Where does The AES Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The AES Corporation ranks #11,467 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 AES Corporation hold?

The AES Corporation holds 27 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 26 technology areas.

What is The AES Corporation's Innovation Score?

The AES Corporation has an Innovation Score of 43.5 out of 100 (top 28% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does The AES Corporation focus on?

The AES Corporation's top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 17 patents, ranking #810 of 5,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 26 CPC subclasses total.

Is The AES Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The AES Corporation's recent grant velocity is -53% 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 AES Corporation's patents?

The AES Corporation's patents average 16.9 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 AES Corporation 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 AES Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 27 granted patents across 26 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 #11,467 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 27 patents across 26 technology areas.

#11,467
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 28%
by Innovation Score (43.5/100): 16.9
avg claims per patent: -53%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11467 · US Corporation #11,467 · 27 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 27 grants
UPPER-Q #11,467/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Teledyne e2v…
CPC-FOCUS Y02E · 26 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -53% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Teledyne e2v Semiconductors SAS (±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 The’s 43.5 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 11.5 pts (26%) Velocity 3.8 pts (9%) Breadth 18.0 pts (41%) Claim depth 10.1 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AngioDynamics · near

43
AZ Materials… · near

43
Bromine Compounds · near

43
The AES · this assignee

43
UEA Enterprises · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 43.5/100 (top 28% 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 The?

Each dot is one of The’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). The’s own 16.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where The's grants concentrate

The AES Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 26 CPC subclasses with 63% of grants classified under Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, The sits between Teledyne e2v Semiconductors SAS and The Hillshire Brands Company.

The's three-year grant acceleration

The AES Corporation shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Teledyne e2v Semi…

27
Tempo Industries

27
Teradici

27
Thales Holdings UK

27
The Boppy

27
The Boston Consul…

27
The Dial

27
The Hillshire Bra…

27
The AES ◀

27

What this shows The holds 27 patents at rank #11,480, 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 #11,480 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.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for The, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions), The ranks #810 of 5,963 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

Bromine Compounds Ltd. 43 AZ Electronic Materials (Luxembourg) S.A.R.L. 43 AngioDynamics, Inc. 43 UEA Enterprises Ltd 43

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 28% higher than 72% 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 AES Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	11.1%
2016	3	11.1%
2017	5	18.5%
2018	3	11.1%
2019	3	11.1%
2020	2	7.4%
2021	2	7.4%
2022	1	3.7%
2024	3	11.1%
2025partial year	2	7.4%

Which technologies does The AES Corporation patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 17

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 15

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 12

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 9

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 8

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 7

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 7

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 7

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 5

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 5

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 4

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 4

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 3

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 3

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 3

Top 15 of 26 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

The AES Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The AES Corporation's lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 63% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #11,467 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The AES Corporation against Teledyne e2v Semiconductors SAS, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.5/100 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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