Where does Aplix rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Aplix ranks #6,736 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 Aplix hold?

Aplix holds 49 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is Aplix's Innovation Score?

Aplix has an Innovation Score of 46.1 out of 100 (top 21% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Aplix focus on?

Aplix's top technology area is A44B (Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, OR THE Like) with 31 patents. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

Is Aplix's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Aplix's recent grant velocity is +0% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Aplix's patents?

Aplix's patents average 16.8 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 Aplix 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

Aplix

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 49 granted patents across 19 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: A44B (Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, OR THE Like).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Aplix ranks #6,736 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 49 patents across 19 technology areas.

#6,736
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 21%
by Innovation Score (46.1/100): 16.8
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6736 · Foreign Corporation #6,736 · 49 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 49 grants
UPPER-Q #6,736/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Agfa Graphics
CPC-FOCUS A44B · 19 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Agfa Graphics NV (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Higher Ground · near

46
Ada-es · near

46
Aplix · this assignee

46
Bauer Maschinen · near

46
Fuji Machine MFG · near

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Aplix's Innovation Score is 46.1/100 (top 21% 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.

Where Aplix's grants concentrate

Aplix is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 63.3% of grants classified under A44B (Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, OR THE Like). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (8 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2018. By volume, Aplix sits between A.L.M.T. Corp. and Bosch Corporation.

Aplix's three-year grant acceleration

Aplix shows 15 grants in 2022–2024 against only 14 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.

A L M T

49
Agfa Graphics

49
Agjunction

49
Andritz OY

49
Astute Medical

49
Beyond Twenty

49
Bobrick Washroom…

49
Bosch

49
Aplix ◀

49

What this shows Aplix holds 49 patents at rank #6,736, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Aplix

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,736 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A44B (Buttons)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Aplix, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

Bauer Maschinen GmbH 46 Ada-es, Inc. 46 Fuji Machine MFG. Co., Ltd. 46 Higher Ground LLC 46

Aplix's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 21% higher than 79% 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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Aplix patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	12.2%
2016	6	12.2%
2017	3	6.1%
2018	2	4.1%
2019	6	12.2%
2020	5	10.2%
2021	3	6.1%
2022	8	16.3%
2023	3	6.1%
2024	4	8.2%
2025partial year	3	6.1%

Which technologies does Aplix patent most?

A44B - Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, OR THE Like 31

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 27

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 21

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 20

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 20

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 16

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 14

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 5

D04H - Making Textile Fabrics, e.g. From Fibres OR Filamentary Material ; Fabrics Made BY Such Processes OR Apparatus, e.g. Felts, Non-woven FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; Wadding ; ; Non-woven Fabrics From Staple Fibres, Filaments OR Yarns, Bonded With AT Least ONE Web-like Material During Their Consolidation 5

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 3

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 2

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 2

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 1

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 15 of 19 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#6,736

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

46.1 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Aplix's lead technology class is A44B (Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, OR THE Like), 63.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A44B
Ranked #6,736 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Aplix against A.L.M.T. Corp., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.1/100 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

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.