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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Applied Spectra, Inc. ranks #23,886 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 Spectra, Inc. hold?

Applied Spectra, Inc. holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Applied Spectra, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Applied Spectra, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 36.0 out of 100 (top 48% 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 Spectra, Inc. focus on?

Applied Spectra, Inc.'s top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 11 patents, ranking #1,329 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

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

Applied Spectra, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +20% 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 Applied Spectra, Inc.'s patents?

Applied Spectra, Inc.'s patents average 15.4 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 Spectra, 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 Spectra, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Applied ranks #23,886 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 4 technology areas.

#23,886
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 48%
by Innovation Score (36.0/100): 15.4
avg claims per patent: +20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23886 · US Corporation #23,886 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #23,886/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Apnicure
CPC-NARROW G01N · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +20% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Apnicure, 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 Applied’s 36.0 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 8.6 pts (24%) Velocity 11.1 pts (31%) Breadth 7.1 pts (20%) Claim depth 9.3 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Applied Spectra · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Applied's Innovation Score is 36.0/100 (top 48% 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 15.4 claims/patent is at or below the 20.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Applied's grants concentrate

Applied Spectra, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Applied sits between Apnicure, Inc. and Arelac, Inc..

Applied's three-year grant acceleration

Applied Spectra, Inc. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Apnicure

11
Apogee Semiconduc…

11
Apollo Autonomous…

11
Appliance Computi…

11
Apyx Medical

11
Arbor Lllp

11
Arcellx

11
Arelac

11
Applied Spectra ◀

11

What this shows Applied holds 11 patents at rank #23,920, 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 #23,920 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

Applied's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 48% higher than 52% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

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 Spectra, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	9.1%
2016	1	9.1%
2017	1	9.1%
2019	2	18.2%
2021	1	9.1%
2022	2	18.2%
2023	3	27.3%

Which technologies does Applied Spectra, Inc. patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 11

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 9

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 7

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 4

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Applied Spectra, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #23,886 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Applied Spectra, Inc. against Apnicure, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.0/100 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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