Where does Architecture Technology Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Architecture Technology Corporation ranks #1,675 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 Architecture Technology Corporation hold?

Architecture Technology Corporation holds 245 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 25 technology areas.

What is Architecture Technology Corporation's Innovation Score?

Architecture Technology Corporation has an Innovation Score of 55.7 out of 100 (top 7% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Architecture Technology Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Architecture Technology Corporation's recent grant velocity is +288% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Architecture Technology Corporation's patents?

Architecture Technology Corporation's patents average 20.4 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 Architecture Technology Corporation 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

Architecture Technology Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Architecture Technology Corporation focus on?

Architecture Technology Corporation's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 143 patents. Grants appear in 25 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 245 granted patents across 25 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Architecture ranks #1,675 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 245 patents across 25 technology areas.

#1,675
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (55.7/100): 20.4
avg claims per patent: +288%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1675 · US Corporation #1,675 · 245 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 245 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,675/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH BMC Software
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 25 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +288% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: BMC Software, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Tanaka Kikinzoku… · near

56
Trumpf Werkzeugmasch… · near

56
Architecture… · this assignee

56
Sumitomo Bakelite · near

56
Caterpillar Sarl · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Architecture's Innovation Score is 55.7/100 (top 7% 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.

Where Architecture's grants concentrate

Architecture Technology Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 25 CPC subclasses with 58.4% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (51 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2016. By volume, Architecture sits between Tobii AB and MicroStrategy Incorporated.

Architecture's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Architecture Technology Corporation moved from 102 to 104 grants (1.02x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,126. See the growth leaderboard.

Tobii AB

247
iheart Media Mana…

247
Symrise

246
University of Cin…

246
BMC Software

245
Denso Wave Incorp…

245
Kandou Labs

245
Microstrategy Inc…

245
Architecture Tech… ◀

245

What this shows Architecture holds 245 patents at rank #1,675, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Architecture

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,675 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Architecture, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. 56 Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. 56 Caterpillar Sarl 56 Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG 56

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.4 here).

Barco N.V. 20.4 avg Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. 20.4 avg Cloudflare, Inc. 20.4 avg Wirtgen GmbH 20.4 avg

Architecture's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 7% higher than 93% 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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Architecture Technology Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	10	4.1%
2016	4	1.6%
2017	8	3.3%
2018	11	4.5%
2019	16	6.5%
2020	51	20.8%
2021	35	14.3%
2022	34	13.9%
2023	45	18.4%
2024	25	10.2%
2025partial year	6	2.4%

Which technologies does Architecture Technology Corporation patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 143

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 133

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 44

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 36

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 24

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 19

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 14

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 13

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 13

H04B - Transmission 11

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 10

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 6

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 5

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 5

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 4

Top 15 of 25 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,675

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

55.7 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Architecture Technology Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Architecture Technology Corporation's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 58.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #1,675 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Architecture Technology Corporation against Tobii AB, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 55.7/100 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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