Where does Alligator Ventilfabrik GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Alligator Ventilfabrik GmbH ranks #28,056 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 Alligator Ventilfabrik GmbH hold?

Alligator Ventilfabrik GmbH holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Alligator Ventilfabrik GmbH's Innovation Score?

Alligator Ventilfabrik GmbH has an Innovation Score of 28.4 out of 100 (27th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Alligator Ventilfabrik GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Alligator Ventilfabrik GmbH's recent grant velocity is -71% 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 Alligator Ventilfabrik GmbH's patents?

Alligator Ventilfabrik GmbH's patents average 17.4 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 Alligator Ventilfabrik 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

Alligator Ventilfabrik GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Alligator Ventilfabrik GmbH focus on?

Alligator Ventilfabrik GmbH's top technology area is B60C (Vehicle TYRES; Tyre INFLATION; Tyre CHANGING; Connecting Valves TO Inflatable Elastic Bodies IN GENERAL; Devices OR Arrangements Related TO Tyres) with 8 patents, ranking #69 of 319 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: B60C (Vehicle TYRES; Tyre INFLATION; Tyre CHANGING; Connecting Valves TO Inflatable Elastic Bodies IN GENERAL; Devices OR Arrangements Related TO Tyres).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Alligator ranks #28,056 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 8 technology areas.

#28,056
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 27th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.4/100): 17.4
avg claims per patent: -71%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R28056 · Foreign Corporation #28,056 · 9 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #28,056/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Allen & Heath
CPC-NARROW B60C · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -71% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Allen & Heath Limited (±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 Alligator’s 28.4 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 8.0 pts (28%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (35%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (37%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Alligator Ventilfabrik · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Alligator's Innovation Score is 28.4/100 (27th 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 Alligator?

Each dot is one of Alligator’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). Alligator’s own 17.4 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.

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

Where Alligator's grants concentrate

Alligator Ventilfabrik GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 88.9% of grants classified under B60C (Vehicle TYRES; Tyre INFLATION; Tyre CHANGING; Connecting Valves TO Inflatable Elastic Bodies IN GENERAL; Devices OR Arrangements Related TO Tyres). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Alligator sits between Allen & Heath Limited and Altrix Medical, Inc..

Allen & Heath

9
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9
Allgenesis Biothe…

9
Alliance Laundry…

9
Alltemp Products

9
Alpargatas

9
Alpine Innovations

9
Altrix Medical

9
Alligator Ventilf… ◀

9

What this shows Alligator holds 9 patents at rank #28,108, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Alligator

By rank, the assignees closest to #28,108 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60C (Vehicle Tyres)

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

Alligator's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 27th percentile higher than 27% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Alligator Ventilfabrik GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	11.1%
2016	1	11.1%
2017	1	11.1%
2018	2	22.2%
2019	2	22.2%
2020	2	22.2%

Which technologies does Alligator Ventilfabrik GmbH patent most?

B60C - Vehicle TYRES; Tyre INFLATION; Tyre CHANGING; Connecting Valves TO Inflatable Elastic Bodies IN GENERAL; Devices OR Arrangements Related TO Tyres 8

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 1

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 1

Top 8 of 8 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

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

Alligator Ventilfabrik GmbH's lead technology class is B60C (Vehicle TYRES; Tyre INFLATION; Tyre CHANGING; Connecting Valves TO Inflatable Elastic Bodies IN GENERAL; Devices OR Arrangements Related TO Tyres), 88.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60C
Ranked #28,056 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Alligator Ventilfabrik GmbH against Allen & Heath Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.4/100 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

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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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