Where does American Aerogel Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), American Aerogel Corporation ranks #38,743 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 American Aerogel Corporation hold?

American Aerogel Corporation holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2024, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is American Aerogel Corporation's Innovation Score?

American Aerogel Corporation has an Innovation Score of 50.1 out of 100 (top 14% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is American Aerogel Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for American Aerogel Corporation.

What does claim depth mean for American Aerogel Corporation's patents?

American Aerogel Corporation's patents average 17.7 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 American Aerogel 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

American Aerogel Corporation

Q: What technology areas does American Aerogel Corporation focus on?

American Aerogel Corporation's top technology area is F25D (REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 5 patents, ranking #111 of 588 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2024. 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: F25D (REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, American ranks #38,743 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 13 technology areas.

#38,743
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 14%
by Innovation Score (50.1/100): 17.7
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R38743 · US Corporation #38,743 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #38,743/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ambulant
CPC-FOCUS F25D · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2024 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ambulant, 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 American’s 50.1 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 6.7 pts (13%) Velocity 20.0 pts (40%) Breadth 12.7 pts (25%) Claim depth 10.6 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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American Aerogel · this assignee

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What this shows American's Innovation Score is 50.1/100 (top 14% 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 American?

Each dot is one of American’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). American’s own 17.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where American's grants concentrate

American Aerogel Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under F25D (REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, American sits between Ambulant, Inc. and American Fire Wire, Inc..

American's three-year grant acceleration

American Aerogel Corporation shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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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What this shows American holds 6 patents at rank #38,876, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near American

By rank, the assignees closest to #38,876 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F25D (Refrigerators)

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

American's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 14% higher than 86% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2024

Grants by year

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

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American Aerogel Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	16.7%
2022	3	50.0%
2024	2	33.3%

Which technologies does American Aerogel Corporation patent most?

F25D - REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

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 5

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 3

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

G11C - Static Stores 1

G21F - Protection Against X-radiation, Gamma Radiation, Corpuscular Radiation OR Particle BOMBARDMENT; Treating Radioactively Contaminated MATERIAL; Decontamination Arrangements Therefor 1

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 1

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 1

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 1

Top 13 of 13 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

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

American Aerogel Corporation's lead technology class is F25D (REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F25D
Ranked #38,743 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare American Aerogel Corporation against Ambulant, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.1/100 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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