Where does ECA Medical Instruments rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ECA Medical Instruments ranks #4,462 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 ECA Medical Instruments hold?

ECA Medical Instruments holds 79 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is ECA Medical Instruments's Innovation Score?

ECA Medical Instruments has an Innovation Score of 43.6 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 ECA Medical Instruments focus on?

ECA Medical Instruments's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 54 patents, ranking #353 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

Is ECA Medical Instruments's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

ECA Medical Instruments's recent grant velocity is -35% 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 ECA Medical Instruments's patents?

ECA Medical Instruments's patents average 12.2 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 ECA Medical Instruments 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

ECA Medical Instruments

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 79 granted patents across 20 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, ECA ranks #4,462 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 79 patents across 20 technology areas.

#4,462
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 28%
by Innovation Score (43.6/100): 12.2
avg claims per patent: -35%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4462 · US Corporation #4,462 · 79 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 79 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,462/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cadila Healthcare
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 20 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -35% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cadila Healthcare Ltd. (±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 ECA’s 43.6 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 15.1 pts (35%) Velocity 5.4 pts (12%) Breadth 15.8 pts (36%) Claim depth 7.3 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Active-Semi · near

44
Akzenta Paneele +… · near

44
ECA Medical… · this assignee

44
Inscape Data · near

44
Menasha · near

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows ECA's Innovation Score is 43.6/100 (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 ECA?

Each dot is one of ECA’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). ECA’s own 12.2 claims/patent is at or below the 14.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where ECA's grants concentrate

ECA Medical Instruments is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 68.4% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (13 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2024. By volume, ECA sits between Cadila Healthcare Ltd. and Fallbrook Intellectual Property Company LLC.

ECA's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, ECA Medical Instruments moved from 21 to 17 grants (0.81x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Cadila Healthcare

79
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79
Createme

79
Early Morning

79
Elan Microelectro…

79
Enel X North Amer…

79
Exelis

79
Fallbrook Intelle…

79
ECA Medical Instr… ◀

79

What this shows ECA holds 79 patents at rank #4,462, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near ECA

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,462 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for ECA, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), ECA ranks #353 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

Active-Semi, Inc. 44 Inscape Data, Inc. 44 Akzenta Paneele + Profile GMBH 44 Menasha Corporation 44

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.2 here).

Avon Products, Inc. 12.2 avg Automatic Bar Controls, Inc. 12.2 avg Trek Bicycle Corporation 12.2 avg Semikron Elektronik GMBH & Co. KG 12.2 avg

ECA's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 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.

View data table

ECA Medical Instruments patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	7.6%
2016	10	12.7%
2017	9	11.4%
2018	13	16.5%
2019	8	10.1%
2020	4	5.1%
2021	9	11.4%
2022	7	8.9%
2023	8	10.1%
2024	2	2.5%
2025partial year	3	3.8%

Which technologies does ECA Medical Instruments patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 54

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 49

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 18

B23B - TURNING; Boring 9

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 8

B25G - Handles FOR Hand Implements 8

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 5

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 5

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 4

F16H - Gearing 3

B25F - Combination OR Multi-purpose Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Details OR Components OF Portable Power-driven Tools NOT Particularly Related TO THE Operations Performed AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 3

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 FOR Administering Food OR Medicines ORALLY; Baby COMFORTERS; Devices FOR Receiving Spittle 2

B25D - Percussive Tools 2

B26F - PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; Severing BY Means Other Than Cutting 2

Top 15 of 20 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

ECA Medical Instruments's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ECA Medical Instruments's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 68.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #4,462 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ECA Medical Instruments against Cadila Healthcare Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.6/100 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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