Where does Apprentice FS, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Apprentice FS, Inc. ranks #20,749 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 Apprentice FS, Inc. hold?

Apprentice FS, Inc. holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Apprentice FS, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Apprentice FS, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 52.4 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Apprentice FS, Inc. focus on?

Apprentice FS, Inc.'s top technology area is G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General) with 12 patents, ranking #1,062 of 6,389 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is Apprentice FS, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Apprentice FS, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Apprentice FS, Inc.'s patents?

Apprentice FS, Inc.'s patents average 18.5 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 Apprentice FS, 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

Apprentice FS, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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, Apprentice ranks #20,749 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 12 technology areas.

#20,749
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.4/100): 18.5
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20749 · US Corporation #20,749 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #20,749/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH AppBrilliance
CPC-FOCUS G06T · 12 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AppBrilliance, 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 Apprentice’s 52.4 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 9.1 pts (17%) Velocity 20.0 pts (38%) Breadth 12.2 pts (23%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Apprentice FS · this assignee

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What this shows Apprentice's Innovation Score is 52.4/100 (top 10% 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 Apprentice?

Each dot is one of Apprentice’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). Apprentice’s own 18.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Apprentice's grants concentrate

Apprentice FS, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 92.3% of grants classified under G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Apprentice sits between AppBrilliance, Inc. and Aqua Security Software, Ltd..

Apprentice's three-year grant acceleration

Apprentice FS, Inc. shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

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What this shows Apprentice holds 13 patents at rank #20,773, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Apprentice

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,773 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation)

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

Apprentice's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 10% higher than 90% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Apprentice FS, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	1	7.7%
2022	4	30.8%
2023	2	15.4%
2024	4	30.8%
2025partial year	2	15.4%

Which technologies does Apprentice FS, Inc. patent most?

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 12

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 9

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 6

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 5

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 2

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G03G - ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; Magnetography 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 1

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 1

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 1

Top 12 of 12 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

Apprentice FS, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Apprentice FS, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General), 92.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06T
Ranked #20,749 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Apprentice FS, Inc. against AppBrilliance, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.4/100 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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