Where does Appvance Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Appvance Inc. ranks #12,349 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 Appvance Inc. hold?

Appvance Inc. holds 24 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Appvance Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Appvance Inc. has an Innovation Score of 36.3 out of 100 (top 47% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Appvance Inc. focus on?

Appvance Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 7 patents, ranking #4,773 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

Is Appvance Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Appvance Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -56% 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 Appvance Inc.'s patents?

Appvance Inc.'s patents average 15.5 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 Appvance 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

Appvance Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 24 granted patents across 16 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Appvance ranks #12,349 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 24 patents across 16 technology areas.

#12,349
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 47%
by Innovation Score (36.3/100): 15.5
avg claims per patent: -56%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12349 · US Corporation #12,349 · 24 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 24 grants
UPPER-Q #12,349/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Allseating
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 16 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -56% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Allseating Corporation (±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 Appvance’s 36.3 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 11.1 pts (31%) Velocity 1.7 pts (5%) Breadth 14.1 pts (39%) Claim depth 9.3 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Appvance · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Appvance's Innovation Score is 36.3/100 (top 47% 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 Appvance?

Each dot is one of Appvance’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). Appvance’s own 15.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Appvance's grants concentrate

Appvance Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 29.2% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (6 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2017. By volume, Appvance sits between Allseating Corporation and Avigilon Patent Holding 1 Corporation.

Appvance's three-year grant acceleration

Appvance Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Allseating

24
Allway Tools

24
Alphamicron Incor…

24
Amtab Manufacturi…

24
Arcutis Biotherap…

24
Arrow Internation…

24
Assia Chemical In…

24
Avigilon Patent H…

24
Appvance ◀

24

What this shows Appvance holds 24 patents at rank #12,339, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Appvance

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,339 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Appvance's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 47% higher than 53% 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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Appvance Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	25.0%
2016	3	12.5%
2017	2	8.3%
2018	2	8.3%
2019	3	12.5%
2020	2	8.3%
2021	3	12.5%
2022	2	8.3%
2025partial year	1	4.2%

Which technologies does Appvance Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 7

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 5

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 4

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 4

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 3

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

F27D - Details OR Accessories OF Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts, IN SO FAR AS They ARE OF Kinds Occurring IN More Than ONE Kind OF Furnace 2

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 2

C22C - Alloys 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

F21K - Non-electric Light Sources Using LUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using Charges OF Combustible MATERIAL; Light Sources Using Semiconductor Devices AS Light-generating ELEMENTS; Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

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 1

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

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 1

Top 15 of 16 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

Appvance Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Appvance Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 29.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #12,349 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Appvance Inc. against Allseating Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.3/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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