Where does Ecolean AB rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ecolean AB ranks #24,247 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 Ecolean AB hold?

Ecolean AB holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Ecolean AB's Innovation Score?

Ecolean AB has an Innovation Score of 26.4 out of 100 (20th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Ecolean AB focus on?

Ecolean AB's top technology area is B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking) with 5 patents, ranking #271 of 1,343 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Ecolean AB's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ecolean AB's recent grant velocity is -33% 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 Ecolean AB's patents?

Ecolean AB's patents average 10.3 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 Ecolean AB 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

Ecolean AB

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 8 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: B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ecolean ranks #24,247 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 8 technology areas.

#24,247
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 20th percentile
by Innovation Score (26.4/100): 10.3
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24247 · Foreign Corporation #24,247 · 11 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,247/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Earth Science…
CPC-NARROW B65B · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.4/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Earth Science Laboratories, 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 Ecolean’s 26.4 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 (32%) Velocity 1.7 pts (6%) Breadth 10.0 pts (38%) Claim depth 6.2 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ecolean AB · this assignee

26
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ecolean's Innovation Score is 26.4/100 (20th 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 Ecolean?

Each dot is one of Ecolean’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). Ecolean’s own 10.3 claims/patent is at or below the 17.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Ecolean's grants concentrate

Ecolean AB is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 45.5% of grants classified under B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Ecolean sits between Earth Science Laboratories, Inc. and Egress Software Technologies IP Limited.

Ecolean's three-year grant acceleration

Ecolean AB shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Earth Science Lab…

11
East Penn Manufac…

11
Eaton Cummins Aut…

11
Ecodyst

11
Ecolibrium Solar

11
Edeniq

11
Egg Medical

11
Egress Software IP

11
Ecolean AB ◀

11

What this shows Ecolean holds 11 patents at rank #24,272, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ecolean

By rank, the assignees closest to #24,272 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65B (Machines)

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

Ecolean's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 20th percentile higher than 20% 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.

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Ecolean AB patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	9.1%
2016	4	36.4%
2019	1	9.1%
2020	1	9.1%
2021	2	18.2%
2022	1	9.1%
2025partial year	1	9.1%

Which technologies does Ecolean AB patent most?

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 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 4

B31B - Making Containers OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

F17C - Vessels FOR Containing OR Storing Compressed, Liquefied OR Solidified GASES; Fixed-capacity GAS-HOLDERS; Filling Vessels With, OR Discharging From Vessels, Compressed, Liquefied, OR Solidified Gases 1

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

B65C - Labelling OR Tagging Machines, Apparatus, OR Processes 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Ecolean AB's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ecolean AB's lead technology class is B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking), 45.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65B
Ranked #24,247 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ecolean AB against Earth Science Laboratories, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.4/100 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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