Where does ALC Holdings, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ALC Holdings, Inc. ranks #25,689 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 ALC Holdings, Inc. hold?

ALC Holdings, Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2020, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is ALC Holdings, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

ALC Holdings, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 30.5 out of 100 (35th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does ALC Holdings, Inc. focus on?

ALC Holdings, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 10 patents, ranking #3,601 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

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

ALC Holdings, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -89% 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 ALC Holdings, Inc.'s patents?

ALC Holdings, Inc.'s patents average 23.9 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 ALC Holdings, 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

ALC Holdings, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2020. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, ALC ranks #25,689 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 5 technology areas.

#25,689
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 35th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.5/100): 23.9
avg claims per patent: -89%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25689 · US Corporation #25,689 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #25,689/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Airpressure…
CPC-NARROW G06F · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -89% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Airpressure Bodyforming GMBH (±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 ALC’s 30.5 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 8.3 pts (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.9 pts (26%) Claim depth 14.3 pts (47%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ALC Holdings · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows ALC's Innovation Score is 30.5/100 (35th 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 ALC?

Each dot is one of ALC’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). ALC’s own 23.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where ALC's grants concentrate

ALC Holdings, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, ALC sits between Airpressure Bodyforming GMBH and Alfred-wegener-institut, Helmholtz-zentrum Fuer POLAR—UND Meeresforschung.

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10
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10
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10
ALC Holdings ◀

10

What this shows ALC holds 10 patents at rank #25,663, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near ALC

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,663 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

ALC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 35th percentile higher than 35% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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ALC Holdings, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	30.0%
2017	4	40.0%
2018	1	10.0%
2019	1	10.0%
2020	1	10.0%

Which technologies does ALC Holdings, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 10

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 10

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 9

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 9

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

Top 5 of 5 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

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

ALC Holdings, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #25,689 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ALC Holdings, Inc. against Airpressure Bodyforming GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.5/100 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.