Where does Aqtual, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Aqtual, Inc. ranks #28,104 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 Aqtual, Inc. hold?

Aqtual, Inc. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2024 and 2025, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Aqtual, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Aqtual, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 48.0 out of 100 (top 17% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

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

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

Aqtual, Inc.'s patents average 23.2 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 Aqtual, 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

Aqtual, Inc.

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

Aqtual, Inc.'s top technology area is C12Q (Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes) with 9 patents, ranking #499 of 2,502 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2024–2025. 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: C12Q (Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Micr).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Aqtual ranks #28,104 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 3 technology areas.

#28,104
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 17%
by Innovation Score (48.0/100): 23.2
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R28104 · US Corporation #28,104 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #28,104/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Apogee Enterprises
CPC-NARROW C12Q · 3 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2024–2025 · 2y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Apogee Enterprises, 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 Aqtual’s 48.0 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 8.0 pts (17%) Velocity 20.0 pts (42%) Breadth 6.1 pts (13%) Claim depth 13.9 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Aqtual · this assignee

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Aqtual's Innovation Score is 48.0/100 (top 17% 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 Aqtual?

Each dot is one of Aqtual’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). Aqtual’s own 23.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 19.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Aqtual's grants concentrate

Aqtual, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under C12Q (Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Micr). By volume, Aqtual sits between Apogee Enterprises, Inc. and Arable Labs, Inc..

Aqtual's three-year grant acceleration

Aqtual, Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Apogee Enterprises

9
Appalachian Light…

9
Applied Software…

9
Apption Labs

9
Aquanova

9
Aquasource

9
Aquinox Pharmaceu…

9
Arable Labs

9
Aqtual ◀

9

What this shows Aqtual holds 9 patents at rank #28,139, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Aqtual

By rank, the assignees closest to #28,139 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12Q (Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes)

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

Aqtual's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 17% higher than 83% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2024–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2024–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Aqtual, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2024	4	44.4%
2025partial year	5	55.6%

Which technologies does Aqtual, Inc. patent most?

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 9

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 6

G16B - Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology 3

Top 3 of 3 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

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

Aqtual, Inc.'s lead technology class is C12Q (Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Micr), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12Q
Ranked #28,104 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Aqtual, Inc. against Apogee Enterprises, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.0/100 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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