Where does Alpine Electronics, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Alpine Electronics, Inc. ranks #1,569 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 Electronics, Inc. hold?

Alpine Electronics, Inc. holds 264 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 81 technology areas.

What is Alpine Electronics, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Alpine Electronics, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 53.3 out of 100 (top 9% 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 Electronics, Inc. focus on?

Alpine Electronics, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 67 patents. Grants appear in 81 CPC subclasses total.

Is Alpine Electronics, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Alpine Electronics, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -47% 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 Electronics, Inc.'s patents?

Alpine Electronics, Inc.'s patents average 12.1 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 Alpine Electronics, 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

Alpine Electronics, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 264 granted patents across 81 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Alpine ranks #1,569 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 264 patents across 81 technology areas.

#1,569
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (53.3/100): 12.1
avg claims per patent: -47%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1569 · Foreign Corporation #1,569 · 264 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 264 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,569/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH AI Incorporated
CPC-WIDE G06F · 81 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -47% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AI Incorporated (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Shanghai Tianma… · near

53
Alpine · this assignee

53
Shenzhen Hithium… · near

53
Henkel IP & Holding · near

53
MegaChips · near

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Alpine's Innovation Score is 53.3/100 (top 9% 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.

How Alpine's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Alpine Electronics, Inc. received 92 grants versus 172 in 2015–2019 (-47% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 44 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 2. Lead class G06F accounts for 25.4% of the portfolio across 81 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Ledvance GMBH (#1,565) and Conmed Corporation (#1,573).

Alpine's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Alpine Electronics, Inc. moved from 104 to 28 grants (0.27x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #3,028. See the growth leaderboard.

Ledvance

265
Precision Planting

265
Wright Medical Te…

265
AI Incorporated

264
Inspur Suzhou Int…

264
Witricity

264
Alpine ◀

264
Basf Coatings

263
Conmed

263

What this shows Alpine holds 264 patents at rank #1,569, 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 #1,569 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Alpine, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

Shenzhen Hithium Energy Storage Technology Co., Ltd 53 MegaChips Corporation 53 Henkel IP & Holding GMBH 53 Shanghai Tianma Am-oled Co., Ltd. 53

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.1 here).

LG Electronics Inc. 12.1 avg Bauer Maschinen GmbH 12.1 avg Peking University 12.1 avg Solaero Technologies Corp. 12.1 avg

Alpine's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 9% higher than 91% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Alpine Electronics, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	44	16.7%
2016	35	13.3%
2017	25	9.5%
2018	28	10.6%
2019	40	15.2%
2020	36	13.6%
2021	28	10.6%
2022	21	8.0%
2023	5	1.9%
2024	2	0.8%

Which technologies does Alpine Electronics, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 67

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 42

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 39

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 35

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 30

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 28

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 17

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 16

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 13

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 12

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 12

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 11

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 11

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 11

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 11

Top 15 of 81 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,569

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

53.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Alpine Electronics, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Alpine Electronics, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 25.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #1,569 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Alpine Electronics, Inc. against Ledvance GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.3/100 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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