Where does Ansaldo STS USA, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ansaldo STS USA, Inc. ranks #44,738 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 Ansaldo STS USA, Inc. hold?

Ansaldo STS USA, Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Ansaldo STS USA, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Ansaldo STS USA, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 20.9 out of 100 (8th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Ansaldo STS USA, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ansaldo STS USA, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Ansaldo STS USA, Inc.'s patents?

Ansaldo STS USA, Inc.'s patents average 14.4 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 Ansaldo STS USA, 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

Ansaldo STS USA, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Ansaldo STS USA, Inc. focus on?

Ansaldo STS USA, Inc.'s top technology area is B61L (Guiding Railway TRAFFIC; Ensuring THE Safety OF Railway Traffic) with 4 patents. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: B61L (Guiding Railway TRAFFIC; Ensuring THE Safety OF Railway Traffic).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ansaldo ranks #44,738 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 3 technology areas.

#44,738
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 8th percentile
by Innovation Score (20.9/100): 14.4
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R44738 · US Corporation #44,738 · 5 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
LOWER-Q #44,738/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Anode IP
CPC-NARROW B61L · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 20.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Anode IP LLC (±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
Ansaldo STS USA · this assignee

21
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ansaldo's Innovation Score is 20.9/100 (8th 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.

Where Ansaldo's grants concentrate

Ansaldo STS USA, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under B61L (Guiding Railway TRAFFIC; Ensuring THE Safety OF Railway Traffic). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Ansaldo sits between Anode IP LLC and Antheon Research, Inc..

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5

What this shows Ansaldo holds 5 patents at rank #44,892, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ansaldo

By rank, the assignees closest to #44,892 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B61L (Guiding Railway Traffic)

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

Ansaldo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

21 8th percentile higher than 8% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Ansaldo STS USA, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	80.0%
2017	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Ansaldo STS USA, Inc. patent most?

B61L - Guiding Railway TRAFFIC; Ensuring THE Safety OF Railway Traffic 4

B60T - Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted Movement OF VEHICLES; Vehicle Modifications TO Facilitate Cooling OF Brakes 2

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 3 of 3 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#44,738

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

20.9 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Ansaldo STS USA, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ansaldo STS USA, Inc.'s lead technology class is B61L (Guiding Railway TRAFFIC; Ensuring THE Safety OF Railway Traffic), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B61L
Ranked #44,738 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ansaldo STS USA, Inc. against Anode IP LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 20.9/100 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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