Where does Alpine Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Alpine Corporation ranks #22,164 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 Alpine Corporation hold?

Alpine Corporation holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2022, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Alpine Corporation's Innovation Score?

Alpine Corporation has an Innovation Score of 35.0 out of 100 (49th 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 Alpine Corporation focus on?

Alpine Corporation's top technology area is B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles) with 1 patents, ranking #825 of 1,384 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

Is Alpine Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Alpine Corporation's recent grant velocity is -50% 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 Alpine Corporation's patents?

Alpine Corporation's patents average 1.8 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 Alpine Corporation 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

Alpine Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2022. 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: B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Alpine ranks #22,164 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 2 technology areas.

#22,164
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 49th percentile
by Innovation Score (35.0/100): 1.8
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22164 · US Corporation #22,164 · 12 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,164/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH AlertEnterprise
CPC-NARROW B05B · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.0/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 1.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AlertEnterprise, 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 Alpine’s 35.0 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 8.9 pts (25%) Velocity 20.0 pts (57%) Breadth 5.0 pts (14%) Claim depth 1.1 pts (3%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Alpine · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Alpine's Innovation Score is 35.0/100 (49th 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 Alpine?

Each dot is one of Alpine’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). Alpine’s own 1.8 claims/patent is at or below the 14.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Alpine's grants concentrate

Alpine Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 8.3% of grants classified under B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (4 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Alpine sits between AlertEnterprise, Inc. and Amastan Technologies Inc..

Alpine's three-year grant acceleration

Alpine Corporation shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

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12

What this shows Alpine holds 12 patents at rank #22,203, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Alpine

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,203 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B05B (Spraying Apparatus)

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

Alpine's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 49th percentile higher than 49% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Alpine Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	16.7%
2017	3	25.0%
2018	3	25.0%
2022	4	33.3%

Which technologies does Alpine Corporation patent most?

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 1

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 1

Top 2 of 2 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

Alpine Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Alpine Corporation's lead technology class is B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles), 8.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B05B
Ranked #22,164 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Alpine Corporation against AlertEnterprise, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.0/100 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

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.