Where does A.Y. Laboratories Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), A.Y. Laboratories Ltd. ranks #23,944 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 A.Y. Laboratories Ltd. hold?

A.Y. Laboratories Ltd. holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is A.Y. Laboratories Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

A.Y. Laboratories Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 33.7 out of 100 (45th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is A.Y. Laboratories Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

A.Y. Laboratories Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +20% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for A.Y. Laboratories Ltd.'s patents?

A.Y. Laboratories Ltd.'s patents average 18.0 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 A.Y. Laboratories Ltd. 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

A.Y. Laboratories Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does A.Y. Laboratories Ltd. focus on?

A.Y. Laboratories Ltd.'s top technology area is A01N (Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators) with 9 patents, ranking #149 of 1,216 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: A01N (Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, A.y. ranks #23,944 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 7 technology areas.

#23,944
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 45th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.7/100): 18.0
avg claims per patent: +20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23944 · Foreign Corporation #23,944 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #23,944/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH A Stucki
CPC-NARROW A01N · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +20% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: A. Stucki Company (±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 A.y.’s 33.7 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 (25%) Velocity 5.0 pts (15%) Breadth 9.4 pts (28%) Claim depth 10.8 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
A Y Laboratories · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows A.y.'s Innovation Score is 33.7/100 (45th 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 A.y.?

Each dot is one of A.y.’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). A.y.’s own 18.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where A.y.'s grants concentrate

A.Y. Laboratories Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 81.8% of grants classified under A01N (Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, A.y. sits between A. Stucki Company and Abrado, Inc..

A.y.'s three-year grant acceleration

A.Y. Laboratories Ltd. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

A Stucki

11
A C Dispensing Eq…

11
A C M I —Societa'…

11
A V Topchiev Inst…

11
A2 Biotherapeutics

11
AAC Optics (Nanni…

11
Abbott Japan

11
Abrado

11
A Y Laboratories ◀

11

What this shows A.Y. holds 11 patents at rank #23,755, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near AY

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,755 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01N (Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR…)

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

A.y.'s Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 45th percentile higher than 45% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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A.Y. Laboratories Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	9.1%
2016	1	9.1%
2017	2	18.2%
2019	1	9.1%
2020	2	18.2%
2021	1	9.1%
2022	1	9.1%
2023	2	18.2%

Which technologies does A.Y. Laboratories Ltd. patent most?

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 9

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 8

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 6

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 3

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 3

A01P - Biocidal, Pest Repellant, Pest Attractant OR Plant Growth Regulatory Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Preparations 2

Top 7 of 7 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

A.Y. Laboratories Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

A.Y. Laboratories Ltd.'s lead technology class is A01N (Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators), 81.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01N
Ranked #23,944 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare A.Y. Laboratories Ltd. against A. Stucki Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.7/100 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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