Where does Ausco, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ausco, Inc. ranks #44,947 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 Ausco, Inc. hold?

Ausco, Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Ausco, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Ausco, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 25.2 out of 100 (17th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Ausco, Inc. focus on?

Ausco, Inc.'s top technology area is F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating) with 5 patents, ranking #429 of 1,836 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is Ausco, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ausco, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -33% 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 Ausco, Inc.'s patents?

Ausco, Inc.'s patents average 8.8 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 Ausco, 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

Ausco, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ausco ranks #44,947 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 4 technology areas.

#44,947
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 17th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.2/100): 8.8
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R44947 · US Corporation #44,947 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
LOWER-Q #44,947/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Aura Network Systems
CPC-NARROW F16K · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Aura Network Systems, Inc. (±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 Ausco’s 25.2 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 6.2 pts (25%) Velocity 6.7 pts (26%) Breadth 7.1 pts (28%) Claim depth 5.3 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ausco · this assignee

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ausco's Innovation Score is 25.2/100 (17th 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 Ausco?

Each dot is one of Ausco’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). Ausco’s own 8.8 claims/patent is at or below the 15.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Ausco's grants concentrate

Ausco, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Ausco sits between Aura Network Systems, Inc. and Austem Co., Ltd..

Ausco's three-year grant acceleration

Ausco, Inc. shows 1 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.

Aura Network Syst…

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Aurastem

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Auro

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Aurora

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Auson Pharmaceuti…

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Aussie Wine Group…

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Aust Development

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Austem

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Ausco ◀

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What this shows Ausco holds 5 patents at rank #44,677, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ausco

By rank, the assignees closest to #44,677 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16K (Valves)

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

Ausco's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 17th percentile higher than 17% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Ausco, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	20.0%
2016	2	40.0%
2020	1	20.0%
2024	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Ausco, Inc. patent most?

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 5

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 2

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Ausco, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ausco, Inc.'s lead technology class is F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16K
Ranked #44,947 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ausco, Inc. against Aura Network Systems, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 25.2/100 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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