Where does Austin Engineering Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Austin Engineering Limited ranks #20,789 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 Austin Engineering Limited hold?

Austin Engineering Limited holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Austin Engineering Limited's Innovation Score?

Austin Engineering Limited has an Innovation Score of 28.5 out of 100 (27th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Austin Engineering Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Austin Engineering Limited's recent grant velocity is +400% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Austin Engineering Limited's patents?

Austin Engineering Limited's patents average 5.5 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 Austin Engineering Limited 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

Austin Engineering Limited

Q: What technology areas does Austin Engineering Limited focus on?

Austin Engineering Limited's top technology area is B60P (Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects) with 2 patents, ranking #241 of 616 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 7 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: B60P (Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Austin ranks #20,789 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 7 technology areas.

#20,789
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 27th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.5/100): 5.5
avg claims per patent: +400%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20789 · Foreign Corporation #20,789 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #20,789/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Asymptote
CPC-NARROW B60P · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.5/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 5.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +400% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Asymptote Ltd. (±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 Austin’s 28.5 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 9.1 pts (32%) Velocity 6.7 pts (24%) Breadth 9.4 pts (33%) Claim depth 3.3 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Austin Engineering · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Austin's Innovation Score is 28.5/100 (27th 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 Austin?

Each dot is one of Austin’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). Austin’s own 5.5 claims/patent is at or below the 13.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Austin's grants concentrate

Austin Engineering Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 15.4% of grants classified under B60P (Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Austin sits between Asymptote Ltd. and Axcess Instruments Inc..

Austin's three-year grant acceleration

Austin Engineering Limited shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Asymptote

13
Athenex

13
Atlantic Health S…

13
Aurora Spine

13
Autotech Engineer…

13
Ava Labs

13
Avdel UK

13
Axcess Instruments

13
Austin Engineering ◀

13

What this shows Austin holds 13 patents at rank #20,790, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Austin

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,790 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60P (Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport)

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

Austin's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 27th percentile higher than 27% 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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Austin Engineering Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	7.7%
2017	1	7.7%
2021	5	38.5%
2022	2	15.4%
2023	1	7.7%
2024	2	15.4%
2025partial year	1	7.7%

Which technologies does Austin Engineering Limited patent most?

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 2

E02F - DREDGING; Soil-shifting 2

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 1

B66C - CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles 1

B66F - Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load 1

B60B - Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion 1

B60C - Vehicle TYRES; Tyre INFLATION; Tyre CHANGING; Connecting Valves TO Inflatable Elastic Bodies IN GENERAL; Devices OR Arrangements Related TO Tyres 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Austin Engineering Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Austin Engineering Limited's lead technology class is B60P (Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects), 15.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60P
Ranked #20,789 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Austin Engineering Limited against Asymptote Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.5/100 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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