Overall rank by patents
#6,867
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 48 granted patents across 7 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: C07K (PEPTIDES).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Alector ranks #6,867 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 48 patents across 7 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R6867 · US Corporation #6,867 · 48 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: AC Immune Sa (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Alector · this assignee
48 score
Arcelormittal Invest… · near
48 score
Electric Mirror · near
48 score
Sanoh Industrial · near
48 score
Teijin Aramid B v · near
48 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Alector Llc stamps GRANTS-SMALL, UPPER-Q, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-NARROW, INNOV-PAR, CLAIMS-DENSE, TYPE-USCORP, VEL-SURGE, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #6,867 of 50,000; Innovation Score 47.8/100 sits in the top 18% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is AC Immune Sa (±0 grants).
Alector Llc has been granted 48 US utility patents between 2018 and 2025, placing Alector Llc at #6,867 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 7 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 34.3 claims per patent with primary concentration in C07K (PEPTIDES). As a US Corporation, Alector Llc is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Alector sits between AC Immune Sa (48 patents, rank #6,865) and Beneq OY (48 patents, rank #6,873) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 47.8/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 33 grants, compared with 3 in the 2015–2019 window, a +1000% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The US Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Alector Llc's 34.3 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 7 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
AC Immune SA
48 patents
ARTEMIS INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
48 patents
ASSA ABLOY Accessories and Door Controls Group, Inc.
48 patents
Aftershock Services, Inc.
48 patents
Anhui University
48 patents
AutoConnect Holdings LLC
48 patents
BEIJING SUMMER SPROUT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
48 patents
BENEQ OY
48 patents
Alector LLC
48 patents
What this shows Alector holds 48 patents at rank #6,869, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #6,869 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Alector's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Alector, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).
Alector's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
48 Top 18% higher than 82% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 2.1% |
| 2019 | 2 | 4.2% |
| 2020 | 6 | 12.5% |
| 2021 | 6 | 12.5% |
| 2022 | 10 | 20.8% |
| 2023 | 4 | 8.3% |
| 2024 | 7 | 14.6% |
| 2025partial year | 12 | 25.0% |
Top 7 of 7 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#6,867
of 50,000 tracked assignees
47.8 out of 100
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