Where does APS Technology, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), APS Technology, LLC ranks #7,814 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 APS Technology, LLC hold?

APS Technology, LLC holds 41 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is APS Technology, LLC's Innovation Score?

APS Technology, LLC has an Innovation Score of 43.0 out of 100 (top 29% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is APS Technology, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

APS Technology, LLC's recent grant velocity is -48% 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 APS Technology, LLC's patents?

APS Technology, LLC's patents average 26.5 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 APS Technology, LLC 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

APS Technology, LLC

Q: What technology areas does APS Technology, LLC focus on?

APS Technology, LLC's top technology area is E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells) with 35 patents, ranking #96 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 41 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, APS ranks #7,814 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 41 patents across 16 technology areas.

#7,814
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 29%
by Innovation Score (43.0/100): 26.5
avg claims per patent: -48%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7814 · US Corporation #7,814 · 41 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 41 grants
UPPER-Q #7,814/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Adient Engineering…
CPC-FOCUS E21B · 16 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 26.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -48% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Adient Engineering and IP GmbH (±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 APS’s 43.0 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 12.9 pts (30%) Velocity 0.9 pts (2%) Breadth 14.1 pts (33%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Anheuser-Busch · near

43
APS Technology · this assignee

43
Mahle Engine… · near

43
Nelson Irrigation · near

43
Virtual Incision · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows APS's Innovation Score is 43.0/100 (top 29% 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 APS?

Each dot is one of APS’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). APS’s own 26.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where APS's grants concentrate

APS Technology, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 85.4% of grants classified under E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (11 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, APS sits between Zhuhai Kelitong Electronic Co., Ltd. and Andreas Hettich GmbH & Co. KG.

APS's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, APS Technology, LLC moved from 22 to 3 grants (0.14x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Zhuhai Kelitong

42
nvent Services

42
Agrofresh

41
Altr Solutions

41
Adient Engineerin…

41
Aerostar Internat…

41
Amrita Vishwa Vid…

41
Andreas Hettich &…

41
APS Technology ◀

41

What this shows APS holds 41 patents at rank #7,809, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near APS

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,809 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for APS, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling), APS ranks #96 of 1,363 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

Mahle Engine Systems UK Ltd 43 Nelson Irrigation Corporation 43 Virtual Incision Corporation 43 Anheuser-Busch, LLC 43

APS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 29% higher than 71% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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APS Technology, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	4.9%
2016	4	9.8%
2017	5	12.2%
2018	5	12.2%
2019	11	26.8%
2020	1	2.4%
2021	10	24.4%
2022	1	2.4%
2023	1	2.4%
2024	1	2.4%

Which technologies does APS Technology, LLC patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 35

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 7

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 5

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

G01H - Measurement OF Mechanical Vibrations OR Ultrasonic, Sonic OR Infrasonic Waves 2

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

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 2

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 1

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 1

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 1

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 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

APS Technology, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

APS Technology, LLC's lead technology class is E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells), 85.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #7,814 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare APS Technology, LLC against Zhuhai Kelitong Electronic Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.0/100 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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