Where does Alef Edge Inc rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Alef Edge Inc ranks #44,570 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 Alef Edge Inc hold?

Alef Edge Inc holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2024, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Alef Edge Inc's Innovation Score?

Alef Edge Inc has an Innovation Score of 37.3 out of 100 (top 44% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Alef Edge Inc focus on?

Alef Edge Inc's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 3 patents, ranking #5,328 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is Alef Edge Inc's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Alef Edge Inc.

What does claim depth mean for Alef Edge Inc's patents?

Alef Edge Inc's patents average 26.6 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 Alef Edge 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

Alef Edge Inc

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2024. 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Alef ranks #44,570 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 3 technology areas.

#44,570
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.3/100): 26.6
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R44570 · US Corporation #44,570 · 5 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
LOWER-Q #44,570/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Albert Einstein…
CPC-NARROW H04L · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 26.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2024 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Albert Einstein Healthcare Network (±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 Alef’s 37.3 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 (17%) Velocity 10.0 pts (27%) Breadth 6.1 pts (16%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (40%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Alef Edge · this assignee

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What this shows Alef's Innovation Score is 37.3/100 (top 44% 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 Alef?

Each dot is one of Alef’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). Alef’s own 26.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Alef's grants concentrate

Alef Edge Inc is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). By volume, Alef sits between Albert Einstein Healthcare Network and Algra S.P.A..

Alef's three-year grant acceleration

Alef Edge Inc shows 3 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 Alef holds 5 patents at rank #44,481, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Alef

By rank, the assignees closest to #44,481 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Alef's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 44% higher than 56% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2024

Grants by year

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

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Alef Edge Inc patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	20.0%
2021	1	20.0%
2022	1	20.0%
2023	1	20.0%
2024	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Alef Edge Inc patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

Top 3 of 3 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

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

Alef Edge Inc's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #44,570 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Alef Edge Inc against Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.3/100 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

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.