Where does American Silver, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), American Silver, LLC ranks #38,756 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 Silver, LLC hold?

American Silver, LLC holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is American Silver, LLC's Innovation Score?

American Silver, LLC has an Innovation Score of 32.0 out of 100 (40th percentile 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 Silver, LLC focus on?

American Silver, LLC's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 5 patents, ranking #4,009 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

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

American Silver, LLC's recent grant velocity is +50% 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 Silver, LLC's patents?

American Silver, LLC's patents average 13.3 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 Silver, 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 Silver, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, American ranks #38,756 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 9 technology areas.

#38,756
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 40th percentile
by Innovation Score (32.0/100): 13.3
avg claims per patent: +50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R38756 · US Corporation #38,756 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #38,756/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH American Fire Wire
CPC-NARROW A61K · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: American Fire Wire, 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 32.0 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 6.7 pts (21%) Velocity 6.7 pts (21%) Breadth 10.6 pts (33%) Claim depth 8.0 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
American Silver · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows American's Innovation Score is 32.0/100 (40th 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 13.3 claims/patent is at or below the 15.5 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 Silver, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). By volume, American sits between American Fire Wire, Inc. and Amperage Energy Inc..

American's three-year grant acceleration

American Silver, LLC shows 2 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.

American Fire Wire

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What this shows American holds 6 patents at rank #38,884, 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 #38,884 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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)

32 40th percentile higher than 40% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

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 Silver, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	16.7%
2019	1	16.7%
2020	1	16.7%
2022	1	16.7%
2023	1	16.7%
2025partial year	1	16.7%

Which technologies does American Silver, LLC patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 5

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 4

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 3

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 2

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 1

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 1

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 1

Top 9 of 9 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 Silver, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

American Silver, LLC's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #38,756 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare American Silver, LLC against American Fire Wire, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.0/100 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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