Where does EBS Ink Jet Systeme GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), EBS Ink Jet Systeme GmbH ranks #46,370 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 EBS Ink Jet Systeme GmbH hold?

EBS Ink Jet Systeme GmbH holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is EBS Ink Jet Systeme GmbH's Innovation Score?

EBS Ink Jet Systeme GmbH has an Innovation Score of 19.8 out of 100 (6th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is EBS Ink Jet Systeme GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

EBS Ink Jet Systeme GmbH's recent grant velocity is -75% 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 EBS Ink Jet Systeme GmbH's patents?

EBS Ink Jet Systeme GmbH's patents average 12.4 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 EBS Ink Jet Systeme GmbH 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

EBS Ink Jet Systeme GmbH

Q: What technology areas does EBS Ink Jet Systeme GmbH focus on?

EBS Ink Jet Systeme GmbH's top technology area is B41J (TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors) with 5 patents. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: B41J (TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, EBS ranks #46,370 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 3 technology areas.

#46,370
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 6th percentile
by Innovation Score (19.8/100): 12.4
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R46370 · Foreign Corporation #46,370 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #46,370/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH East END Medical
CPC-NARROW B41J · 3 areas
INNOV-LOW 19.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: East END Medical LLC (±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
EBS Ink Jet Systeme · this assignee

20
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows EBS's Innovation Score is 19.8/100 (6th 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.

Where EBS's grants concentrate

EBS Ink Jet Systeme GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B41J (TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, EBS sits between East END Medical LLC and Eco-logical Enterprises B.V..

East END Medical

5
Easton Holdings

5
Easysnap Technolo…

5
Eberl Iron Works

5
Ebuddy Holding B V

5
Echeneidae

5
Eclipse Energy Sy…

5
Eco-logical Enter…

5
EBS Ink Jet Syste… ◀

5

What this shows EBS holds 5 patents at rank #46,366, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near EBS

By rank, the assignees closest to #46,366 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B41J (Typewriters)

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

EBS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

20 6th percentile higher than 6% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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EBS Ink Jet Systeme GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	20.0%
2018	1	20.0%
2019	2	40.0%
2020	1	20.0%

Which technologies does EBS Ink Jet Systeme GmbH patent most?

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 5

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 1

B43L - Articles FOR Writing OR Drawing UPON; ; Writing OR Drawing AIDS;; Accessories FOR Writing OR Drawing 1

Top 3 of 3 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#46,370

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

19.8 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

EBS Ink Jet Systeme GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

EBS Ink Jet Systeme GmbH's lead technology class is B41J (TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B41J
Ranked #46,370 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare EBS Ink Jet Systeme GmbH against East END Medical LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 19.8/100 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

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.