Where does Apre Instruments, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Apre Instruments, Inc. ranks #34,291 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 Apre Instruments, Inc. hold?

Apre Instruments, Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2022, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Apre Instruments, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Apre Instruments, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 25.8 out of 100 (18th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Apre Instruments, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Apre Instruments, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +33% 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 Apre Instruments, Inc.'s patents?

Apre Instruments, Inc.'s patents average 15.6 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 Apre Instruments, 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

Apre Instruments, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Apre Instruments, Inc. focus on?

Apre Instruments, Inc.'s top technology area is G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours) with 7 patents, ranking #224 of 2,030 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2022. 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: G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Apre ranks #34,291 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 5 technology areas.

#34,291
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 18th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.8/100): 15.6
avg claims per patent: +33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R34291 · US Corporation #34,291 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #34,291/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Applied Recognition
CPC-NARROW G01B · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Applied Recognition Corp. (±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 Apre’s 25.8 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 7.2 pts (28%) Velocity 1.3 pts (5%) Breadth 7.9 pts (31%) Claim depth 9.3 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Apre Instruments · this assignee

26
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Apre's Innovation Score is 25.8/100 (18th percentile 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 Apre?

Each dot is one of Apre’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). Apre’s own 15.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Apre's grants concentrate

Apre Instruments, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Apre sits between Applied Recognition Corp. and Aqdot Limited.

Apre's three-year grant acceleration

Apre Instruments, Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Applied Recogniti…

7
Appotronics China

7
APQ Development

7
APR

7
Apresia Systems

7
Aprofol

7
Aptapharma

7
Aqdot

7
Apre Instruments ◀

7

What this shows Apre holds 7 patents at rank #34,172, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Apre

By rank, the assignees closest to #34,172 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01B (Measuring Length)

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

Apre's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 18th percentile higher than 18% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Apre Instruments, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	14.3%
2019	2	28.6%
2020	3	42.9%
2022	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Apre Instruments, Inc. patent most?

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 7

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

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 1

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Apre Instruments, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Apre Instruments, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01B
Ranked #34,291 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Apre Instruments, Inc. against Applied Recognition Corp., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 25.8/100 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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