Where does Alfa Laval Copenhagen A/S rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Alfa Laval Copenhagen A/S ranks #38,687 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 Alfa Laval Copenhagen A/S hold?

Alfa Laval Copenhagen A/S holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2024, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Alfa Laval Copenhagen A/S's Innovation Score?

Alfa Laval Copenhagen A/S has an Innovation Score of 48.9 out of 100 (top 16% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Alfa Laval Copenhagen A/S focus on?

Alfa Laval Copenhagen A/S's top technology area is B01D (Separation) with 4 patents, ranking #1,134 of 3,536 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Alfa Laval Copenhagen A/S's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Alfa Laval Copenhagen A/S.

What does claim depth mean for Alfa Laval Copenhagen A/S's patents?

Alfa Laval Copenhagen A/S's patents average 18.3 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 Alfa Laval Copenhagen A/S 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

Alfa Laval Copenhagen A/S

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2024. 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: B01D (Separation).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Alfa ranks #38,687 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 10 technology areas.

#38,687
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 16%
by Innovation Score (48.9/100): 18.3
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R38687 · Foreign Corporation #38,687 · 6 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #38,687/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Alchera
CPC-FOCUS B01D · 10 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2022–2024 · 3y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Alchera 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 Alfa’s 48.9 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 6.7 pts (14%) Velocity 20.0 pts (41%) Breadth 11.2 pts (23%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Alfa Laval Copenhage… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Alfa's Innovation Score is 48.9/100 (top 16% 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 Alfa?

Each dot is one of Alfa’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). Alfa’s own 18.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Alfa's grants concentrate

Alfa Laval Copenhagen A/S is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under B01D (Separation). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Alfa sits between Alchera Inc. and Alibaba Technology (ISRAEL) Ltd..

Alfa's three-year grant acceleration

Alfa Laval Copenhagen A/S shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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 Alfa holds 6 patents at rank #38,604, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Alfa

By rank, the assignees closest to #38,604 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01D (Separation)

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

Alfa's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 16% higher than 84% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2022–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Alfa Laval Copenhagen A/S patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	2	33.3%
2023	3	50.0%
2024	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Alfa Laval Copenhagen A/S patent most?

B01D - Separation 4

C12H - Pasteurisation, Sterilisation, Preservation, Purification, Clarification OR Ageing OF Alcoholic BEVERAGES; Methods FOR Altering THE Alcohol Content OF Fermented Solutions OR Alcoholic Beverages 3

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 2

C12C - BEER; Preparation OF Beer BY Fermentation ; Preparation OF Malt FOR Making BEER; Preparation OF Hops FOR Making Beer 2

B67D - Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

C12G - WINE; Preparation THEREOF; Alcoholic Beverages ; Preparation OF Alcoholic Beverages NOT Provided FOR IN Subclasses C12c OR C12h 1

A23D - Edible Oils OR Fats, e.g. Margarines, Shortenings OR Cooking Oils 1

C11B - Producing, e.g. BY Pressing RAW Materials OR BY Extraction From Waste Materials, Refining OR Preserving Fats, Fatty Substances, e.g. Lanolin, Fatty Oils OR WAXES; Essential OILS; Perfumes 1

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 1

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 1

Top 10 of 10 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

Alfa Laval Copenhagen A/S's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Alfa Laval Copenhagen A/S's lead technology class is B01D (Separation), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01D
Ranked #38,687 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Alfa Laval Copenhagen A/S against Alchera Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.9/100 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.