Where does Appleton GRP LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Appleton GRP LLC ranks #4,319 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 Appleton GRP LLC hold?

Appleton GRP LLC holds 82 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 40 technology areas.

What is Appleton GRP LLC's Innovation Score?

Appleton GRP LLC has an Innovation Score of 51.3 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Appleton GRP LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Appleton GRP LLC's recent grant velocity is +96% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Appleton GRP LLC's patents?

Appleton GRP LLC's patents average 12.9 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 Appleton GRP 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

Appleton GRP LLC

Q: What technology areas does Appleton GRP LLC focus on?

Appleton GRP LLC's top technology area is F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 22 patents, ranking #117 of 1,842 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 40 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 82 granted patents across 40 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Appleton ranks #4,319 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 82 patents across 40 technology areas.

#4,319
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (51.3/100): 12.9
avg claims per patent: +96%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4319 · US Corporation #4,319 · 82 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 82 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,319/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Acucela
CPC-WIDE F21V · 40 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +96% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Acucela 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 Appleton’s 51.3 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 15.3 pts (30%) Velocity 5.9 pts (11%) Breadth 22.4 pts (44%) Claim depth 7.8 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ancestry com… · near

51
Appleton GRP · this assignee

51
Indium · near

51
Persimmon · near

51
Hill's Pet Nutrition · near

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Appleton's Innovation Score is 51.3/100 (top 12% 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 Appleton?

Each dot is one of Appleton’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). Appleton’s own 12.9 claims/patent is at or below the 16.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Appleton's grants concentrate

Appleton GRP LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 40 CPC subclasses with 26.8% of grants classified under F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (15 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2017. By volume, Appleton sits between Vonage Business Inc. and Balluff GMBH.

Appleton's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Appleton GRP LLC moved from 35 to 31 grants (0.89x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Vonage Business

83
Winston Products

83
Yellowpages COM

83
Acucela

82
Airoha Technology

82
Andersen

82
Antares Pharma

82
Balluff

82
Appleton GRP ◀

82

What this shows Appleton holds 82 patents at rank #4,316, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Appleton

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,316 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Sys…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Appleton, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Sys…), Appleton ranks #117 of 1,842 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

Ancestry.com Operations Inc. 51 Persimmon Technologies Corporation 51 Indium Corporation 51 Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. 51

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.9 here).

Elite Semiconductor Memory Technology Inc. 12.9 avg Dspace GMBH 12.9 avg Conmed Corporation 12.9 avg Crosman Corporation 12.9 avg

Appleton's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

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

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Appleton GRP LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	6	7.3%
2017	3	3.7%
2018	5	6.1%
2019	13	15.9%
2020	7	8.5%
2021	15	18.3%
2022	12	14.6%
2023	12	14.6%
2024	7	8.5%
2025partial year	2	2.4%

Which technologies does Appleton GRP LLC patent most?

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 22

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 17

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 15

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 10

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 9

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 8

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 7

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 7

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 7

H02B - Boards, Substations OR Switching Arrangements FOR THE Supply OR Distribution OF Electric Power 7

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 5

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 5

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 4

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 3

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 3

Top 15 of 40 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

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

Appleton GRP LLC's lead technology class is F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 26.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21V
Ranked #4,319 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Appleton GRP LLC against Vonage Business Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.3/100 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

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