Where does AYR Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), AYR Ltd. ranks #8,166 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 AYR Ltd. hold?

AYR Ltd. holds 39 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 23 technology areas.

What is AYR Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

AYR Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 44.7 out of 100 (top 25% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does AYR Ltd. focus on?

AYR Ltd.'s top technology area is A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices) with 39 patents, ranking #24 of 214 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 23 CPC subclasses total.

Is AYR Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

AYR Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +19% 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 AYR Ltd.'s patents?

AYR Ltd.'s patents average 23.5 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 AYR 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

AYR Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 39 granted patents across 23 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, AYR ranks #8,166 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 39 patents across 23 technology areas.

#8,166
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 25%
by Innovation Score (44.7/100): 23.5
avg claims per patent: +19%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8166 · Foreign Corporation #8,166 · 39 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 39 grants
UPPER-Q #8,166/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Air Liquide…
CPC-FOCUS A24F · 23 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +19% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Air Liquide Advanced Technologies U.S. LLC (±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 AYR’s 44.7 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 12.7 pts (28%) Velocity 0.9 pts (2%) Breadth 17.0 pts (38%) Claim depth 14.1 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Caterpillar Global… · near

45
AYR · this assignee

45
Humanetics · near

45
Pierburg Pump… · near

45
Primetals Japan · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows AYR's Innovation Score is 44.7/100 (top 25% 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 AYR?

Each dot is one of AYR’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). AYR’s own 23.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where AYR's grants concentrate

AYR Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 23 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (16 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, AYR sits between Aisin Takaoka Co., Ltd. and Apeel Technology, Inc..

AYR's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, AYR Ltd. moved from 31 to 4 grants (0.13x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Aisin Takaoka

39
Asahi Yukizai

39
Atomic Energy OF…

39
Aura Home

39
Air Liquide Advan…

39
Aldeyra Therapeut…

39
American Science…

39
Apeel Technology

39
AYR ◀

39

What this shows AYR holds 39 patents at rank #8,158, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near AYR

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,158 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A24F (Smokers' Requisites)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for AYR, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A24F (Smokers' Requisites), AYR ranks #24 of 214 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Humanetics Corporation 45 Pierburg Pump Technology GMBH 45 Primetals Technologies Japan, Ltd. 45 Caterpillar Global Mining Europe GmbH 45

AYR's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 25% higher than 75% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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AYR Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	16	41.0%
2020	13	33.3%
2021	2	5.1%
2022	1	2.6%
2023	3	7.7%
2025partial year	4	10.3%

Which technologies does AYR Ltd. patent most?

A24F - Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices 39

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 37

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 35

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 35

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 33

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 28

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 27

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 7

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 7

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 7

B67D - Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 7

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 6

A24B - Manufacture OR Preparation OF Tobacco FOR Smoking OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; Snuff 6

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 6

H04M - Telephonic Communication 6

Top 15 of 23 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

AYR Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

AYR Ltd.'s lead technology class is A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A24F
Ranked #8,166 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare AYR Ltd. against Aisin Takaoka Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.7/100 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

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.