Where does Astral Images Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Astral Images Corporation ranks #38,914 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 Astral Images Corporation hold?

Astral Images Corporation holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2018, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Astral Images Corporation's Innovation Score?

Astral Images Corporation has an Innovation Score of 22.2 out of 100 (10th 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 Astral Images Corporation focus on?

Astral Images Corporation's top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 6 patents, ranking #1,879 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

Is Astral Images Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Astral Images Corporation's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Astral Images Corporation's patents?

Astral Images Corporation's patents average 17.5 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 Astral Images 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

Astral Images Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2018. 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Astral ranks #38,914 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 2 technology areas.

#38,914
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 10th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.2/100): 17.5
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R38914 · US Corporation #38,914 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #38,914/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Aspects
CPC-NARROW H04N · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 22.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Aspects, 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 Astral’s 22.2 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 6.7 pts (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 5.0 pts (23%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (47%)

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What this shows Astral's Innovation Score is 22.2/100 (10th 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 Astral?

Each dot is one of Astral’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). Astral’s own 17.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Astral's grants concentrate

Astral Images Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Astral sits between Aspects, Inc. and Atlas Copco Energas GmbH.

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What this shows Astral holds 6 patents at rank #38,958, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Astral

By rank, the assignees closest to #38,958 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Astral's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

22 10th percentile higher than 10% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2018

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Astral Images Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	16.7%
2017	2	33.3%
2018	3	50.0%

Which technologies does Astral Images Corporation patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 6

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 5

Top 2 of 2 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

Astral Images Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Astral Images Corporation's lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #38,914 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Astral Images Corporation against Aspects, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 22.2/100 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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