Where does Apana Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Apana Inc. ranks #25,750 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 Apana Inc. hold?

Apana Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2024, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Apana Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Apana Inc. has an Innovation Score of 33.2 out of 100 (44th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Apana Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Apana Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +50% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Apana Inc.'s patents?

Apana Inc.'s patents average 19.2 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 Apana 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

Apana Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Apana Inc. focus on?

Apana Inc.'s top technology area is Y04S (Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids) with 10 patents, ranking #123 of 943 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2024. 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: Y04S (Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR ).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Apana ranks #25,750 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 10 technology areas.

#25,750
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 44th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.2/100): 19.2
avg claims per patent: +50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25750 · US Corporation #25,750 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #25,750/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ANT Financial (HANG…
CPC-FOCUS Y04S · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ANT Financial (HANG ZHOU) Network Technology Co., Ltd. (±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 Apana’s 33.2 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 8.3 pts (25%) Velocity 2.2 pts (7%) Breadth 11.2 pts (34%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Apana · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Apana's Innovation Score is 33.2/100 (44th 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Apana?

Each dot is one of Apana’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). Apana’s own 19.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Apana's grants concentrate

Apana Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under Y04S (Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR ). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Apana sits between ANT Financial (HANG ZHOU) Network Technology Co., Ltd. and Applied Vision Corporation.

Apana's three-year grant acceleration

Apana Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

ANT Financial (HA…

10
Anthogyr

10
AO Ether

10
Aoptix

10
APEM

10
Aphp (Assistance…

10
Apos Medical Asse…

10
Applied Vision

10
Apana ◀

10

What this shows Apana holds 10 patents at rank #25,693, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Apana

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,693 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y04S (Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network…)

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

Apana's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 44th percentile higher than 44% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2024

Grants by year

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

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Apana Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	2	20.0%
2019	2	20.0%
2020	2	20.0%
2021	2	20.0%
2023	1	10.0%
2024	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Apana Inc. patent most?

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 10

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 10

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 10

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 6

H03F - Amplifiers 6

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 6

H04B - Transmission 6

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

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 4

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 4

Top 10 of 10 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

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

Apana Inc.'s lead technology class is Y04S (Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR ), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y04S
Ranked #25,750 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Apana Inc. against ANT Financial (HANG ZHOU) Network Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.2/100 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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