Where does Alphora Research Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Alphora Research Inc. ranks #25,711 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 Alphora Research Inc. hold?

Alphora Research Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Alphora Research Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Alphora Research Inc. has an Innovation Score of 26.6 out of 100 (21st percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Alphora Research Inc. focus on?

Alphora Research Inc.'s top technology area is C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds) with 8 patents, ranking #998 of 3,165 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

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

Alphora Research Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Alphora Research Inc.'s patents?

Alphora Research Inc.'s patents average 13.8 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 Alphora Research 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 Foreign Corporation

Alphora Research Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Alphora ranks #25,711 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 8 technology areas.

#25,711
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 21st percentile
by Innovation Score (26.6/100): 13.8
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25711 · Foreign Corporation #25,711 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #25,711/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Allied Blending
CPC-NARROW C07D · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Allied Blending LP (±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 Alphora’s 26.6 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 8.3 pts (31%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (38%) Claim depth 8.3 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Alphora Research · this assignee

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Alphora's Innovation Score is 26.6/100 (21st 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 Alphora?

Each dot is one of Alphora’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). Alphora’s own 13.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Alphora's grants concentrate

Alphora Research Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2016. By volume, Alphora sits between Allied Blending LP and Ambient AI, Inc..

Allied Blending

10
Alloy Enterprises

10
Allsteel

10
Alpha Comm Enterp…

10
Aluminum Industri…

10
Amcad Biomed

10
Amber Semiconduct…

10
Ambient AI

10
Alphora Research ◀

10

What this shows Alphora holds 10 patents at rank #25,773, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Alphora

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,773 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds)

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

Alphora's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 21st percentile higher than 21% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

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

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Alphora Research Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	40.0%
2016	3	30.0%
2017	3	30.0%

Which technologies does Alphora Research Inc. patent most?

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 8

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 5

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 5

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 2

C07H - SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids 2

C07B - General Methods OF Organic CHEMISTRY; Apparatus Therefor 1

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 1

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 1

Top 8 of 8 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Alphora Research Inc.'s lead technology class is C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C07D
Ranked #25,711 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Alphora Research Inc. against Allied Blending LP, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.6/100 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

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.