Where does Astera Manufacturing Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Astera Manufacturing Limited ranks #30,899 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 Astera Manufacturing Limited hold?

Astera Manufacturing Limited holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2023 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Astera Manufacturing Limited's Innovation Score?

Astera Manufacturing Limited has an Innovation Score of 40.3 out of 100 (top 36% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Astera Manufacturing Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Astera Manufacturing Limited.

What does claim depth mean for Astera Manufacturing Limited's patents?

Astera Manufacturing Limited's patents average 6.8 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 Astera Manufacturing Limited 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 Foreign Corporation

Astera Manufacturing Limited

Q: What technology areas does Astera Manufacturing Limited focus on?

Astera Manufacturing Limited's top technology area is F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors) with 3 patents, ranking #428 of 1,094 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2023–2025. 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: F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Astera ranks #30,899 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 6 technology areas.

#30,899
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.3/100): 6.8
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R30899 · Foreign Corporation #30,899 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #30,899/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ASM Assembly…
CPC-NARROW F21S · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.3/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2023–2025 · 3y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ASM Assembly Systems Switzerland 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 Astera’s 40.3 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 7.6 pts (19%) Velocity 20.0 pts (50%) Breadth 8.7 pts (22%) Claim depth 4.1 pts (10%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Astera Manufacturing · this assignee

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Astera's Innovation Score is 40.3/100 (top 36% 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 Astera?

Each dot is one of Astera’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). Astera’s own 6.8 claims/patent is at or below the 18.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Astera's grants concentrate

Astera Manufacturing Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 37.5% of grants classified under F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors). By volume, Astera sits between ASM Assembly Systems Switzerland GmbH and ATG Access Ltd.

Astera's three-year grant acceleration

Astera Manufacturing Limited 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.

ASM Assembly Syst…

8
AsociaciÓN Centro…

8
Aspinity

8
Asta

8
AT&T Digital Life

8
Ataia

8
ATC Transportation

8
ATG Access

8
Astera Manufactur… ◀

8

What this shows Astera holds 8 patents at rank #30,810, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Astera

By rank, the assignees closest to #30,810 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F21S (Non-portable Lighting Devices)

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

Astera's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 36% higher than 64% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2023–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2023–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Astera Manufacturing Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2023	2	25.0%
2024	2	25.0%
2025partial year	4	50.0%

Which technologies does Astera Manufacturing Limited patent most?

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 3

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 2

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 2

F21K - Non-electric Light Sources Using LUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using Charges OF Combustible MATERIAL; Light Sources Using Semiconductor Devices AS Light-generating ELEMENTS; Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Astera Manufacturing Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Astera Manufacturing Limited's lead technology class is F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors), 37.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21S
Ranked #30,899 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Astera Manufacturing Limited against ASM Assembly Systems Switzerland GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.3/100 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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