Where does Ardent Concepts, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ardent Concepts, Inc. ranks #15,124 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 Ardent Concepts, Inc. hold?

Ardent Concepts, Inc. holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Ardent Concepts, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Ardent Concepts, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 38.0 out of 100 (top 42% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Ardent Concepts, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -36% 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 Ardent Concepts, Inc.'s patents?

Ardent Concepts, Inc.'s patents average 16.6 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 Ardent Concepts, 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

Ardent Concepts, Inc.

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

Ardent Concepts, Inc.'s top technology area is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors) with 14 patents, ranking #221 of 2,265 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 7 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: H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ardent ranks #15,124 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 7 technology areas.

#15,124
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 42%
by Innovation Score (38.0/100): 16.6
avg claims per patent: -36%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15124 · US Corporation #15,124 · 19 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,124/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Angel Medical Systems
CPC-NARROW H01R · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -36% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Angel Medical Systems 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 Ardent’s 38.0 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 10.3 pts (27%) Velocity 8.3 pts (22%) Breadth 9.4 pts (25%) Claim depth 10.0 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ardent Concepts · this assignee

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ardent's Innovation Score is 38.0/100 (top 42% 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 Ardent?

Each dot is one of Ardent’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). Ardent’s own 16.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Ardent's grants concentrate

Ardent Concepts, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 73.7% of grants classified under H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Ardent sits between Angel Medical Systems Inc. and Beamr Imaging Ltd.

Ardent's three-year grant acceleration

Ardent Concepts, Inc. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Angel Medical Sys…

19
Apache Industrial…

19
Applied Molecular…

19
Apriva

19
Asceneuron

19
Badger Licensing

19
Barenthal North A…

19
Beamr Imaging

19
Ardent Concepts ◀

19

What this shows Ardent holds 19 patents at rank #15,132, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ardent

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,132 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01R (Electrically-conductive Connections)

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

Ardent's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 42% higher than 58% 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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Ardent Concepts, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	15.8%
2016	2	10.5%
2017	1	5.3%
2018	3	15.8%
2019	2	10.5%
2021	2	10.5%
2022	1	5.3%
2023	3	15.8%
2024	1	5.3%
2025partial year	1	5.3%

Which technologies does Ardent Concepts, Inc. patent most?

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 14

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 3

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 2

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 1

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

Top 7 of 7 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

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

Ardent Concepts, Inc.'s lead technology class is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors), 73.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01R
Ranked #15,124 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ardent Concepts, Inc. against Angel Medical Systems Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.0/100 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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