Where does Athletic Propulsion Labs LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Athletic Propulsion Labs LLC ranks #23,922 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 Athletic Propulsion Labs LLC hold?

Athletic Propulsion Labs LLC holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Athletic Propulsion Labs LLC's Innovation Score?

Athletic Propulsion Labs LLC has an Innovation Score of 45.7 out of 100 (top 23% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Athletic Propulsion Labs LLC focus on?

Athletic Propulsion Labs LLC's top technology area is A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear) with 10 patents, ranking #33 of 317 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

Is Athletic Propulsion Labs LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Athletic Propulsion Labs LLC's recent grant velocity is +250% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Athletic Propulsion Labs LLC's patents?

Athletic Propulsion Labs LLC's patents average 20.2 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 Athletic Propulsion Labs LLC 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

Athletic Propulsion Labs LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Athletic ranks #23,922 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 2 technology areas.

#23,922
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 23%
by Innovation Score (45.7/100): 20.2
avg claims per patent: +250%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23922 · US Corporation #23,922 · 11 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #23,922/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Asyst L L C
CPC-NARROW A43B · 2 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +250% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Asyst Technologies L.L.C. (±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 Athletic’s 45.7 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 8.6 pts (19%) Velocity 20.0 pts (44%) Breadth 5.0 pts (11%) Claim depth 12.1 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Athletic Propulsion… · this assignee

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Athletic's Innovation Score is 45.7/100 (top 23% 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 Athletic?

Each dot is one of Athletic’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). Athletic’s own 20.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Athletic's grants concentrate

Athletic Propulsion Labs LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 90.9% of grants classified under A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Athletic sits between Asyst Technologies L.L.C. and Avalon Sciences Ltd..

Athletic's three-year grant acceleration

Athletic Propulsion Labs LLC shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Asyst L L C

11
Atai Therapeutics

11
Ateliers Busch

11
Athena Club Holdi…

11
Audyssey Laborato…

11
Aura Biosciences

11
Aura Semiconducto…

11
Avalon Sciences

11
Athletic Propulsi… ◀

11

What this shows Athletic holds 11 patents at rank #23,937, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Athletic

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,937 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A43B (Characteristic Features OF Footwear)

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

Athletic's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 23% higher than 77% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

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

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Athletic Propulsion Labs LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	9.1%
2018	1	9.1%
2021	1	9.1%
2022	2	18.2%
2023	2	18.2%
2024	2	18.2%
2025partial year	2	18.2%

Which technologies does Athletic Propulsion Labs LLC patent most?

A43B - Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear 10

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 5

Top 2 of 2 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

Athletic Propulsion Labs LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Athletic Propulsion Labs LLC's lead technology class is A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear), 90.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A43B
Ranked #23,922 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Athletic Propulsion Labs LLC against Asyst Technologies L.L.C., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.7/100 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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