Where does Apic Yamada Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Apic Yamada Corporation ranks #23,877 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 Apic Yamada Corporation hold?

Apic Yamada Corporation holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Apic Yamada Corporation's Innovation Score?

Apic Yamada Corporation has an Innovation Score of 39.1 out of 100 (top 39% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Apic Yamada Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Apic Yamada Corporation's recent grant velocity is -71% 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 Apic Yamada Corporation's patents?

Apic Yamada Corporation's patents average 11.0 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 Apic Yamada Corporation 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

Apic Yamada Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Apic Yamada Corporation focus on?

Apic Yamada Corporation's top technology area is 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) with 9 patents, ranking #675 of 4,378 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Apic ranks #23,877 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 9 technology areas.

#23,877
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 39%
by Innovation Score (39.1/100): 11.0
avg claims per patent: -71%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23877 · Foreign Corporation #23,877 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #23,877/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH AON Global Operation…
CPC-NARROW B29C · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -71% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AON Global Operations Ltd (SINGAPORE BRANCH) (±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 Apic’s 39.1 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 8.6 pts (22%) Velocity 13.3 pts (34%) Breadth 10.6 pts (27%) Claim depth 6.6 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Apic Yamada · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Apic's Innovation Score is 39.1/100 (top 39% 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 Apic?

Each dot is one of Apic’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). Apic’s own 11.0 claims/patent is at or below the 16.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Apic's grants concentrate

Apic Yamada Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 81.8% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Apic sits between AON Global Operations Ltd (SINGAPORE BRANCH) and Aquaporin A/S.

Apic's three-year grant acceleration

Apic Yamada Corporation shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

AON Global Operat…

11
AP Specialties

11
Apeiron Biologics

11
APG Polytech

11
Apogee Technology…

11
Applied Biomimeti…

11
Applied Concepts

11
Aquaporin A/S

11
Apic Yamada ◀

11

What this shows Apic holds 11 patents at rank #23,819, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Apic

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,819 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF Plastics)

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

Apic's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 39% higher than 61% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Apic Yamada Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	27.3%
2016	1	9.1%
2017	3	27.3%
2023	1	9.1%
2024	1	9.1%
2025partial year	2	18.2%

Which technologies does Apic Yamada Corporation patent most?

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 9

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 7

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 5

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 2

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 1

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Apic Yamada Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Apic Yamada Corporation's lead technology class is 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), 81.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B29C
Ranked #23,877 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Apic Yamada Corporation against AON Global Operations Ltd (SINGAPORE BRANCH), an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.1/100 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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