Where does AMS Trace Metals, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), AMS Trace Metals, Inc. ranks #22,179 of 50,000 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 Trace Metals, Inc. hold?

AMS Trace Metals, Inc. holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is AMS Trace Metals, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

AMS Trace Metals, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 42.6 out of 100 (top 30% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is AMS Trace Metals, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

AMS Trace Metals, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +300% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for AMS Trace Metals, Inc.'s patents?

AMS Trace Metals, Inc.'s patents average 23.3 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 AMS Trace Metals, 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

AMS Trace Metals, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does AMS Trace Metals, Inc. focus on?

AMS Trace Metals, Inc.'s top technology area is G01N (INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES) with 10 patents. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: G01N (INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, AMS ranks #22,179 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 6 technology areas.

#22,179
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 30%
by Innovation Score (42.6/100): 23.3
avg claims per patent: +300%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22179 · US Corporation #22,179 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,179/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH AML SYSTEMS
CPC-NARROW G01N · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +300% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AML Systems (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AMS Trace Metals · this assignee

43
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows AMS's Innovation Score is 42.6/100 (top 30% 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.

Where AMS's grants concentrate

AMS Trace Metals, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under G01N (INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, AMS sits between AML Systems and Anyon Systems Inc..

AML Systems

12
AMO Manufacturing…

12
AMP Plus

12
Amplitude

12
AMT

12
Anhui Meizhi Prec…

12
Anteis

12
Anyon Systems

12
AMS Trace Metals ◀

12

What this shows AMS holds 12 patents at rank #22,145, 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 #22,145 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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)

43 Top 30% higher than 70% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

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 Trace Metals, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	2	16.7%
2020	1	8.3%
2021	2	16.7%
2022	1	8.3%
2023	3	25.0%
2024	1	8.3%
2025partial year	2	16.7%

Which technologies does AMS Trace Metals, Inc. patent most?

G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES 10

Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION 4

B03C - MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS 3

C02F - TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE 2

Y02A - TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE 2

C22B - PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS ; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#22,179

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

42.6 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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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