Where does Azoteq (PTY) Ltd rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Azoteq (PTY) Ltd ranks #30,952 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 Azoteq (PTY) Ltd hold?

Azoteq (PTY) Ltd holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2020, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Azoteq (PTY) Ltd's Innovation Score?

Azoteq (PTY) Ltd has an Innovation Score of 29.7 out of 100 (32nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Azoteq (PTY) Ltd's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Azoteq (PTY) Ltd's recent grant velocity is -67% 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 Azoteq (PTY) Ltd's patents?

Azoteq (PTY) Ltd's patents average 16.5 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 Azoteq (PTY) 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

Azoteq (PTY) Ltd

Q: What technology areas does Azoteq (PTY) Ltd focus on?

Azoteq (PTY) Ltd's top technology area is 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) with 4 patents, ranking #273 of 1,381 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2020. 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: 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 OT).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Azoteq ranks #30,952 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 12 technology areas.

#30,952
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 32nd percentile
by Innovation Score (29.7/100): 16.5
avg claims per patent: -67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R30952 · Foreign Corporation #30,952 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #30,952/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Aavid Thermal
CPC-FOCUS G01D · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Aavid Thermal Corp. (±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 Azoteq’s 29.7 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 7.6 pts (26%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 12.2 pts (41%) Claim depth 9.9 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Azoteq (PTY) · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Azoteq's Innovation Score is 29.7/100 (32nd 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 Azoteq?

Each dot is one of Azoteq’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). Azoteq’s own 16.5 claims/patent is at or below the 20.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Azoteq's grants concentrate

Azoteq (PTY) Ltd is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under 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 OT). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Azoteq sits between Avita Medical, Inc. and Abilene Christian University.

Avita Medical

8
AVX Aircraft

8
Axis-shield AS

8
Axtuator OY

8
Azure Vault

8
Aavid Thermal

8
Abbott Rapid Diag…

8
Abilene Christian…

8
Azoteq (PTY) ◀

8

What this shows Azoteq holds 8 patents at rank #30,837, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Azoteq

By rank, the assignees closest to #30,837 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01D (Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific Variable)

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

Azoteq's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 32nd percentile higher than 32% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Azoteq (PTY) Ltd patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	25.0%
2017	1	12.5%
2018	1	12.5%
2019	2	25.0%
2020	2	25.0%

Which technologies does Azoteq (PTY) Ltd patent most?

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 4

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 4

H03K - Pulse Technique 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 2

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 1

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

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 1

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 1

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

Top 12 of 12 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

Azoteq (PTY) Ltd's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Azoteq (PTY) Ltd's lead technology class is 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 OT), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01D
Ranked #30,952 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Azoteq (PTY) Ltd against Avita Medical, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.7/100 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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