Where does ECM Technologies, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ECM Technologies, LLC ranks #35,117 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 ECM Technologies, LLC hold?

ECM Technologies, LLC holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is ECM Technologies, LLC's Innovation Score?

ECM Technologies, LLC has an Innovation Score of 38.2 out of 100 (top 41% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is ECM Technologies, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

ECM Technologies, LLC's recent grant velocity is -60% 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 ECM Technologies, LLC's patents?

ECM Technologies, LLC's patents average 9.9 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 ECM Technologies, LLC 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

ECM Technologies, LLC

Q: What technology areas does ECM Technologies, LLC focus on?

ECM Technologies, LLC's top technology area is C21D (Modifying THE Physical Structure OF Ferrous METALS; General Devices FOR Heat Treatment OF Ferrous OR Non-ferrous Metals OR ALLOYS; Making Metal Malleable, e.g. BY Decarburisation OR Tempering) with 4 patents, ranking #105 of 428 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: C21D (Modifying THE Physical Structure OF Ferrous METALS; General Devices FOR Heat Treatment OF Ferrous OR Non-ferrous Metals OR ALLOYS; Making Metal Malleable, e.g. BY Decarburisation OR Tempering).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, ECM ranks #35,117 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 11 technology areas.

#35,117
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 41%
by Innovation Score (38.2/100): 9.9
avg claims per patent: -60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R35117 · US Corporation #35,117 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #35,117/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ECE
CPC-FOCUS C21D · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -60% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ECE (±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 ECM’s 38.2 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 7.2 pts (19%) Velocity 13.3 pts (35%) Breadth 11.7 pts (31%) Claim depth 5.9 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
3-D Matrix · near

38
ECM · this assignee

38
Infinitum Solutions · near

38
Ultrata · near

38
University College… · near

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows ECM's Innovation Score is 38.2/100 (top 41% 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 ECM?

Each dot is one of ECM’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). ECM’s own 9.9 claims/patent is at or below the 11.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where ECM's grants concentrate

ECM Technologies, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 57.1% of grants classified under C21D (Modifying THE Physical Structure OF Ferrous METALS; General Devices FOR Heat Treatment OF Ferrous OR Non-ferrous Metals OR ALLOYS; Making Metal Malleable, e.g. BY Decarburisation OR Tempering). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, ECM sits between ECE and Ecospray Technologies S.R.L..

ECM's three-year grant acceleration

ECM Technologies, LLC shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

ECE

7
Echostar Broadcas…

7
Eckerle

7
ECM Industries

7
Ecna

7
Ecole Superieure…

7
Ecoroll Werkzeugt…

7
Ecospray S R L

7
ECM ◀

7

What this shows ECM holds 7 patents at rank #35,101, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near ECM

By rank, the assignees closest to #35,101 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C21D (Modifying THE Physical Structure OF Ferrous Metals)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for ECM, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C21D (Modifying THE Physical Structure OF Ferrous Metals), ECM ranks #105 of 428 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (38 here).

Infinitum Solutions, Inc. 38 University College Dublin 38 Ultrata, LLC 38 3-D Matrix, Ltd. 38

ECM's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 41% higher than 59% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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ECM Technologies, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	14.3%
2017	2	28.6%
2018	1	14.3%
2019	1	14.3%
2022	1	14.3%
2024	1	14.3%

Which technologies does ECM Technologies, LLC patent most?

C21D - Modifying THE Physical Structure OF Ferrous METALS; General Devices FOR Heat Treatment OF Ferrous OR Non-ferrous Metals OR ALLOYS; Making Metal Malleable, e.g. BY Decarburisation OR Tempering 4

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 4

F27D - Details OR Accessories OF Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts, IN SO FAR AS They ARE OF Kinds Occurring IN More Than ONE Kind OF Furnace 2

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 1

C07K - Peptides 1

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 1

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 1

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 1

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 1

F27B - Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts IN GENERAL; Open Sintering OR Like Apparatus 1

C22C - Alloys 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

ECM Technologies, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ECM Technologies, LLC's lead technology class is C21D (Modifying THE Physical Structure OF Ferrous METALS; General Devices FOR Heat Treatment OF Ferrous OR Non-ferrous Metals OR ALLOYS; Making Metal Malleable, e.g. BY Decarburisation OR Tempering), 57.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C21D
Ranked #35,117 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ECM Technologies, LLC against ECE, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.2/100 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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