Overall rank by patents
#2,603
Across all tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 149 granted patents across 40 technology areas, active 2015–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: B25B (TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING OR HOLDING).
The verdict
Atlas holds 149 US patents across 40 technology areas, rank #2,603 of 50,000 tracked assignees.
Atlas Copco Industrial Technique AB has been granted 149 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Atlas Copco Industrial Technique AB at rank #2,603 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 40 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 9.2 claims per patent with primary concentration in B25B (TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING OR HOLDING). As a Foreign Corporation, Atlas Copco Industrial Technique AB is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Atlas sits between Thomas Jefferson University (150 patents, rank #2,599) and Heatcraft Refrigeration Products Llc (149 patents, rank #2,607) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 55.0/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 98 grants, compared with 51 in the 2015–2019 window, a +92% shift in five-year velocity. An acceleration of this magnitude signals aggressive R&D investment and expanding technical ambition. The Foreign Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.
Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Atlas Copco Industrial Technique AB's 9.2 average claims per patent suggests focused, narrowly drawn claims typical of single-invention filings, while a multi-domain presence across 40 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Atlas Copco Industrial Technique AB against peers pursuing similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Thomas Jefferson University
150 patents
VESTURE LLC
150 patents
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
150 patents
AMOTECH CO., LTD.
149 patents
AUO CORPORATION
149 patents
American Sterilizer Company
149 patents
Dürr Systems AG
149 patents
Heatcraft Refrigeration Products LLC
149 patents
ATLAS COPCO INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE AB
149 patents
What this shows Atlas holds 149 patents at rank #2,603, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #2,603 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Atlas's primary technology class.
Atlas's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
55 Top 7% higher than 93% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 4 | 2.7% |
| 2016 | 8 | 5.4% |
| 2017 | 11 | 7.4% |
| 2018 | 18 | 12.1% |
| 2019 | 10 | 6.7% |
| 2020 | 14 | 9.4% |
| 2021 | 12 | 8.1% |
| 2022 | 15 | 10.1% |
| 2023 | 16 | 10.7% |
| 2024 | 22 | 14.8% |
| 2025 | 19 | 12.8% |
Top 15 of 40 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#2,603
Across all tracked assignees
55.0 out of 100
How to use this portfolio
Atlas's 149 grants land it in the top 7% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.
Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.
Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.