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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Aware, Inc. ranks #4,750 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 Aware, Inc. hold?

Aware, Inc. holds 73 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Aware, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Aware, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 42.1 out of 100 (top 31% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Aware, Inc. focus on?

Aware, Inc.'s top technology area is G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding) with 49 patents. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

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

Aware, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -28% 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 Aware, Inc.'s patents?

Aware, Inc.'s patents average 20.6 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 Aware, 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

Aware, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 73 granted patents across 13 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: G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Aware ranks #4,750 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 73 patents across 13 technology areas.

#4,750
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 31%
by Innovation Score (42.1/100): 20.6
avg claims per patent: -28%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4750 · US Corporation #4,750 · 73 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 73 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,750/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Actelion Pharmaceuti…
CPC-FOCUS G06V · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -28% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Actelion Pharmaceuticals 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Aware · this assignee

42
b box for kids… · near

42
Go Daddy Operating · near

42
Kathrein-werke KG · near

42
Metabolon · near

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Aware's Innovation Score is 42.1/100 (top 31% 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.

Where Aware's grants concentrate

Aware, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 67.1% of grants classified under G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (12 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Aware sits between WM Intellectual Property Holdings, L.L.C. and C&D Zodiac, Inc..

Aware's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Aware, Inc. moved from 31 to 10 grants (0.32x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

WM Intellectual P…

74
Wuhan Xinxin Semi…

74
Yachiyo Industry

74
Zound Industries…

74
Actelion Pharmace…

73
Blancpain

73
Bitsight

73
C&D Zodiac

73
Aware ◀

73

What this shows Aware holds 73 patents at rank #4,749, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Aware

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,749 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Aware, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Kathrein-werke KG 42 b.box for kids developments Pty Ltd 42 Go Daddy Operating Company, LLC 42 Metabolon, Inc. 42

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.6 here).

DeepMind Technologies Limited 20.6 avg Gracenote, Inc. 20.6 avg Autodesk, Inc. 20.6 avg Align Technology, Inc. 20.6 avg

Aware's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 31% higher than 69% 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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Aware, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	8.2%
2016	3	4.1%
2017	9	12.3%
2018	10	13.7%
2019	12	16.4%
2020	9	12.3%
2021	10	13.7%
2022	6	8.2%
2023	3	4.1%
2024	1	1.4%
2025partial year	4	5.5%

Which technologies does Aware, Inc. patent most?

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 49

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 45

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 16

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 10

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 8

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 5

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 4

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 4

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 4

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 3

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 2

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

Top 13 of 13 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#4,750

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

42.1 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Aware, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding), 67.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06V
Ranked #4,750 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Aware, Inc. against WM Intellectual Property Holdings, L.L.C., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.1/100 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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