Where does APL Norway AS rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), APL Norway AS ranks #30,851 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 APL Norway AS hold?

APL Norway AS holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is APL Norway AS's Innovation Score?

APL Norway AS has an Innovation Score of 44.4 out of 100 (top 26% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does APL Norway AS focus on?

APL Norway AS's top technology area is B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping) with 8 patents, ranking #97 of 645 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is APL Norway AS's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for APL Norway AS.

What does claim depth mean for APL Norway AS's patents?

APL Norway AS's patents average 13.5 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 APL Norway AS 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

APL Norway AS

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2025. 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: B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, APL ranks #30,851 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 6 technology areas.

#30,851
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 26%
by Innovation Score (44.4/100): 13.5
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R30851 · Foreign Corporation #30,851 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #30,851/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH AOI (Advanced…
CPC-NARROW B63B · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2022–2025 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AOI (Advanced Oilfield Innovations, Inc.) (±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 APL’s 44.4 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 7.6 pts (17%) Velocity 20.0 pts (45%) Breadth 8.7 pts (20%) Claim depth 8.1 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
APL Norway AS · this assignee

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows APL's Innovation Score is 44.4/100 (top 26% 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 APL?

Each dot is one of APL’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). APL’s own 13.5 claims/patent is at or below the 15.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where APL's grants concentrate

APL Norway AS is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, APL sits between AOI (Advanced Oilfield Innovations, Inc.) and Aptar Italia S.P.A..

APL's three-year grant acceleration

APL Norway AS shows 7 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.

AOI (Advanced Oil…

8
AP Biosciences

8
Apeptico Forschun…

8
Apex Health Care…

8
APM Automation So…

8
Applied Stemcell

8
Apricorn

8
Aptar Italia S P A

8
APL Norway AS ◀

8

What this shows APL holds 8 patents at rank #30,785, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near APL

By rank, the assignees closest to #30,785 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne Vessels)

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

APL's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 26% higher than 74% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2022–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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APL Norway AS patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	3	37.5%
2023	3	37.5%
2024	1	12.5%
2025partial year	1	12.5%

Which technologies does APL Norway AS patent most?

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 8

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

F03D - Wind Motors 1

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 1

F05B - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Wind, Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like Motors, TO Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids Covered BY Subclasses F03b, F03d AND F03g 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

APL Norway AS's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

APL Norway AS's lead technology class is B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B63B
Ranked #30,851 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare APL Norway AS against AOI (Advanced Oilfield Innovations, Inc.), an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.4/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.