Where does AlcaCruz Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), AlcaCruz Inc. ranks #20,710 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 AlcaCruz Inc. hold?

AlcaCruz Inc. holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is AlcaCruz Inc.'s Innovation Score?

AlcaCruz Inc. has an Innovation Score of 37.0 out of 100 (top 45% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does AlcaCruz Inc. focus on?

AlcaCruz Inc.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 11 patents, ranking #1,209 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

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

AlcaCruz Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +400% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for AlcaCruz Inc.'s patents?

AlcaCruz Inc.'s patents average 18.8 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 AlcaCruz 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

AlcaCruz Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Alcacruz ranks #20,710 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 6 technology areas.

#20,710
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 45%
by Innovation Score (37.0/100): 18.8
avg claims per patent: +400%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20710 · US Corporation #20,710 · 13 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #20,710/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Air Liquide U S
CPC-NARROW H04N · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +400% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Air Liquide Electronics U.S. LP (±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 Alcacruz’s 37.0 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 9.1 pts (25%) Velocity 8.0 pts (22%) Breadth 8.7 pts (23%) Claim depth 11.3 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AlcaCruz · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Alcacruz's Innovation Score is 37.0/100 (top 45% 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 Alcacruz?

Each dot is one of Alcacruz’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). Alcacruz’s own 18.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Alcacruz's grants concentrate

AlcaCruz Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 84.6% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Alcacruz sits between Air Liquide Electronics U.S. LP and Amber Solutions, Inc..

Alcacruz's three-year grant acceleration

AlcaCruz Inc. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Air Liquide U S

13
Airgraft

13
Aivitae

13
Akouos

13
Alps South Europe…

13
Altek Europe

13
Ambeent

13
Amber Solutions

13
Alcacruz ◀

13

What this shows AlcaCruz holds 13 patents at rank #20,756, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near AlcaCruz

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,756 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Alcacruz's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 45% higher than 55% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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AlcaCruz Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	7.7%
2019	1	7.7%
2020	1	7.7%
2021	3	23.1%
2022	3	23.1%
2023	3	23.1%
2025partial year	1	7.7%

Which technologies does AlcaCruz Inc. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 11

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 10

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 9

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 8

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 8

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 2

Top 6 of 6 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

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

AlcaCruz Inc.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 84.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #20,710 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare AlcaCruz Inc. against Air Liquide Electronics U.S. LP, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.0/100 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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