Where does American Nano LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), American Nano LLC ranks #18,374 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 Nano LLC hold?

American Nano LLC holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is American Nano LLC's Innovation Score?

American Nano LLC has an Innovation Score of 60.2 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is American Nano LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

American Nano LLC's recent grant velocity is +1200% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for American Nano LLC's patents?

American Nano LLC's patents average 24.1 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 Nano LLC 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 Nano LLC

Q: What technology areas does American Nano LLC focus on?

American Nano LLC's top technology area is D01D (Mechanical Methods OR Apparatus IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR Ribbons) with 7 patents, ranking #31 of 253 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 21 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: D01D (Mechanical Methods OR Apparatus IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR Ribbons).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, American ranks #18,374 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 21 technology areas.

#18,374
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (60.2/100): 24.1
avg claims per patent: +1200%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18374 · US Corporation #18,374 · 15 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,374/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Akustica
CPC-FOCUS D01D · 21 areas
INNOV-STRONG 60.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +1200% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Akustica, 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 60.2 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 9.6 pts (16%) Velocity 20.0 pts (33%) Breadth 16.2 pts (27%) Claim depth 14.4 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
American Nano · this assignee

60
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows American's Innovation Score is 60.2/100 (top 3% 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 24.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.9 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 Nano LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 46.7% of grants classified under D01D (Mechanical Methods OR Apparatus IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR Ribbons). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, American sits between Akustica, Inc. and Andong National University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation.

American's three-year grant acceleration

American Nano LLC shows 11 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.

Akustica

15
Alion Energy

15
Alma Lasers

15
Alumend

15
American Panel

15
Amphastar Pharmac…

15
Analiza

15
Andong National U…

15
American Nano ◀

15

What this shows American holds 15 patents at rank #18,399, 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 #18,399 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in D01D (Mechanical Methods OR Apparatus IN THE Manufacture OF Art…)

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)

60 Top 3% higher than 97% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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American Nano LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	6.7%
2021	2	13.3%
2022	3	20.0%
2023	4	26.7%
2024	4	26.7%
2025partial year	1	6.7%

Which technologies does American Nano LLC patent most?

D01D - Mechanical Methods OR Apparatus IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR Ribbons 7

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 6

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 6

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 4

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 4

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 2

D01F - Chemical Features IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR RIBBONS; Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OF Carbon Filaments 2

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 2

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 2

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 2

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 2

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 2

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 2

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 2

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 1

Top 15 of 21 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 Nano LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

American Nano LLC's lead technology class is D01D (Mechanical Methods OR Apparatus IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR Ribbons), 46.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore D01D
Ranked #18,374 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare American Nano LLC against Akustica, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 60.2/100 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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