Where does AVL Test Systems, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), AVL Test Systems, Inc. ranks #15,133 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 AVL Test Systems, Inc. hold?

AVL Test Systems, Inc. holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is AVL Test Systems, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

AVL Test Systems, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 37.8 out of 100 (top 42% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is AVL Test Systems, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

AVL Test Systems, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -20% 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 AVL Test Systems, Inc.'s patents?

AVL Test Systems, Inc.'s patents average 21.0 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 AVL Test Systems, 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

AVL Test Systems, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does AVL Test Systems, Inc. focus on?

AVL Test Systems, Inc.'s top technology area is G01M (Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 13 patents, ranking #65 of 1,420 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 14 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: G01M (Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, AVL ranks #15,133 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 14 technology areas.

#15,133
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 42%
by Innovation Score (37.8/100): 21.0
avg claims per patent: -20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15133 · US Corporation #15,133 · 19 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,133/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH AbClonal Science
CPC-FOCUS G01M · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -20% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AbClonal Science, 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 AVL’s 37.8 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 10.3 pts (27%) Velocity 1.7 pts (4%) Breadth 13.2 pts (35%) Claim depth 12.6 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AVL Test Systems · this assignee

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows AVL's Innovation Score is 37.8/100 (top 42% 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 AVL?

Each dot is one of AVL’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). AVL’s own 21.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where AVL's grants concentrate

AVL Test Systems, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 68.4% of grants classified under G01M (Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, AVL sits between Assistance Publique HÔPITAUX DE Marseille and Achaemenid, LLC.

AVL's three-year grant acceleration

AVL Test Systems, Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Assistance Publiq…

19
Asymchem Laborato…

19
ATC Logistics &

19
Aviacomm

19
Abclonal Science

19
Abu Dhabi Nationa…

19
Accelerated Syste…

19
Achaemenid

19
AVL Test Systems ◀

19

What this shows AVL holds 19 patents at rank #15,105, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near AVL

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,105 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01M (Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR Structures)

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

AVL's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 42% higher than 58% 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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AVL Test Systems, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	10.5%
2016	3	15.8%
2017	2	10.5%
2018	1	5.3%
2019	2	10.5%
2020	3	15.8%
2021	3	15.8%
2022	1	5.3%
2023	1	5.3%
2025partial year	1	5.3%

Which technologies does AVL Test Systems, Inc. patent most?

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 13

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 13

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 3

F01N - Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Internal-combustion Engines 3

F02M - Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof 2

B01D - Separation 2

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 1

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 1

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 1

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 1

F02D - Controlling Combustion Engines 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 14 of 14 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

AVL Test Systems, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

AVL Test Systems, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01M (Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 68.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01M
Ranked #15,133 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare AVL Test Systems, Inc. against Assistance Publique HÔPITAUX DE Marseille, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.8/100 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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