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American Leather Operations, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 1 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, American ranks #17,430 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 1 technology areas.

#17,430
of 49,997 US assignees by volume
32nd percentile
by Innovation Score (29.8/100)
18.1
avg claims per patent
+29%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17430 · US Corporation #17,430 · 16 grants

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

  • GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
  • MID-PACK #17,430/49,997
  • PHOTO-FINISH Akervall
  • CPC-NARROW A47C · 1 areas
  • INNOV-THIN 29.8/100
  • CLAIMS-RICH 18.1 claims/avg
  • TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
  • VEL-UP +29% vel
  • BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Akervall Technologies, 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 29.8 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Innovation-score neighbourhood around American

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows American's Innovation Score is 29.8/100 (32nd 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.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

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 18.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.4 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. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Granted patents (volume) (X) and Avg claims / patent (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Volume + depthSelective & thoroughVolume over depthLean filer 15.915.91616.1 051015202530 Granted patents (volume) Avg claims / patent Akervall Technologies, Inc. - 16, 8.75AkervallAldila Golf Corporation - 16, 11.44Aldila GolfAleta Biotherapeutics Inc. - 16, 15.75Aleta Biotherapeu…Amenity Health, Inc. - 16, 16.12Amenity HealthAmmeraal Beltech Modular A/S - 16, 10.06Ammeraal Beltech…Amunix Operating Inc. - 16, 23.19Amunix OperatingAnaren, Inc. - 16, 24.06AnarenAndon Health Co., Ltd. - 16, 2.12Andon HealthAmerican Leather Operations, LLC - 16, 18.12American Leather…
American vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where American's grants concentrate

American Leather Operations, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 1 CPC subclasses with 93.8% of grants classified under A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, American sits between Akervall Technologies, Inc. and Andon Health Co., Ltd..

American's three-year grant acceleration

American Leather Operations, LLC shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Who files at American's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows American holds 16 patents at rank #17,450, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near American

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,450 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47C (Chairs)

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)

30 32nd percentile higher than 32% of 49,997 US assignees

This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

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

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American Leather Operations, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2016 3 18.8%
2017 2 12.5%
2019 2 12.5%
2020 1 6.3%
2021 3 18.8%
2022 1 6.3%
2023 1 6.3%
2024 3 18.8%

Which technologies does American Leather Operations, LLC patent most?

Top 1 of 1 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 Leather Operations, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

  • American Leather Operations, LLC's lead technology class is A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds), 93.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47C
  • Ranked #17,430 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
  • Compare American Leather Operations, LLC against Akervall Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
  • Innovation Score of 29.8/100 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

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.