Where does Apci LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Apci LLC ranks #20,741 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 Apci LLC hold?

Apci LLC holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Apci LLC's Innovation Score?

Apci LLC has an Innovation Score of 27.5 out of 100 (24th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Apci LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Apci LLC's recent grant velocity is -14% 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 Apci LLC's patents?

Apci LLC's patents average 11.9 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 Apci LLC 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

Apci LLC

Q: What technology areas does Apci LLC focus on?

Apci LLC's top technology area is 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) with 13 patents, ranking #140 of 1,623 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Apci ranks #20,741 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 5 technology areas.

#20,741
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 24th percentile
by Innovation Score (27.5/100): 11.9
avg claims per patent: -14%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20741 · US Corporation #20,741 · 13 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #20,741/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH AMS Sensors Belgium…
CPC-NARROW B23K · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.5/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -14% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AMS Sensors Belgium Bvba (±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 Apci’s 27.5 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 9.1 pts (33%) Velocity 3.3 pts (12%) Breadth 7.9 pts (29%) Claim depth 7.2 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Apci · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Apci's Innovation Score is 27.5/100 (24th 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 Apci?

Each dot is one of Apci’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). Apci’s own 11.9 claims/patent is at or below the 15.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Apci's grants concentrate

Apci LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Apci sits between AMS Sensors Belgium Bvba and Aqua Metals Inc..

Apci's three-year grant acceleration

Apci LLC shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

AMS Sensors Belgi…

13
Andritz Hydro

13
Anhui Inno-sign I…

13
Anue Systems

13
API Healthcare

13
Apollo Precision…

13
Applied Brain Res…

13
Aqua Metals

13
Apci ◀

13

What this shows Apci holds 13 patents at rank #20,712, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Apci

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,712 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B23K (Soldering OR Unsoldering)

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

Apci's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 24th percentile higher than 24% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Apci LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	7.7%
2016	2	15.4%
2017	2	15.4%
2018	2	15.4%
2020	3	23.1%
2021	1	7.7%
2022	1	7.7%
2023	1	7.7%

Which technologies does Apci LLC patent most?

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 13

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 7

F01D - Non-positive Displacement Machines OR Engines, e.g. Steam Turbines 1

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 5 of 5 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

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

Apci LLC's lead technology class is 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), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B23K
Ranked #20,741 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Apci LLC against AMS Sensors Belgium Bvba, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.5/100 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

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