Where does AMS Sensors UK Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), AMS Sensors UK Limited ranks #19,443 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 AMS Sensors UK Limited hold?

AMS Sensors UK Limited holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2023, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is AMS Sensors UK Limited's Innovation Score?

AMS Sensors UK Limited has an Innovation Score of 40.3 out of 100 (top 36% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is AMS Sensors UK Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

AMS Sensors UK Limited's recent grant velocity is +33% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for AMS Sensors UK Limited's patents?

AMS Sensors UK Limited's patents average 27.6 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 AMS Sensors UK Limited 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 Foreign Corporation

AMS Sensors UK Limited

Q: What technology areas does AMS Sensors UK Limited focus on?

AMS Sensors UK Limited's top technology area is G01J (Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry) with 7 patents, ranking #195 of 1,478 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2023. 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: G01J (Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, AMS ranks #19,443 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 17 technology areas.

#19,443
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.3/100): 27.6
avg claims per patent: +33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19443 · Foreign Corporation #19,443 · 14 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #19,443/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Amber Kinetics
CPC-FOCUS G01J · 17 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 27.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Amber Kinetics, 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 AMS’s 40.3 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 9.4 pts (23%) Velocity 1.3 pts (3%) Breadth 14.6 pts (36%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (37%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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AMS Sensors UK · this assignee

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows AMS's Innovation Score is 40.3/100 (top 36% 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 AMS?

Each dot is one of AMS’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). AMS’s own 27.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where AMS's grants concentrate

AMS Sensors UK Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under G01J (Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (4 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2018. By volume, AMS sits between Amber Kinetics, Inc. and Applied Predictive Technologies, Inc..

AMS's three-year grant acceleration

AMS Sensors UK Limited shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 10 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.

Amber Kinetics

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Applied Predictive

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AMS Sensors UK ◀

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What this shows AMS holds 14 patents at rank #19,420, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near AMS

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,420 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01J (Measurement OF Intensity)

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

AMS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 36% higher than 64% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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AMS Sensors UK Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	2	14.3%
2019	4	28.6%
2020	3	21.4%
2021	3	21.4%
2023	2	14.3%

Which technologies does AMS Sensors UK Limited patent most?

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 7

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 6

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 4

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 3

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 3

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 1

H01K - Electric Incandescent Lamps 1

F41J - TARGETS; Target RANGES; Bullet Catchers 1

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

H03K - Pulse Technique 1

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 1

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 1

G10K - Sound-producing DEVICES; Methods OR Devices FOR Protecting Against, OR FOR Damping, Noise OR Other Acoustic Waves IN GENERAL; Acoustics NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 15 of 17 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

AMS Sensors UK Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

AMS Sensors UK Limited's lead technology class is G01J (Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01J
Ranked #19,443 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare AMS Sensors UK Limited against Amber Kinetics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.3/100 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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