Where does Apparatus LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Apparatus LLC ranks #3,523 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 Apparatus LLC hold?

Apparatus LLC holds 104 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Apparatus LLC's Innovation Score?

Apparatus LLC has an Innovation Score of 31.8 out of 100 (39th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Apparatus LLC focus on?

Apparatus LLC's top technology area is E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors) with 2 patents. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Apparatus LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Apparatus LLC's recent grant velocity is -40% 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 Apparatus LLC's patents?

Apparatus LLC's patents average 1.5 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 Apparatus 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

Apparatus LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 104 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Apparatus ranks #3,523 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 104 patents across 5 technology areas.

#3,523
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 39th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.8/100): 1.5
avg claims per patent: -40%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3523 · US Corporation #3,523 · 104 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 104 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,523/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ADC Telecommunications
CPC-NARROW E04F · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.8/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 1.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -40% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ADC Telecommunications, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
CHO Pharma · near

32
Clairson · near

32
ZEN Design Solutions · near

32
Apparatus · this assignee

32
Imaging Services · near

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Apparatus's Innovation Score is 31.8/100 (39th 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.

Where Apparatus's grants concentrate

Apparatus LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 1.9% of grants classified under E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (24 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Apparatus sits between Versitech Limited and Comscore, Inc..

Apparatus's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Apparatus LLC moved from 31 to 32 grants (1.03x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,099. See the growth leaderboard.

Versitech

105
Xiamen Leedarson…

105
Zhejiang Orient G…

105
ADC Telecommunica…

104
Aptar Radolfzell

104
Axcelis

104
Benq

104
Comscore

104
Apparatus ◀

104

What this shows Apparatus holds 104 patents at rank #3,523, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Apparatus

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,523 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (32 here).

Electronic Imaging Services, Inc. 32 ZEN Design Solutions Limited 32 Clairson, Inc. 32 CHO Pharma, Inc. 32

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (1.5 here).

Shenzhen Verdewell Technology Limited 1.5 avg Garant GP 1.5 avg Christian Dior Couture 1.5 avg Cartier International AG 1.5 avg

Apparatus's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 39th percentile higher than 39% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Apparatus LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	4	3.8%
2017	18	17.3%
2018	19	18.3%
2019	24	23.1%
2020	1	1.0%
2021	6	5.8%
2022	15	14.4%
2023	14	13.5%
2024	3	2.9%

Which technologies does Apparatus LLC patent most?

E04F - Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors 2

A47G - Household OR Table Equipment 2

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 1

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 1

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 1

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,523

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

31.8 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

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

Apparatus LLC's lead technology class is E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors), 1.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E04F
Ranked #3,523 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Apparatus LLC against Versitech Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.8/100 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

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.