Where does Aptera Motors Corp. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Aptera Motors Corp. ranks #28,102 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 Aptera Motors Corp. hold?

Aptera Motors Corp. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Aptera Motors Corp.'s Innovation Score?

Aptera Motors Corp. has an Innovation Score of 28.8 out of 100 (28th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Aptera Motors Corp. focus on?

Aptera Motors Corp.'s top technology area is B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers) with 2 patents, ranking #691 of 1,368 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Aptera Motors Corp.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Aptera Motors Corp..

What does claim depth mean for Aptera Motors Corp.'s patents?

Aptera Motors Corp.'s patents average 3.7 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 Aptera Motors Corp. 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

Aptera Motors Corp.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 6 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: B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Aptera ranks #28,102 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 6 technology areas.

#28,102
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 28th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.8/100): 3.7
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R28102 · US Corporation #28,102 · 9 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #28,102/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH API Market
CPC-NARROW B62D · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.8/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 3.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: API Market, 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 Aptera’s 28.8 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 8.0 pts (28%) Velocity 10.0 pts (35%) Breadth 8.7 pts (30%) Claim depth 2.2 pts (8%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Aptera Motors · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Aptera's Innovation Score is 28.8/100 (28th 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 Aptera?

Each dot is one of Aptera’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). Aptera’s own 3.7 claims/patent is at or below the 18.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Aptera's grants concentrate

Aptera Motors Corp. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 22.2% of grants classified under B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Aptera sits between API Market, Inc. and Archerdx, LLC.

Aptera's three-year grant acceleration

Aptera Motors Corp. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

API Market

9
Aposense

9
Appnomic Systems…

9
APR Applied Pharm…

9
Apttex

9
Aquagen AS

9
Aquion Energy

9
Archerdx

9
Aptera Motors ◀

9

What this shows Aptera holds 9 patents at rank #28,028, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Aptera

By rank, the assignees closest to #28,028 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B62D (Motor Vehicles)

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

Aptera's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 28th percentile higher than 28% 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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Aptera Motors Corp. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	2	22.2%
2023	1	11.1%
2024	2	22.2%
2025partial year	4	44.4%

Which technologies does Aptera Motors Corp. patent most?

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 2

B60H - Arrangements OF Heating, Cooling, Ventilating OR Other Air-treating Devices Specially Adapted FOR Passenger OR Goods Spaces OF Vehicles 2

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

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 1

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Aptera Motors Corp.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Aptera Motors Corp.'s lead technology class is B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers), 22.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B62D
Ranked #28,102 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Aptera Motors Corp. against API Market, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.8/100 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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