Where does Alken Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Alken Inc. ranks #25,699 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 Alken Inc. hold?

Alken Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Alken Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Alken Inc. has an Innovation Score of 47.0 out of 100 (top 20% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

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

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

Alken Inc.'s patents average 20.2 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 Alken 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

Alken Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Alken Inc. focus on?

Alken Inc.'s top technology area is G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours) with 5 patents, ranking #308 of 2,030 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Alken ranks #25,699 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 14 technology areas.

#25,699
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 20%
by Innovation Score (47.0/100): 20.2
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25699 · US Corporation #25,699 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #25,699/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Alfa Wassermann
CPC-FOCUS G01B · 14 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Alfa Wassermann, 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 Alken’s 47.0 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 8.3 pts (18%) Velocity 13.3 pts (28%) Breadth 13.2 pts (28%) Claim depth 12.1 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Alken · this assignee

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Alken's Innovation Score is 47.0/100 (top 20% 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 Alken?

Each dot is one of Alken’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). Alken’s own 20.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Alken's grants concentrate

Alken Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Alken sits between Alfa Wassermann, Inc. and Almac Discovery Limited.

Alken's three-year grant acceleration

Alken Inc. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Alfa Wassermann

10
Alfdex AB

10
Alfred E Mann Ins…

10
Alfred-wegener-in…

10
Allen-vanguard

10
Allied Moulded Pr…

10
Allwinner Technol…

10
Almac Discovery

10
Alken ◀

10

What this shows Alken holds 10 patents at rank #25,668, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Alken

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,668 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01B (Measuring Length)

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

Alken's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 20% higher than 80% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Alken Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	10.0%
2021	2	20.0%
2022	1	10.0%
2023	5	50.0%
2025partial year	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Alken Inc. patent most?

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 5

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 3

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 2

B02C - Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain 2

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 2

B25F - Combination OR Multi-purpose Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Details OR Components OF Portable Power-driven Tools NOT Particularly Related TO THE Operations Performed AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F16P - Safety Devices IN GENERAL; ; Safety Devices FOR Presses 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

Top 14 of 14 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

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

Alken Inc.'s lead technology class is G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01B
Ranked #25,699 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Alken Inc. against Alfa Wassermann, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.0/100 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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