Where does AutoStore Technology AS rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), AutoStore Technology AS ranks #2,077 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 AutoStore Technology AS hold?

AutoStore Technology AS holds 190 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 54 technology areas.

What is AutoStore Technology AS's Innovation Score?

AutoStore Technology AS has an Innovation Score of 71.7 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is AutoStore Technology AS's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

AutoStore Technology AS's recent grant velocity is +1120% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for AutoStore Technology AS's patents?

AutoStore Technology AS's patents average 14.3 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 AutoStore Technology AS 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

AutoStore Technology AS

Q: What technology areas does AutoStore Technology AS focus on?

AutoStore Technology AS'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 179 patents, ranking #6 of 1,746 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 54 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 190 granted patents across 54 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: 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, Autostore ranks #2,077 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 190 patents across 54 technology areas.

#2,077
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (71.7/100): 14.3
avg claims per patent: +1120%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2077 · Foreign Corporation #2,077 · 190 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 190 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,077/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bissell Homecare
CPC-WIDE B65G · 54 areas
INNOV-STRONG 71.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +1120% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bissell Homecare, 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 Autostore’s 71.7 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 18.1 pts (25%) Velocity 20.0 pts (28%) Breadth 25.0 pts (35%) Claim depth 8.5 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Semes · near

72
AutoStore Technology… · this assignee

72
Red Hat · near

72
Aptiv · near

72
Beijing BOE Sensor… · near

72
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Autostore's Innovation Score is 71.7/100 (top 1% 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 Autostore?

Each dot is one of Autostore’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). Autostore’s own 14.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Autostore's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, AutoStore Technology AS received 122 grants versus 10 in 2015–2019 (+1120% equal-window velocity, top decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 43 grants and bottomed in 2017 at 1. Lead class B65G accounts for 94.2% of the portfolio across 54 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Nortonlifelock Inc. (#2,073) and Ocado Innovation Limited (#2,081).

Autostore's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, AutoStore Technology AS moved from 25 to 102 grants (4.08x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #45. See the growth leaderboard.

Nortonlifelock

191
Sanken Electric

191
Stolle Machinery

191
THE Volcano

191
Bissell Homecare

190
Elekta

190
National Central…

190
Ocado Innovation

190
Autostore Technol… ◀

190

What this shows AutoStore holds 190 patents at rank #2,077, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near AutoStore

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,077 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for AutoStore, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices), AutoStore ranks #6 of 1,746 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (72 here).

Red Hat, Inc. 72 Beijing BOE Sensor Technology Co., Ltd. 72 Aptiv Technologies AG 72 Semes Co., Ltd. 72

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.3 here).

Benteler Automobiltechnik GMBH 14.3 avg Medipal Holdings Corporation 14.3 avg Fluke Corporation 14.3 avg Stepan Company 14.3 avg

Autostore's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

72 Top 1% higher than 99% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

AutoStore Technology AS patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	0.5%
2018	4	2.1%
2019	5	2.6%
2020	10	5.3%
2021	10	5.3%
2022	25	13.2%
2023	34	17.9%
2024	43	22.6%
2025partial year	58	30.5%

Which technologies does AutoStore Technology AS patent most?

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 179

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 55

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 50

B61B - Railway SYSTEMS; Equipment Therefor NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 33

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 27

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 20

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 18

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 17

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 16

B66C - CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles 16

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 11

A62C - Fire-fighting 10

B60S - Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 6

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 5

Top 15 of 54 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

AutoStore Technology AS's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

AutoStore Technology AS's lead technology class is B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors), 94.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65G
Ranked #2,077 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare AutoStore Technology AS against Nortonlifelock Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 71.7/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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