Where does Alpaqua Engineering, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Alpaqua Engineering, LLC ranks #34,189 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 Alpaqua Engineering, LLC hold?

Alpaqua Engineering, LLC holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Alpaqua Engineering, LLC's Innovation Score?

Alpaqua Engineering, LLC has an Innovation Score of 41.9 out of 100 (top 32% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Alpaqua Engineering, LLC focus on?

Alpaqua Engineering, LLC's top technology area is B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE) with 7 patents, ranking #279 of 1,325 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Alpaqua Engineering, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Alpaqua Engineering, LLC'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 Alpaqua Engineering, LLC's patents?

Alpaqua Engineering, LLC's patents average 21.1 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 Alpaqua Engineering, LLC 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

Alpaqua Engineering, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Alpaqua ranks #34,189 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 6 technology areas.

#34,189
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 32%
by Innovation Score (41.9/100): 21.1
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R34189 · US Corporation #34,189 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #34,189/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Allink
CPC-NARROW B01L · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Allink Co., Ltd. (±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 Alpaqua’s 41.9 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 7.2 pts (17%) Velocity 13.3 pts (32%) Breadth 8.7 pts (21%) Claim depth 12.7 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Alpaqua Engineering · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Alpaqua's Innovation Score is 41.9/100 (top 32% 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 Alpaqua?

Each dot is one of Alpaqua’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). Alpaqua’s own 21.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Alpaqua's grants concentrate

Alpaqua Engineering, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Alpaqua sits between Allink Co., Ltd. and Alpha Scientific Corporation.

Alpaqua's three-year grant acceleration

Alpaqua Engineering, LLC shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Allink

7
Almac Diagnostics

7
Almi Internationa…

7
Aloe Semiconductor

7
Alpha M O S

7
Alpha Motor

7
Alpha Power Solut…

7
Alpha Scientific

7
Alpaqua Engineeri… ◀

7

What this shows Alpaqua holds 7 patents at rank #34,296, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Alpaqua

By rank, the assignees closest to #34,296 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE)

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

Alpaqua's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 32% higher than 68% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

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

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Alpaqua Engineering, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	14.3%
2018	1	14.3%
2019	1	14.3%
2022	2	28.6%
2025partial year	2	28.6%

Which technologies does Alpaqua Engineering, LLC patent most?

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 7

B03C - Magnetic OR Electrostatic Separation OF Solid Materials From Solid Materials OR FLUIDS; Separation BY High-voltage Electric Fields 7

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 7

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 6

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 5

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 5

Top 6 of 6 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

Alpaqua Engineering, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Alpaqua Engineering, LLC's lead technology class is B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01L
Ranked #34,189 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Alpaqua Engineering, LLC against Allink Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.9/100 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

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