Where does Atlas Copco Craelius AB rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Atlas Copco Craelius AB ranks #38,926 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 Atlas Copco Craelius AB hold?

Atlas Copco Craelius AB holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Atlas Copco Craelius AB's Innovation Score?

Atlas Copco Craelius AB has an Innovation Score of 22.6 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%).

Is Atlas Copco Craelius AB's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Atlas Copco Craelius AB'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 Atlas Copco Craelius AB's patents?

Atlas Copco Craelius AB's patents average 16.2 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 Atlas Copco Craelius AB 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

Atlas Copco Craelius AB

Q: What technology areas does Atlas Copco Craelius AB focus on?

Atlas Copco Craelius AB's top technology area is E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells) with 4 patents, ranking #774 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Atlas ranks #38,926 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 3 technology areas.

#38,926
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 10th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.6/100): 16.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R38926 · Foreign Corporation #38,926 · 6 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #38,926/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Athlos OY
CPC-NARROW E21B · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 22.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Athlos OY (±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 Atlas’s 22.6 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 6.1 pts (27%) Claim depth 9.7 pts (43%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Atlas Copco… · this assignee

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Hanover Prest-Paving · near

23
Snacktops · near

23
G AND E International · near

23
Kimura Kohki · near

23
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Atlas's Innovation Score is 22.6/100 (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 Atlas?

Each dot is one of Atlas’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). Atlas’s own 16.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Atlas's grants concentrate

Atlas Copco Craelius AB is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Atlas sits between Athlos OY and Atlis Motor Vehicles, Inc..

Athlos OY

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ATI

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Atko Planning

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Atlas Copco Compt…

6
Atlas Copco Indus…

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Atlas Copco Secor…

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Atleisure

6
Atlis Motor Vehic…

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Atlas Copco Crael… ◀

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What this shows Atlas holds 6 patents at rank #38,722, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Atlas

By rank, the assignees closest to #38,722 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Atlas, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling), Atlas ranks #774 of 1,363 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (23 here).

Hanover Prest-Paving Company 23 Snacktops, Inc. 23 G AND E International LLC 23 Kimura Kohki Co., Ltd. 23

Atlas's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

23 10th percentile higher than 10% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Atlas Copco Craelius AB patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	33.3%
2016	1	16.7%
2017	2	33.3%
2018	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Atlas Copco Craelius AB patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 4

E21C - Mining OR Quarrying 2

E21D - SHAFTS; TUNNELS; GALLERIES; Large Underground Chambers 2

Top 3 of 3 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

Atlas Copco Craelius AB's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Atlas Copco Craelius AB's lead technology class is E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #38,926 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Atlas Copco Craelius AB against Athlos OY, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 22.6/100 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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