Where does American Science and Engineering, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), American Science and Engineering, Inc. ranks #8,157 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 Science and Engineering, Inc. hold?

American Science and Engineering, Inc. holds 39 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is American Science and Engineering, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

American Science and Engineering, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 42.0 out of 100 (top 32% 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 Science and Engineering, Inc. focus on?

American Science and Engineering, Inc.'s top technology area is G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags) with 20 patents, ranking #47 of 835 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is American Science and Engineering, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

American Science and Engineering, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -23% 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 Science and Engineering, Inc.'s patents?

American Science and Engineering, Inc.'s patents average 20.7 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 Science and Engineering, 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 Science and Engineering, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 39 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, American ranks #8,157 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 39 patents across 14 technology areas.

#8,157
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 32%
by Innovation Score (42.0/100): 20.7
avg claims per patent: -23%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8157 · US Corporation #8,157 · 39 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 39 grants
UPPER-Q #8,157/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Air Liquide…
CPC-FOCUS G01V · 14 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -23% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Air Liquide Advanced Technologies U.S. LLC (±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 42.0 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 12.7 pts (30%) Velocity 3.6 pts (9%) Breadth 13.2 pts (32%) Claim depth 12.4 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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American Science… · this assignee

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Arlington Industries · near

42
Flint Hills… · near

42
Genia · near

42
Welldoc · near

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows American's Innovation Score is 42.0/100 (top 32% 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 20.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.3 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 Science and Engineering, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 51.3% of grants classified under G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, American sits between Aura Home, Inc. and AvicenaTech, Corp..

American's three-year grant acceleration

American Science and Engineering, Inc. shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 13 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.

Aura Home

39
AYR

39
Air Liquide Advan…

39
Aldeyra Therapeut…

39
Apeel Technology

39
Apollo Tyres Glob…

39
Arisaka

39
Avicenatech

39
American Science… ◀

39

What this shows American holds 39 patents at rank #8,161, 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 #8,161 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01V (Geophysics)

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). In G01V (Geophysics), American ranks #47 of 835 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Welldoc, Inc. 42 Genia Technologies, Inc. 42 Arlington Industries, Inc. 42 Flint Hills Scientific, L.L.C. 42

American's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 32% higher than 68% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

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 Science and Engineering, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	9	23.1%
2016	5	12.8%
2017	4	10.3%
2018	1	2.6%
2019	3	7.7%
2020	7	17.9%
2021	3	7.7%
2022	4	10.3%
2023	2	5.1%
2024	1	2.6%

Which technologies does American Science and Engineering, Inc. patent most?

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 20

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 19

G21K - Techniques FOR Handling Particles OR Ionising Radiation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Irradiation DEVICES; Gamma RAY OR X-ray Microscopes 13

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 11

G01T - Measurement OF Nuclear OR X-radiation 9

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 5

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 4

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 4

H05G - X-ray Technique 3

H05H - Plasma Technique ; Production OF Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles OR OF NEUTRONS; Production OR Acceleration OF Neutral Molecular OR Atomic Beams 3

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 1

Top 14 of 14 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 Science and Engineering, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

American Science and Engineering, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags), 51.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01V
Ranked #8,157 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare American Science and Engineering, Inc. against Aura Home, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.0/100 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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