Where does Ecom Instruments GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ecom Instruments GMBH ranks #15,976 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 Ecom Instruments GMBH hold?

Ecom Instruments GMBH holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Ecom Instruments GMBH's Innovation Score?

Ecom Instruments GMBH has an Innovation Score of 37.4 out of 100 (top 44% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Ecom Instruments GMBH focus on?

Ecom Instruments GMBH's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 9 patents, ranking #3,920 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

Is Ecom Instruments GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ecom Instruments GMBH's recent grant velocity is -67% 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 Ecom Instruments GMBH's patents?

Ecom Instruments GMBH's patents average 19.4 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 Ecom Instruments 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

Ecom Instruments GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 17 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ecom ranks #15,976 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 17 technology areas.

#15,976
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.4/100): 19.4
avg claims per patent: -67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15976 · Foreign Corporation #15,976 · 18 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #15,976/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH DuPont Specialty…
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 17 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: DuPont Specialty Materials Korea 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 Ecom’s 37.4 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 10.2 pts (27%) Velocity 1.0 pts (3%) Breadth 14.6 pts (39%) Claim depth 11.7 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ecom Instruments · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ecom's Innovation Score is 37.4/100 (top 44% 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 Ecom?

Each dot is one of Ecom’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). Ecom’s own 19.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Ecom's grants concentrate

Ecom Instruments GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Ecom sits between DuPont Specialty Materials Korea Ltd. and Embraco Industria DE Compressores E Solucoes EM Refrigeracao Ltda..

Ecom's three-year grant acceleration

Ecom Instruments GMBH shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Dupont Specialty…

18
Eagleburgmann Jap…

18
EBM Papst Landshut

18
Ebner Industrieof…

18
Electrical Subsea…

18
Electrophoretics

18
Elliott Group

18
Embraco Industria…

18
Ecom Instruments ◀

18

What this shows Ecom holds 18 patents at rank #15,974, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ecom

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,974 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Ecom's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 44% higher than 56% 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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Ecom Instruments GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	5.6%
2016	1	5.6%
2017	4	22.2%
2018	2	11.1%
2019	4	22.2%
2020	1	5.6%
2021	2	11.1%
2023	1	5.6%
2025partial year	2	11.1%

Which technologies does Ecom Instruments GMBH patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 9

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 5

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 5

H04M - Telephonic Communication 3

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 2

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 2

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 2

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 1

Top 15 of 17 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

Ecom Instruments GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ecom Instruments GMBH's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #15,976 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ecom Instruments GMBH against DuPont Specialty Materials Korea Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.4/100 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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