Where does Apogee Enterprises, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Apogee Enterprises, Inc. ranks #28,095 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 Apogee Enterprises, Inc. hold?

Apogee Enterprises, Inc. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Apogee Enterprises, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Apogee Enterprises, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 28.9 out of 100 (29th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Apogee Enterprises, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -20% 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 Apogee Enterprises, Inc.'s patents?

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.'s patents average 16.0 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 Apogee Enterprises, Inc. 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

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Apogee Enterprises, Inc. focus on?

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.'s top technology area is C03C (Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other Materials) with 6 patents, ranking #95 of 498 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: C03C (Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other MA).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Apogee ranks #28,095 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 8 technology areas.

#28,095
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 29th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.9/100): 16.0
avg claims per patent: -20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R28095 · US Corporation #28,095 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #28,095/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Annexon
CPC-NARROW C03C · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -20% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Annexon, 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 Apogee’s 28.9 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 8.0 pts (28%) Velocity 1.3 pts (4%) Breadth 10.0 pts (35%) Claim depth 9.6 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Apogee Enterprises · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Apogee's Innovation Score is 28.9/100 (29th 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 Apogee?

Each dot is one of Apogee’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). Apogee’s own 16.0 claims/patent is at or below the 19.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Apogee's grants concentrate

Apogee Enterprises, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under C03C (Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other MA). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Apogee sits between Annexon, Inc. and Aqtual, Inc..

Apogee's three-year grant acceleration

Apogee Enterprises, Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Annexon

9
Ansorg

9
Antisense Therape…

9
Aphios

9
Appalachian Light…

9
Applied Software…

9
Apption Labs

9
Aqtual

9
Apogee Enterprises ◀

9

What this shows Apogee holds 9 patents at rank #28,135, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Apogee

By rank, the assignees closest to #28,135 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C03C (Chemical Composition OF Glasses)

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

Apogee's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 29th percentile higher than 29% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Apogee Enterprises, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	22.2%
2017	1	11.1%
2019	2	22.2%
2020	2	22.2%
2021	1	11.1%
2022	1	11.1%

Which technologies does Apogee Enterprises, Inc. patent most?

C03C - Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other Materials 6

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 5

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 4

C22C - Alloys 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 2

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.'s lead technology class is C03C (Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other MA), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C03C
Ranked #28,095 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Apogee Enterprises, Inc. against Annexon, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.9/100 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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