sweden AB hold?

Akwel Sweden AB holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Akwel Sweden AB's Innovation Score?

Akwel Sweden AB has an Innovation Score of 26.3 out of 100 (20th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Akwel Sweden AB's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Akwel Sweden AB.

What does claim depth mean for Akwel Sweden AB's patents?

Akwel Sweden AB's patents average 10.6 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 Akwel Sweden AB 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 Foreign Corporation

Akwel Sweden AB

Q: What technology areas does Akwel Sweden AB focus on?

Akwel Sweden AB's top technology area is F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General) with 5 patents, ranking #419 of 1,907 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Akwel ranks #44,559 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 4 technology areas.

#44,559
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 20th percentile
by Innovation Score (26.3/100): 10.6
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R44559 · Foreign Corporation #44,559 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
LOWER-Q #44,559/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH AKI
CPC-NARROW F16L · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AKI, 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 Akwel’s 26.3 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 6.7 pts (25%) Breadth 7.1 pts (27%) Claim depth 6.4 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Akwel Sweden AB · this assignee

26
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Akwel's Innovation Score is 26.3/100 (20th 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 Akwel?

Each dot is one of Akwel’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). Akwel’s own 10.6 claims/patent is at or below the 11.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Akwel's grants concentrate

Akwel Sweden AB is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Akwel sits between AKI, Inc. and Alder Biopharmaceuticals, Inc..

Akwel's three-year grant acceleration

Akwel Sweden AB shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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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What this shows Akwel holds 5 patents at rank #44,475, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Akwel

By rank, the assignees closest to #44,475 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16L (Pipes)

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

Akwel's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 20th percentile higher than 20% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Akwel Sweden AB patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	2	40.0%
2022	1	20.0%
2024	1	20.0%
2025partial year	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Akwel Sweden AB patent most?

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 5

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 3

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 1

Top 4 of 4 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

Akwel Sweden AB's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Akwel Sweden AB's lead technology class is F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16L
Ranked #44,559 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Akwel Sweden AB against AKI, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.3/100 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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