Where does Azure Vault Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Azure Vault Ltd. ranks #30,953 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 Azure Vault Ltd. hold?

Azure Vault Ltd. holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Azure Vault Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Azure Vault Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 37.8 out of 100 (top 43% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Azure Vault Ltd. focus on?

Azure Vault Ltd.'s top technology area is G16C (Computational CHEMISTRY; CHEMOINFORMATICS; Computational Materials Science) with 6 patents, ranking #18 of 212 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

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

Azure Vault Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -40% 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 Azure Vault Ltd.'s patents?

Azure Vault Ltd.'s patents average 21.3 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 Azure Vault 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

Azure Vault Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 16 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: G16C (Computational CHEMISTRY; CHEMOINFORMATICS; Computational Materials Science).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Azure ranks #30,953 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 16 technology areas.

#30,953
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 43%
by Innovation Score (37.8/100): 21.3
avg claims per patent: -40%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R30953 · Foreign Corporation #30,953 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #30,953/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Aavid Thermal
CPC-FOCUS G16C · 16 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -40% 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 Azure’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 7.6 pts (20%) Velocity 3.3 pts (9%) Breadth 14.1 pts (37%) Claim depth 12.8 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Azure Vault · this assignee

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Azure's Innovation Score is 37.8/100 (top 43% 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 Azure?

Each dot is one of Azure’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). Azure’s own 21.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Azure's grants concentrate

Azure Vault Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 75% of grants classified under G16C (Computational CHEMISTRY; CHEMOINFORMATICS; Computational Materials Science). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Azure sits between AVX Aircraft Company and Accelerate Labs, LLC.

Azure's three-year grant acceleration

Azure Vault Ltd. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

AVX Aircraft

8
Axis-shield AS

8
Axtuator OY

8
Azoteq (PTY)

8
Aavid Thermal

8
Abbott Rapid Diag…

8
Abilene Christian…

8
Accelerate Labs

8
Azure Vault ◀

8

What this shows Azure holds 8 patents at rank #30,838, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Azure

By rank, the assignees closest to #30,838 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G16C (Computational Chemistry)

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

Azure's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 43% higher than 57% 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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Azure Vault Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	25.0%
2017	2	25.0%
2018	1	12.5%
2020	1	12.5%
2021	1	12.5%
2023	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Azure Vault Ltd. patent most?

G16C - Computational CHEMISTRY; CHEMOINFORMATICS; Computational Materials Science 6

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 5

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 2

G16B - Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

C12M - Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters 1

B01D - Separation 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

Top 15 of 16 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Azure Vault Ltd.'s lead technology class is G16C (Computational CHEMISTRY; CHEMOINFORMATICS; Computational Materials Science), 75% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G16C
Ranked #30,953 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Azure Vault Ltd. against AVX Aircraft Company, 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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