Where does Ecto, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ecto, Inc. ranks #46,390 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 Ecto, Inc. hold?

Ecto, Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2024, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Ecto, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Ecto, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 36.7 out of 100 (top 46% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Ecto, Inc. focus on?

Ecto, Inc.'s top technology area is Y02A (Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change) with 5 patents, ranking #851 of 3,645 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Ecto, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Ecto, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Ecto, Inc.'s patents?

Ecto, Inc.'s patents average 19.8 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 Ecto, Inc. 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

Ecto, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2024. 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: Y02A (Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ecto ranks #46,390 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 6 technology areas.

#46,390
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 46%
by Innovation Score (36.7/100): 19.8
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R46390 · US Corporation #46,390 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #46,390/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ecolab
CPC-NARROW Y02A · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2024 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ecolab 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 Ecto’s 36.7 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 6.2 pts (17%) Velocity 10.0 pts (27%) Breadth 8.7 pts (24%) Claim depth 11.9 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ecto · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ecto's Innovation Score is 36.7/100 (top 46% 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 Ecto?

Each dot is one of Ecto’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). Ecto’s own 19.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Ecto's grants concentrate

Ecto, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under Y02A (Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Ecto sits between Ecolab Inc. and Edgecortix PTE. Ltd..

Ecto's three-year grant acceleration

Ecto, Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Ecolab

5
Econugenics

5
Ecopro

5
Ecotop

5
Edax Incorporated

5
Edge Design Globa…

5
Edge Mobile Payme…

5
Edgecortix PTE

5
Ecto ◀

5

What this shows Ecto holds 5 patents at rank #46,376, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ecto

By rank, the assignees closest to #46,376 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02A (Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change)

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

Ecto's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 46% higher than 54% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2024

Grants by year

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

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Ecto, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	20.0%
2021	1	20.0%
2022	2	40.0%
2024	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Ecto, Inc. patent most?

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 5

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 5

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 2

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G01G - Weighing 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Ecto, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ecto, Inc.'s lead technology class is Y02A (Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02A
Ranked #46,390 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ecto, Inc. against Ecolab Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.7/100 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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