Where does AOl rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), AOl ranks #2,417 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 AOl hold?

AOl holds 161 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is AOl's Innovation Score?

AOl has an Innovation Score of 47.7 out of 100 (top 18% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does AOl focus on?

AOl's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 100 patents, ranking #383 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

Is AOl's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

AOl's recent grant velocity is -99% 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 AOl's patents?

AOl's patents average 21.3 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 AOl 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

AOl

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 161 granted patents across 24 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Aol ranks #2,417 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 161 patents across 24 technology areas.

#2,417
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.7/100): 21.3
avg claims per patent: -99%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2417 · US Corporation #2,417 · 161 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 161 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,417/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Astellas Pharma
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 24 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -99% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Astellas Pharma 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 Aol’s 47.7 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 17.6 pts (37%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 17.3 pts (36%) Claim depth 12.8 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AOl · this assignee

48
Elevance Renewable… · near

48
Keter Plastic · near

48
Polycom · near

48
Streamlight · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Aol's Innovation Score is 47.7/100 (top 18% 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 Aol?

Each dot is one of Aol’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). Aol’s own 21.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Aol's grants concentrate

AOl is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 62.1% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (66 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2020. By volume, Aol sits between Shiroki Corporation and Graham Packaging Company, L.P..

Shiroki

162
Spin Master

162
Sambanova Systems

162
Thomas & Betts In…

162
Astellas Pharma

161
Elenion

161
Equinix

161
Graham Packaging

161
Aol ◀

161

What this shows AOl holds 161 patents at rank #2,417, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near AOl

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,417 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for AOl, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), AOl ranks #383 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Keter Plastic Ltd. 48 Streamlight, Inc. 48 Polycom, LLC 48 Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc. 48

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (21.3 here).

STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd 21.3 avg Biedermann Technologies GMBH & Co. KG 21.3 avg Lord Corporation 21.3 avg Westport Power Inc. 21.3 avg

Aol's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 18% higher than 82% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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AOl patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	43	26.7%
2016	66	41.0%
2017	50	31.1%
2020	2	1.2%

Which technologies does AOl patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 100

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 89

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 65

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 16

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 14

H04M - Telephonic Communication 14

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 8

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 7

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 3

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 3

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 2

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 2

H04B - Transmission 2

F16N - Lubricating 2

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 1

Top 15 of 24 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

AOl's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

AOl's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 62.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #2,417 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare AOl against Shiroki Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.7/100 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.

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