Where does ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. ranks #9,192 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 ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. hold?

ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. holds 34 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 38 technology areas.

What is ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc.'s Innovation Score?

ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. has an Innovation Score of 44.6 out of 100 (top 25% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -45% 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 ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc.'s patents?

ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc.'s patents average 13.1 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 ATS Automation Tooling Systems 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 Foreign Corporation

ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc.

Q: What technology areas does ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. focus on?

ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc.'s top technology area is B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors) with 17 patents, ranking #114 of 1,746 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 38 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 34 granted patents across 38 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, ATS ranks #9,192 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 34 patents across 38 technology areas.

#9,192
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 25%
by Innovation Score (44.6/100): 13.1
avg claims per patent: -45%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9192 · Foreign Corporation #9,192 · 34 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 34 grants
UPPER-Q #9,192/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Adeia Media Holdings
CPC-FOCUS B65G · 38 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -45% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Adeia Media Holdings LLC (±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 ATS’s 44.6 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 12.3 pts (28%) Velocity 2.7 pts (6%) Breadth 21.8 pts (49%) Claim depth 7.9 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Asmo · near

45
ATS Automation… · this assignee

45
Extreme Networks · near

45
Xencor · near

45
Supergrid Institute · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows ATS's Innovation Score is 44.6/100 (top 25% 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 ATS?

Each dot is one of ATS’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). ATS’s own 13.1 claims/patent is at or below the 18.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where ATS's grants concentrate

ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 38 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (8 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2019. By volume, ATS sits between Ardelyx, Inc. and Aesynt Incorporated.

ATS's three-year grant acceleration

ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 10 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.

Ardelyx

34
ASM America

34
Aspeed Technology

34
Atom Medical

34
Augmedics

34
Azionaria Costruz…

34
Adeia Media Holdi…

34
Aesynt Incorporat…

34
ATS Automation To… ◀

34

What this shows ATS holds 34 patents at rank #9,186, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near ATS

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,186 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for ATS, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices), ATS ranks #114 of 1,746 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Xencor, Inc. 45 Asmo Co., Ltd. 45 Extreme Networks, Inc. 45 Supergrid Institute 45

ATS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 25% higher than 75% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	8.8%
2016	8	23.5%
2017	5	14.7%
2018	4	11.8%
2019	2	5.9%
2020	4	11.8%
2021	4	11.8%
2022	2	5.9%
2023	2	5.9%

Which technologies does ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. patent most?

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 17

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 8

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 7

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 5

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 4

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 3

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 3

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 2

F26B - Drying Solid Materials OR Objects BY Removing Liquid Therefrom 2

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 2

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 2

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

Top 15 of 38 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

ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc.'s lead technology class is B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65G
Ranked #9,192 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. against Ardelyx, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.6/100 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

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