Where does The Abell Foundation, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The Abell Foundation, Inc. ranks #14,989 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 The Abell Foundation, Inc. hold?

The Abell Foundation, Inc. holds 20 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is The Abell Foundation, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

The Abell Foundation, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 39.0 out of 100 (top 39% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is The Abell Foundation, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The Abell Foundation, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -54% 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 The Abell Foundation, Inc.'s patents?

The Abell Foundation, Inc.'s patents average 14.9 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 The Abell Foundation, 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

The Abell Foundation, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does The Abell Foundation, Inc. focus on?

The Abell Foundation, Inc.'s top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 18 patents. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 24 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #14,989 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 24 technology areas.

#14,989
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 39%
by Innovation Score (39.0/100): 14.9
avg claims per patent: -54%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14989 · US Corporation #14,989 · 20 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 20 grants
MID-PACK #14,989/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Talus
CPC-FOCUS Y02E · 24 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -54% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Talus Corporation (±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
The Abell Foundation · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 39.0/100 (top 39% 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 The's grants concentrate

The Abell Foundation, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 90% of grants classified under Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, The sits between Talus Corporation and The Government of the United States of America, as represent by the Secretary of the Navy.

The's three-year grant acceleration

The Abell Foundation, Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Talus

20
Temasek Polytechn…

20
Test Research

20
Thales Defense &…

20
The American Univ…

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The Chancellor Ma…

20
The Gap

20
The Government of…

20
The Abell Foundat… ◀

20

What this shows The holds 20 patents at rank #14,995, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near The

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,995 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions)

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

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 39% higher than 61% 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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The Abell Foundation, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	25.0%
2016	1	5.0%
2017	4	20.0%
2018	1	5.0%
2019	2	10.0%
2020	3	15.0%
2021	1	5.0%
2022	1	5.0%
2024	1	5.0%
2025partial year	1	5.0%

Which technologies does The Abell Foundation, Inc. patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 18

F03G - Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like MOTORS; Mechanical-power Producing Devices OR Mechanisms, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR OR Using Energy Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 15

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 13

F01K - Steam Engine PLANTS; Steam ACCUMULATORS; Engine Plants NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Engines Using Special Working Fluids OR Cycles 8

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 8

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 4

F02M - Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof 3

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 3

B60T - Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted Movement OF VEHICLES; Vehicle Modifications TO Facilitate Cooling OF Brakes 3

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 3

F02D - Controlling Combustion Engines 3

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 3

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 3

B60H - Arrangements OF Heating, Cooling, Ventilating OR Other Air-treating Devices Specially Adapted FOR Passenger OR Goods Spaces OF Vehicles 3

F01N - Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Internal-combustion Engines 3

Top 15 of 24 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#14,989

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

39.0 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

The Abell Foundation, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The Abell Foundation, Inc.'s lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 90% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #14,989 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The Abell Foundation, Inc. against Talus Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.0/100 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

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