Where does ATI Industrial Automation, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ATI Industrial Automation, Inc. ranks #9,709 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 ATI Industrial Automation, Inc. hold?

ATI Industrial Automation, Inc. holds 32 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is ATI Industrial Automation, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

ATI Industrial Automation, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 50.8 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does ATI Industrial Automation, Inc. focus on?

ATI Industrial Automation, Inc.'s top technology area is B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices) with 26 patents, ranking #70 of 1,442 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

Is ATI Industrial Automation, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

ATI Industrial Automation, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +82% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for ATI Industrial Automation, Inc.'s patents?

ATI Industrial Automation, Inc.'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 ATI Industrial Automation, 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

ATI Industrial Automation, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 32 granted patents across 21 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: B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, ATI ranks #9,709 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 32 patents across 21 technology areas.

#9,709
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (50.8/100): 20.2
avg claims per patent: +82%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9709 · US Corporation #9,709 · 32 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 32 grants
UPPER-Q #9,709/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Aalto University…
CPC-FOCUS B25J · 21 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +82% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Aalto University Foundation sr (±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 ATI’s 50.8 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 12.1 pts (24%) Velocity 10.4 pts (20%) Breadth 16.2 pts (32%) Claim depth 12.1 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ATI Industrial… · this assignee

51
North Carolina… · near

51
Supersonic Imagine · near

51
Troxler Laboratories · near

51
Safe Foods · near

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows ATI's Innovation Score is 50.8/100 (top 12% 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 ATI?

Each dot is one of ATI’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). ATI’s own 20.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where ATI's grants concentrate

ATI Industrial Automation, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 81.3% of grants classified under B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, ATI sits between Ankon Technologies Co., Ltd and Abnormal Security Corporation.

ATI's three-year grant acceleration

ATI Industrial Automation, Inc. shows 14 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Ankon

32
Annex Products PTY

32
ARM Finance Overs…

32
Ateme

32
Autumnpaper

32
Axonics Modulation

32
Aalto University…

32
Abnormal Security

32
ATI Industrial Au… ◀

32

What this shows ATI holds 32 patents at rank #9,696, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near ATI

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,696 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B25J (Manipulators)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for ATI, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B25J (Manipulators), ATI ranks #70 of 1,442 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University 51 Supersonic Imagine 51 Troxler Electronic Laboratories Inc 51 Safe Foods Corporation 51

ATI's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% 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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ATI Industrial Automation, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	6.3%
2016	1	3.1%
2017	3	9.4%
2018	2	6.3%
2019	3	9.4%
2020	3	9.4%
2021	3	9.4%
2022	3	9.4%
2023	7	21.9%
2024	4	12.5%
2025partial year	1	3.1%

Which technologies does ATI Industrial Automation, Inc. patent most?

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 26

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 7

B23B - TURNING; Boring 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 6

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 5

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 4

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 3

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 3

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 1

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 1

E02F - DREDGING; Soil-shifting 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

Top 15 of 21 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

ATI Industrial Automation, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ATI Industrial Automation, Inc.'s lead technology class is B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices), 81.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B25J
Ranked #9,709 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ATI Industrial Automation, Inc. against Ankon Technologies Co., Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.8/100 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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