Where does American Panel Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), American Panel Corporation ranks #18,375 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 Panel Corporation hold?

American Panel Corporation holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is American Panel Corporation's Innovation Score?

American Panel Corporation has an Innovation Score of 26.2 out of 100 (19th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

American Panel Corporation's recent grant velocity is -64% 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 Panel Corporation's patents?

American Panel Corporation's patents average 15.9 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 Panel 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 Panel Corporation

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

American Panel Corporation's top technology area is G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters) with 9 patents, ranking #320 of 1,354 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optica).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, American ranks #18,375 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 4 technology areas.

#18,375
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 19th percentile
by Innovation Score (26.2/100): 15.9
avg claims per patent: -64%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18375 · US Corporation #18,375 · 15 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,375/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Alion Energy
CPC-NARROW G02F · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -64% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Alion Energy, 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 26.2 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 (37%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.1 pts (27%) Claim depth 9.5 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
American Panel · this assignee

26
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows American's Innovation Score is 26.2/100 (19th 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.

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 15.9 claims/patent is at or below the 15.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where American's grants concentrate

American Panel Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optica). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, American sits between Alion Energy, Inc. and Antsy Labs LLC.

Alion Energy

15
Alma Lasers

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Alumend

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American Nano

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15
Antsy Labs

15
American Panel ◀

15

What this shows American holds 15 patents at rank #18,400, 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 #18,400 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light…)

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)

26 19th percentile higher than 19% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

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 Panel Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	13.3%
2016	2	13.3%
2017	1	6.7%
2018	2	13.3%
2019	4	26.7%
2020	4	26.7%

Which technologies does American Panel Corporation patent most?

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 9

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 8

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 6

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

Top 4 of 4 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 Panel Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

American Panel Corporation's lead technology class is G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optica), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02F
Ranked #18,375 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare American Panel Corporation against Alion Energy, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.2/100 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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