Where does Altachem NV rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Altachem NV ranks #15,105 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 Altachem NV hold?

Altachem NV holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Altachem NV's Innovation Score?

Altachem NV has an Innovation Score of 44.5 out of 100 (top 25% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Altachem NV's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Altachem NV's recent grant velocity is +11% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Altachem NV's patents?

Altachem NV's patents average 6.9 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 Altachem NV 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

Altachem NV

Q: What technology areas does Altachem NV focus on?

Altachem NV's top technology area is B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages) with 9 patents, ranking #386 of 3,365 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 8 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: B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR F).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Altachem ranks #15,105 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 8 technology areas.

#15,105
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 25%
by Innovation Score (44.5/100): 6.9
avg claims per patent: +11%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15105 · Foreign Corporation #15,105 · 19 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,105/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH AirHop Communications
CPC-NARROW B65D · 8 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.5/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +11% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AirHop Communications, 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 Altachem’s 44.5 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 10.3 pts (23%) Velocity 20.0 pts (45%) Breadth 10.0 pts (23%) Claim depth 4.1 pts (9%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Altachem · this assignee

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Altachem's Innovation Score is 44.5/100 (top 25% 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 Altachem?

Each dot is one of Altachem’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). Altachem’s own 6.9 claims/patent is at or below the 17.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Altachem's grants concentrate

Altachem NV is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 47.4% of grants classified under B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR F). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Altachem sits between AirHop Communications, Inc. and American Kenda Rubber Industrial Co., Ltd..

Altachem's three-year grant acceleration

Altachem NV shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Airhop Communicat…

19
Al Incorporated

19
Alberta Health Se…

19
Alkon

19
Alterg

19
Amsafe

19
America Covers

19
American Kenda Ru…

19
Altachem ◀

19

What this shows Altachem holds 19 patents at rank #15,120, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Altachem

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,120 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials)

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

Altachem's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 25% higher than 75% 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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Altachem NV patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	10.5%
2016	1	5.3%
2017	3	15.8%
2018	3	15.8%
2020	1	5.3%
2021	1	5.3%
2022	1	5.3%
2023	3	15.8%
2024	4	21.1%

Which technologies does Altachem NV patent most?

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 9

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 5

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 3

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 1

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 1

B67D - Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 1

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Altachem NV's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Altachem NV's lead technology class is B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR F), 47.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65D
Ranked #15,105 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Altachem NV against AirHop Communications, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.5/100 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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