Where does Alphamicron Incorporated rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Alphamicron Incorporated ranks #12,342 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 Alphamicron Incorporated hold?

Alphamicron Incorporated holds 24 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Alphamicron Incorporated's Innovation Score?

Alphamicron Incorporated has an Innovation Score of 43.6 out of 100 (top 28% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Alphamicron Incorporated's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Alphamicron Incorporated's recent grant velocity is -76% 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 Alphamicron Incorporated's patents?

Alphamicron Incorporated's patents average 25.4 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 Alphamicron Incorporated 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

Alphamicron Incorporated

Q: What technology areas does Alphamicron Incorporated focus on?

Alphamicron Incorporated's top technology area is G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters) with 18 patents, ranking #201 of 1,354 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 24 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optica).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Alphamicron ranks #12,342 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 24 patents across 16 technology areas.

#12,342
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 28%
by Innovation Score (43.6/100): 25.4
avg claims per patent: -76%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12342 · US Corporation #12,342 · 24 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 24 grants
UPPER-Q #12,342/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH AI Alpine US Bidco
CPC-FOCUS G02F · 16 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 25.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -76% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AI Alpine US Bidco 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 Alphamicron’s 43.6 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 11.1 pts (26%) Velocity 3.3 pts (8%) Breadth 14.1 pts (32%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Alphamicron… · this assignee

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Alphamicron's Innovation Score is 43.6/100 (top 28% 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 Alphamicron?

Each dot is one of Alphamicron’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). Alphamicron’s own 25.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Alphamicron's grants concentrate

Alphamicron Incorporated is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 75% of grants classified under G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optica). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (6 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2019. By volume, Alphamicron sits between AI Alpine US Bidco Inc. and Arrow International LLC.

Alphamicron's three-year grant acceleration

Alphamicron Incorporated shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

AI Alpine US Bidco

24
Aisin AW Industri…

24
Allseating

24
Allway Tools

24
Amtab Manufacturi…

24
Appvance

24
Arcutis Biotherap…

24
Arrow Internation…

24
Alphamicron Incor… ◀

24

What this shows Alphamicron holds 24 patents at rank #12,337, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Alphamicron

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,337 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light…)

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

Alphamicron's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 28% higher than 72% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Alphamicron Incorporated patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	25.0%
2016	6	25.0%
2018	3	12.5%
2019	2	8.3%
2021	2	8.3%
2022	2	8.3%
2025partial year	3	12.5%

Which technologies does Alphamicron Incorporated patent most?

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 18

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 7

G02C - SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses 6

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 5

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 2

A42B - HATS; Head Coverings 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 2

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G03C - Photosensitive Materials FOR Photographic Purposes ; Photographic Processes, e.g. Cine, X-ray, Colour, Stereo-photographic PROCESSES; Auxiliary Processes IN Photography 1

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 1

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 1

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 1

Top 15 of 16 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

Alphamicron Incorporated's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Alphamicron Incorporated's lead technology class is G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optica), 75% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02F
Ranked #12,342 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Alphamicron Incorporated against AI Alpine US Bidco Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.6/100 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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