Where does East Penn Manufacturing Co. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), East Penn Manufacturing Co. ranks #24,241 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 East Penn Manufacturing Co. hold?

East Penn Manufacturing Co. holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is East Penn Manufacturing Co.'s Innovation Score?

East Penn Manufacturing Co. has an Innovation Score of 32.5 out of 100 (41st percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is East Penn Manufacturing Co.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

East Penn Manufacturing Co.'s recent grant velocity is -90% 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 East Penn Manufacturing Co.'s patents?

East Penn Manufacturing Co.'s patents average 20.3 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 East Penn Manufacturing Co. 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

East Penn Manufacturing Co.

Q: What technology areas does East Penn Manufacturing Co. focus on?

East Penn Manufacturing Co.'s top technology area is H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy) with 10 patents, ranking #525 of 2,332 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, East ranks #24,241 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 11 technology areas.

#24,241
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 41st percentile
by Innovation Score (32.5/100): 20.3
avg claims per patent: -90%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24241 · US Corporation #24,241 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,241/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Eagle Biologics
CPC-FOCUS H01M · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -90% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Eagle Biologics, Inc. (±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 East’s 32.5 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 8.6 pts (26%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.7 pts (36%) Claim depth 12.2 pts (38%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
East Penn Manufactur… · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows East's Innovation Score is 32.5/100 (41st 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 East?

Each dot is one of East’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). East’s own 20.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where East's grants concentrate

East Penn Manufacturing Co. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 90.9% of grants classified under H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, East sits between EYE Therapies LLC and Ecolibrium Solar, Inc..

EYE Therapies

11
Ezisurg Medical

11
Eagle Biologics

11
Earth Science Lab…

11
Eaton Cummins Aut…

11
Ecodyst

11
Ecolean AB

11
Ecolibrium Solar

11
East Penn Manufac… ◀

11

What this shows East holds 11 patents at rank #24,269, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near East

By rank, the assignees closest to #24,269 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01M (Processes OR Means)

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

East's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 41st percentile higher than 41% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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East Penn Manufacturing Co. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	9.1%
2017	1	9.1%
2018	4	36.4%
2019	4	36.4%
2021	1	9.1%

Which technologies does East Penn Manufacturing Co. patent most?

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 10

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 10

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 8

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 1

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

B01D - Separation 1

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

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

H04B - Transmission 1

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 11 of 11 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

East Penn Manufacturing Co.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

East Penn Manufacturing Co.'s lead technology class is H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy), 90.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01M
Ranked #24,241 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare East Penn Manufacturing Co. against EYE Therapies LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.5/100 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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