Where does Altec Industries, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Altec Industries, Inc. ranks #2,736 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 Altec Industries, Inc. hold?

Altec Industries, Inc. holds 141 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 80 technology areas.

What is Altec Industries, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Altec Industries, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 58.9 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Altec Industries, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Altec Industries, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +62% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Altec Industries, Inc.'s patents?

Altec Industries, Inc.'s patents average 19.5 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 Altec Industries, 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 US Corporation

Altec Industries, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Altec Industries, Inc. focus on?

Altec Industries, Inc.'s top technology area is B66F (Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load) with 56 patents. Grants appear in 80 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 141 granted patents across 80 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: B66F (Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Altec ranks #2,736 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 141 patents across 80 technology areas.

#2,736
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (58.9/100): 19.5
avg claims per patent: +62%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2736 · US Corporation #2,736 · 141 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 141 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,736/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Amosense
CPC-WIDE B66F · 80 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +62% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Amosense Co., Ltd. (±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
Netskope · near

59
OneSubsea IP UK · near

59
Altec Industries · this assignee

59
University of York · near

59
Mitutoyo · near

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Altec's Innovation Score is 58.9/100 (top 4% 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 Altec's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Altec Industries, Inc. received 76 grants versus 47 in 2015–2019 (+62% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 23 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 3. Lead class B66F accounts for 39.7% of the portfolio across 80 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Roblox Corporation (#2,733) and International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC (#2,741).

Altec's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Altec Industries, Inc. moved from 52 to 40 grants (0.77x 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 #1,937. See the growth leaderboard.

Roblox

142
Technische Univer…

142
The George Washin…

142
Amosense

141
Carl Zeiss

141
Dresser-rand

141
Dynaenergetics Eu…

141
International Tru…

141
Altec Industries ◀

141

What this shows Altec holds 141 patents at rank #2,737, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Altec

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,737 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B66F (Hoisting)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

University of York 59 Netskope, Inc. 59 OneSubsea IP UK Limited 59 Mitutoyo Corporation 59

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.5 here).

Cummins Power Generation Inc. 19.5 avg Renishaw PLC 19.5 avg Dirtt Environmental Solutions Ltd. 19.5 avg ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc. 19.5 avg

Altec's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

59 Top 4% higher than 96% 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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Altec Industries, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	2.1%
2016	6	4.3%
2017	10	7.1%
2018	12	8.5%
2019	16	11.3%
2020	23	16.3%
2021	13	9.2%
2022	15	10.6%
2023	13	9.2%
2024	12	8.5%
2025partial year	18	12.8%

Which technologies does Altec Industries, Inc. patent most?

B66F - Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load 56

B66C - CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles 25

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 16

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 16

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 13

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 12

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 12

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 10

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 9

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 7

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 7

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 7

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 6

E06C - Ladders 6

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 6

Top 15 of 80 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,736

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

58.9 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

Altec Industries, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Altec Industries, Inc.'s lead technology class is B66F (Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load), 39.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B66F
Ranked #2,736 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Altec Industries, Inc. against Roblox Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.9/100 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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