Overall rank by patents
#8,191
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 39 granted patents across 6 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: A61J (CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES ).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, E-link ranks #8,191 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 39 patents across 6 technology areas.
E-link Plastic & Metal Industrial Co., Ltd. has been granted 39 US utility patents between 2019 and 2025, placing E-link Plastic & Metal Industrial Co., Ltd. at #8,191 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 6 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 4.7 claims per patent with primary concentration in A61J (CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES ). As a Foreign Corporation, E-link Plastic & Metal Industrial Co., Ltd. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, E-link sits between Dongjin Semichem Co., Ltd. (39 patents, rank #8,186) and Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. (39 patents, rank #8,194) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 29.5/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 30 grants, compared with 4 in the 2015–2019 window, a +650% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. E-link Plastic & Metal Industrial Co., Ltd.'s 4.7 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 6 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
DONGJIN SEMICHEM CO., LTD.
39 patents
DSM&T COMPANY INC.
39 patents
Deep Science, LLC
39 patents
Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc.
39 patents
EIGHT HOLDINGS LLC
39 patents
ESPRESSIF SYSTEMS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
39 patents
ETERNAL PLANT BOIJL B.V.
39 patents
EVERLIGHT ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
39 patents
E-LINK PLASTIC & METAL INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
39 patents
What this shows E-link holds 39 patents at rank #8,190, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #8,190 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in E-link's primary technology class.
E-link's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
29 Top 69% higher than 31% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2019–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4 | 10.3% |
| 2020 | 8 | 20.5% |
| 2021 | 7 | 17.9% |
| 2022 | 5 | 12.8% |
| 2023 | 7 | 17.9% |
| 2024 | 3 | 7.7% |
| 2025partial year | 5 | 12.8% |
Top 6 of 6 technology areas
Historical grant data only; it does not rate legal strength or current strategy.
Overall rank by patents
#8,191
of 50,000 tracked assignees
29.5 out of 100
How to use this portfolio
E-link's 39 grants land it in the top 69% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.
Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.
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.