Where does Alite GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Alite GmbH ranks #44,588 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 Alite GmbH hold?

Alite GmbH holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2021, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Alite GmbH's Innovation Score?

Alite GmbH has an Innovation Score of 23.8 out of 100 (13th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Alite GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Alite GmbH's recent grant velocity is -33% 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 Alite GmbH's patents?

Alite GmbH's patents average 16.2 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 Alite GmbH 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

Alite GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Alite GmbH focus on?

Alite GmbH's top technology area is F27D (Details OR Accessories OF Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts, IN SO FAR AS They ARE OF Kinds Occurring IN More Than ONE Kind OF Furnace) with 4 patents, ranking #81 of 350 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2021. 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: F27D (Details OR Accessories OF Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts, IN SO FAR AS They ARE OF Kinds Occurring IN More Than ONE Kind OF Furnace).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Alite ranks #44,588 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 5 technology areas.

#44,588
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 13th percentile
by Innovation Score (23.8/100): 16.2
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R44588 · Foreign Corporation #44,588 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
LOWER-Q #44,588/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Alerje
CPC-NARROW F27D · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 23.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Alerje, 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 Alite’s 23.8 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 (26%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.9 pts (33%) Claim depth 9.7 pts (41%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Alite · this assignee

24
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Alite's Innovation Score is 23.8/100 (13th 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 Alite?

Each dot is one of Alite’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). Alite’s own 16.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Alite's grants concentrate

Alite GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under F27D (Details OR Accessories OF Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts, IN SO FAR AS They ARE OF Kinds Occurring IN More Than ONE Kind OF Furnace). By volume, Alite sits between Alerje, Inc. and Alliance Automation, LLC.

Alerje

5
Alex IS THE Best

5
Algra S P A

5
Alignedbio AB

5
Allanson Lighting

5
Alldata

5
Allflex Australia…

5
Alliance Automati…

5
Alite ◀

5

What this shows Alite holds 5 patents at rank #44,487, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Alite

By rank, the assignees closest to #44,487 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F27D (Details OR Accessories OF Furnaces)

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

Alite's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

24 13th percentile higher than 13% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Alite GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	20.0%
2018	1	20.0%
2019	1	20.0%
2020	1	20.0%
2021	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Alite GmbH patent most?

F27D - Details OR Accessories OF Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts, IN SO FAR AS They ARE OF Kinds Occurring IN More Than ONE Kind OF Furnace 4

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 2

F27B - Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts IN GENERAL; Open Sintering OR Like Apparatus 2

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 2

F23H - Grates ; Cleaning OR Raking Grates 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

Alite GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Alite GmbH's lead technology class is F27D (Details OR Accessories OF Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts, IN SO FAR AS They ARE OF Kinds Occurring IN More Than ONE Kind OF Furnace), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F27D
Ranked #44,588 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Alite GmbH against Alerje, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 23.8/100 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.