Where does AP&C Advanced Powders & Coatings Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), AP&C Advanced Powders & Coatings Inc. ranks #38,809 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 AP&C Advanced Powders & Coatings Inc. hold?

AP&C Advanced Powders & Coatings Inc. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is AP&C Advanced Powders & Coatings Inc.'s Innovation Score?

AP&C Advanced Powders & Coatings Inc. has an Innovation Score of 51.1 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does AP&C Advanced Powders & Coatings Inc. focus on?

AP&C Advanced Powders & Coatings Inc.'s top technology area is Y02P (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods) with 6 patents, ranking #1,145 of 4,985 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is AP&C Advanced Powders & Coatings Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for AP&C Advanced Powders & Coatings Inc..

What does claim depth mean for AP&C Advanced Powders & Coatings Inc.'s patents?

AP&C Advanced Powders & Coatings Inc.'s patents average 27.7 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 AP&C Advanced Powders & Coatings 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 Foreign Corporation

AP&C Advanced Powders & Coatings Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: Y02P (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ap&c ranks #38,809 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 7 technology areas.

#38,809
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (51.1/100): 27.7
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R38809 · Foreign Corporation #38,809 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #38,809/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Anomatic
CPC-NARROW Y02P · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 27.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Anomatic Corporation (±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 Ap&c’s 51.1 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 6.7 pts (13%) Velocity 20.0 pts (39%) Breadth 9.4 pts (18%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (29%)

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What this shows Ap&c's Innovation Score is 51.1/100 (top 12% 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 Ap&c?

Each dot is one of Ap&c’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). Ap&c’s own 27.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Ap&c's grants concentrate

AP&C Advanced Powders & Coatings Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under Y02P (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Ap&c sits between Anomatic Corporation and Appdome Ltd..

Ap&c's three-year grant acceleration

AP&C Advanced Powders & Coatings Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

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What this shows AP&C holds 6 patents at rank #38,655, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near AP&C

By rank, the assignees closest to #38,655 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02P (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production…)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in AP&C's primary technology class.

Ap&c's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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AP&C Advanced Powders & Coatings Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	1	16.7%
2022	2	33.3%
2023	1	16.7%
2025partial year	2	33.3%

Which technologies does AP&C Advanced Powders & Coatings Inc. patent most?

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 6

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 6

C22C - Alloys 2

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 1

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 1

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 1

Top 7 of 7 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

AP&C Advanced Powders & Coatings Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

AP&C Advanced Powders & Coatings Inc.'s lead technology class is Y02P (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02P
Ranked #38,809 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare AP&C Advanced Powders & Coatings Inc. against Anomatic Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.1/100 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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