Where does Ames Tools Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ames Tools Corporation ranks #44,672 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 Ames Tools Corporation hold?

Ames Tools Corporation holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2023 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Ames Tools Corporation's Innovation Score?

Ames Tools Corporation has an Innovation Score of 41.5 out of 100 (top 33% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Ames Tools Corporation focus on?

Ames Tools Corporation's top technology area is B05C (Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General) with 4 patents, ranking #99 of 569 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Ames Tools Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Ames Tools Corporation.

What does claim depth mean for Ames Tools Corporation's patents?

Ames Tools Corporation's patents average 22.2 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 Ames Tools 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

Ames Tools Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2023–2025. 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: B05C (Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ames ranks #44,672 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 6 technology areas.

#44,672
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 33%
by Innovation Score (41.5/100): 22.2
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R44672 · US Corporation #44,672 · 5 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
LOWER-Q #44,672/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH American Family…
CPC-NARROW B05C · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2023–2025 · 3y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: American Family Mutual Insurance Company, S.L. (±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 Ames’s 41.5 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 6.2 pts (15%) Velocity 13.3 pts (32%) Breadth 8.7 pts (21%) Claim depth 13.3 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ames Tools · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ames's Innovation Score is 41.5/100 (top 33% 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 Ames?

Each dot is one of Ames’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). Ames’s own 22.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Ames's grants concentrate

Ames Tools Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under B05C (Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General). By volume, Ames sits between American Family Mutual Insurance Company, S.L. and Amminex Emissions Technology A/S.

Ames's three-year grant acceleration

Ames Tools Corporation shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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 Family M…

5
American National…

5
Amerihua Internat…

5
Amerilab

5
Amgen K-A

5
AMI Global

5
Amiteq

5
Amminex Emissions…

5
Ames Tools ◀

5

What this shows Ames holds 5 patents at rank #44,529, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ames

By rank, the assignees closest to #44,529 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B05C (Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Ames's primary technology class.

Ames's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 33% higher than 67% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2023–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2023–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Ames Tools Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2023	1	20.0%
2024	1	20.0%
2025partial year	3	60.0%

Which technologies does Ames Tools Corporation patent most?

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 4

E04F - Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors 4

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 1

A47K - Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories 1

E03C - Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste Water ; Sinks 1

B25G - Handles FOR Hand Implements 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Ames Tools Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ames Tools Corporation's lead technology class is B05C (Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B05C
Ranked #44,672 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ames Tools Corporation against American Family Mutual Insurance Company, S.L., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.5/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.