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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Auterra, Inc. ranks #23,931 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 Auterra, Inc. hold?

Auterra, Inc. holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Auterra, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Auterra, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 27.7 out of 100 (25th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Auterra, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -90% 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 Auterra, Inc.'s patents?

Auterra, Inc.'s patents average 15.2 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 Auterra, 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

Auterra, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Auterra, Inc. focus on?

Auterra, Inc.'s top technology area is C10G (Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GASES; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting OF HYDROCARBONS; Reforming OF NAPHTHA; Mineral Waxes) with 7 patents, ranking #158 of 504 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: C10G (Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GAS).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Auterra ranks #23,931 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 8 technology areas.

#23,931
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 25th percentile
by Innovation Score (27.7/100): 15.2
avg claims per patent: -90%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23931 · US Corporation #23,931 · 11 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #23,931/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Atrogi AB
CPC-NARROW C10G · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -90% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Atrogi AB (±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 Auterra’s 27.7 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 8.6 pts (31%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (36%) Claim depth 9.1 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Auterra · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Auterra's Innovation Score is 27.7/100 (25th 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 Auterra?

Each dot is one of Auterra’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). Auterra’s own 15.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Auterra's grants concentrate

Auterra, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 63.6% of grants classified under C10G (Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GAS). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Auterra sits between Atrogi AB and Avox Systems Inc..

Atrogi AB

11
Audiocodes

11
Augmented Vision

11
Augury Systems

11
Avantix

11
Avertronics

11
Avic Jonhon Optro…

11
Avox Systems

11
Auterra ◀

11

What this shows Auterra holds 11 patents at rank #23,847, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Auterra

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,847 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C10G (Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS)

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

Auterra's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 25th percentile higher than 25% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Auterra, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	45.5%
2016	1	9.1%
2017	1	9.1%
2019	3	27.3%
2021	1	9.1%

Which technologies does Auterra, Inc. patent most?

C10G - Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GASES; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting OF HYDROCARBONS; Reforming OF NAPHTHA; Mineral Waxes 7

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 6

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 2

B01D - Separation 2

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 2

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 1

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 1

Top 8 of 8 technology areas

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USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

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

Auterra, Inc.'s lead technology class is C10G (Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GAS), 63.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C10G
Ranked #23,931 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Auterra, Inc. against Atrogi AB, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.7/100 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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