Where does American Tel-a-systems, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), American Tel-a-systems, Inc. ranks #23,850 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 Tel-a-systems, Inc. hold?

American Tel-a-systems, Inc. holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is American Tel-a-systems, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

American Tel-a-systems, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 48.3 out of 100 (top 17% 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 Tel-a-systems, Inc. focus on?

American Tel-a-systems, Inc.'s top technology area is H04M (Telephonic Communication) with 11 patents, ranking #409 of 2,488 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is American Tel-a-systems, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for American Tel-a-systems, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for American Tel-a-systems, Inc.'s patents?

American Tel-a-systems, Inc.'s patents average 21.0 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 Tel-a-systems, 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 Tel-a-systems, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: H04M (Telephonic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, American ranks #23,850 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 4 technology areas.

#23,850
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 17%
by Innovation Score (48.3/100): 21.0
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23850 · US Corporation #23,850 · 11 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #23,850/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Altenergy Power System
CPC-NARROW H04M · 4 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Altenergy Power System 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 48.3 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 8.6 pts (18%) Velocity 20.0 pts (41%) Breadth 7.1 pts (15%) Claim depth 12.6 pts (26%)

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What this shows American's Innovation Score is 48.3/100 (top 17% 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 21.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.4 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 Tel-a-systems, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H04M (Telephonic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (3 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2021. By volume, American sits between Altenergy Power System Inc. and Analog Devices Technology.

American's three-year grant acceleration

American Tel-a-systems, Inc. shows 8 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.

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What this shows American holds 11 patents at rank #23,802, 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 #23,802 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04M (Telephonic Communication)

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)

48 Top 17% higher than 83% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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American Tel-a-systems, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	2	18.2%
2022	2	18.2%
2023	3	27.3%
2024	3	27.3%
2025partial year	1	9.1%

Which technologies does American Tel-a-systems, Inc. patent most?

H04M - Telephonic Communication 11

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 7

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

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 Tel-a-systems, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

American Tel-a-systems, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04M (Telephonic Communication), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04M
Ranked #23,850 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare American Tel-a-systems, Inc. against Altenergy Power System Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.3/100 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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