Where does Applied Research Associates, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Applied Research Associates, Inc. ranks #4,654 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 Applied Research Associates, Inc. hold?

Applied Research Associates, Inc. holds 75 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 55 technology areas.

What is Applied Research Associates, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Applied Research Associates, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 61.8 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Applied Research Associates, Inc. focus on?

Applied Research Associates, Inc.'s top technology area is G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General) with 22 patents, ranking #654 of 6,389 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 55 CPC subclasses total.

Is Applied Research Associates, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Applied Research Associates, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +58% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Applied Research Associates, Inc.'s patents?

Applied Research Associates, Inc.'s patents average 18.6 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 Applied Research Associates, 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

Applied Research Associates, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 75 granted patents across 55 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: G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Applied ranks #4,654 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 75 patents across 55 technology areas.

#4,654
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.8/100): 18.6
avg claims per patent: +58%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4654 · US Corporation #4,654 · 75 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 75 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,654/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ansaldo Energia IP UK
CPC-WIDE G06T · 55 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +58% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ansaldo Energia IP UK Limited (±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 Applied’s 61.8 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 15.0 pts (24%) Velocity 10.7 pts (17%) Breadth 25.0 pts (40%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Fronius International · near

62
Applied Research… · this assignee

62
HTC · near

62
Institut National… · near

62
Sony Mobile… · near

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Applied's Innovation Score is 61.8/100 (top 3% 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 Applied?

Each dot is one of Applied’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). Applied’s own 18.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Applied's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Applied Research Associates, Inc. received 41 grants versus 26 in 2015–2019 (+58% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 15 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 1. Lead class G06T accounts for 29.3% of the portfolio across 55 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Valeo Comfort AND Driving Assistance (#4,652) and Becton Dickinson Rowa Germany GmbH (#4,660).

Applied's three-year grant acceleration

Applied Research Associates, Inc. shows 29 grants in 2022–2024 against only 18 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.

Valeo Comfort AND…

76
Ansaldo Energia I…

75
Arthrosurface Inc…

75
Assia SPE

75
Beekenkamp Plants…

75
BEN Gurion Univer…

75
Ball Aerospace &

75
Becton Dickinson…

75
Applied Research… ◀

75

What this shows Applied holds 75 patents at rank #4,656, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Applied

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,656 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Applied, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation), Applied ranks #654 of 6,389 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

HTC Corporation 62 Fronius International GmbH 62 Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM) 62 Sony Mobile Communications Inc. 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.6 here).

Rackspace US, Inc. 18.6 avg Adesto Technologies Corporation 18.6 avg Sofradim Production 18.6 avg ICT Integrated Circuit Testing Gesellschaft für Halbleiterprüftechnik mbH 18.6 avg

Applied's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

62 Top 3% higher than 97% 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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Applied Research Associates, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	1.3%
2016	2	2.7%
2017	9	12.0%
2018	8	10.7%
2019	6	8.0%
2020	4	5.3%
2021	8	10.7%
2022	6	8.0%
2023	8	10.7%
2024	15	20.0%
2025partial year	8	10.7%

Which technologies does Applied Research Associates, Inc. patent most?

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 22

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 20

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 19

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 13

C10G - Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GASES; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting OF HYDROCARBONS; Reforming OF NAPHTHA; Mineral Waxes 10

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 7

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 7

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 7

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 7

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 6

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 6

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 6

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 6

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 5

B01D - Separation 5

Top 15 of 55 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

Applied Research Associates, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Applied Research Associates, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General), 29.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06T
Ranked #4,654 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Applied Research Associates, Inc. against Valeo Comfort AND Driving Assistance, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.8/100 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

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