Where does API Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), API Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC ranks #11,918 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 API Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC hold?

API Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC holds 25 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 23 technology areas.

What is API Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC's Innovation Score?

API Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC has an Innovation Score of 40.8 out of 100 (top 35% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is API Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

API Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC'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 API Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC's patents?

API Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC's patents average 21.0 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 API Intellectual Property Holdings, 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

API Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC

Q: What technology areas does API Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC focus on?

API Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC's top technology area is C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture) with 18 patents, ranking #109 of 1,268 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 23 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 25 granted patents across 23 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, API ranks #11,918 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 25 patents across 23 technology areas.

#11,918
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 35%
by Innovation Score (40.8/100): 21.0
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11918 · US Corporation #11,918 · 25 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 25 grants
UPPER-Q #11,918/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Alza
CPC-FOCUS C12P · 23 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Alza 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 API’s 40.8 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 11.3 pts (28%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 17.0 pts (42%) Claim depth 12.6 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
API Intellectual… · this assignee

41
Iris International · near

41
Lamberti SPA · near

41
Mentor Worldwide · near

41
TerraLUX · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows API's Innovation Score is 40.8/100 (top 35% 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 API?

Each dot is one of API’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). API’s own 21.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where API's grants concentrate

API Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 23 CPC subclasses with 72% of grants classified under C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (10 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2019. By volume, API sits between Alza Corporation and Artsana S.p.A..

Alza

25
Apator Miitors APS

25
Apex Industrial

25
Apex Microelectro…

25
Arakawa Chemical…

25
Aramco Services

25
Arkalumen

25
Artsana S p A

25
API Intellectual… ◀

25

What this shows API holds 25 patents at rank #11,903, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near API

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,903 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A De…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for API, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A De…), API ranks #109 of 1,268 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

Mentor Worldwide, LLC 41 TerraLUX, Inc. 41 Iris International, Inc. 41 Lamberti SPA 41

API's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 35% higher than 65% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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API Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	24.0%
2016	10	40.0%
2017	4	16.0%
2018	3	12.0%
2019	2	8.0%

Which technologies does API Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC patent most?

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 18

C13K - Saccharides Obtained From Natural Sources OR BY Hydrolysis OF Naturally Occurring Disaccharides, Oligosaccharides OR Polysaccharides 17

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 17

C08B - POLYSACCHARIDES; Derivatives Thereof 15

C08H - Derivatives OF Natural Macromolecular Compounds 13

D21C - Production OF Cellulose BY Removing Non-cellulose Substances From Cellulose-containing MATERIALS; Regeneration OF Pulping LIQUORS; Apparatus Therefor 11

D21H - Pulp COMPOSITIONS; Preparation Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclasses D21c OR D21D; Impregnating OR Coating OF PAPER; Treatment OF Finished Paper NOT Covered BY Class B31 OR Subclass D21G; Paper NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 9

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 8

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 6

F23G - Cremation FURNACES; Consuming Waste Products BY Combustion 5

C07G - Compounds OF Unknown Constitution 5

C10L - Fuels NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Natural GAS; Synthetic Natural GAS Obtained BY Processes NOT Covered BY Subclasses C10g OR C10K; Liquified Petroleum GAS; USE OF Additives TO Fuels OR FIRES; Fire-lighters 3

D21B - Fibrous RAW Materials OR Their Mechanical Treatment 3

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 2

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 2

Top 15 of 23 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

API Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

API Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC's lead technology class is C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture), 72% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12P
Ranked #11,918 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare API Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC against Alza Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.8/100 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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