Where does Automatic Coating Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Automatic Coating Limited ranks #17,470 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 Automatic Coating Limited hold?

Automatic Coating Limited holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Automatic Coating Limited's Innovation Score?

Automatic Coating Limited has an Innovation Score of 36.9 out of 100 (top 45% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Automatic Coating Limited focus on?

Automatic Coating Limited's top technology area is B05C (Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General) with 12 patents, ranking #28 of 569 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Automatic Coating Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Automatic Coating Limited's recent grant velocity is +67% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Automatic Coating Limited's patents?

Automatic Coating Limited's patents average 14.6 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 Automatic Coating 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

Automatic Coating Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 11 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: B05C (Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Automatic ranks #17,470 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 11 technology areas.

#17,470
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 45%
by Innovation Score (36.9/100): 14.6
avg claims per patent: +67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17470 · Foreign Corporation #17,470 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,470/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Attivo Networks
CPC-FOCUS B05C · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Attivo Networks 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 Automatic’s 36.9 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 9.8 pts (27%) Velocity 6.7 pts (18%) Breadth 11.7 pts (32%) Claim depth 8.7 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Automatic Coating · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Automatic's Innovation Score is 36.9/100 (top 45% 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 Automatic?

Each dot is one of Automatic’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). Automatic’s own 14.6 claims/patent is at or below the 16.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Automatic's grants concentrate

Automatic Coating Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 75% of grants classified under B05C (Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Automatic sits between Attivo Networks Inc. and Aviation Partners, Inc..

Automatic's three-year grant acceleration

Automatic Coating Limited shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Attivo Networks

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16
Automatic Coating ◀

16

What this shows Automatic holds 16 patents at rank #17,471, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Automatic

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,471 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B05C (Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces)

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

Automatic's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 45% higher than 55% 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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Automatic Coating Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	6.3%
2017	2	12.5%
2018	1	6.3%
2019	2	12.5%
2020	2	12.5%
2021	2	12.5%
2022	2	12.5%
2024	4	25.0%

Which technologies does Automatic Coating Limited patent most?

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 12

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 7

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 7

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 5

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 5

B24B - Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents 4

B24C - Abrasive OR Related Blasting With Particulate Material 4

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 4

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 3

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 2

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Automatic Coating Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Automatic Coating Limited's lead technology class is B05C (Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General), 75% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B05C
Ranked #17,470 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Automatic Coating Limited against Attivo Networks Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.9/100 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

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.