Where does American Megatrends, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), American Megatrends, Inc. ranks #1,766 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 Megatrends, Inc. hold?

American Megatrends, Inc. holds 230 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 36 technology areas.

What is American Megatrends, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

American Megatrends, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 52.0 out of 100 (top 11% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does American Megatrends, Inc. focus on?

American Megatrends, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 181 patents. Grants appear in 36 CPC subclasses total.

Is American Megatrends, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

American Megatrends, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 American Megatrends, Inc.'s patents?

American Megatrends, Inc.'s patents average 20.0 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 Megatrends, 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

American Megatrends, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 230 granted patents across 36 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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, American ranks #1,766 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 230 patents across 36 technology areas.

#1,766
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (52.0/100): 20.0
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1766 · US Corporation #1,766 · 230 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 230 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,766/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Agency FOR Defense…
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 36 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 20.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Agency FOR Defense Development (±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
Ascentage Pharma Group · near

52
American Megatrends · this assignee

52
Greenlee Tools · near

52
Hansgrohe SE · near

52
McCue · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows American's Innovation Score is 52.0/100 (top 11% 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.

Where American's grants concentrate

American Megatrends, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 36 CPC subclasses with 78.7% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (62 grants) versus a trough of 28 in 2019. By volume, American sits between Nite Ize, Inc. and Kolon Industries, Inc..

Nite Ize

231
SMA Solar Technol…

231
THK

231
Agency FOR Defens…

230
Autel Intelligent…

230
Hefei BOE Joint T…

230
Kemira OYJ

230
Kolon Industries

230
American Megatren… ◀

230

What this shows American holds 230 patents at rank #1,766, 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 #1,766 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

Hansgrohe SE 52 Greenlee Tools, Inc. 52 McCue Corporation 52 Ascentage Pharma Group Corp Limited 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.0 here).

Gentherm Incorporated 20.0 avg Smith International, Inc. 20.0 avg Asml Holding N.V. 20.0 avg SambaNova Systems, Inc. 20.0 avg

American's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 11% higher than 89% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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American Megatrends, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	48	20.9%
2016	62	27.0%
2017	42	18.3%
2018	50	21.7%
2019	28	12.2%

Which technologies does American Megatrends, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 181

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 54

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 14

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 13

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 9

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 8

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 5

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 4

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 4

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 3

H04M - Telephonic Communication 3

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 3

G11C - Static Stores 3

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

Top 15 of 36 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,766

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

52.0 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

American Megatrends, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

American Megatrends, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 78.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #1,766 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare American Megatrends, Inc. against Nite Ize, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.0/100 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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