Where does Edgecraft Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Edgecraft Corporation ranks #18,564 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 Edgecraft Corporation hold?

Edgecraft Corporation holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Edgecraft Corporation's Innovation Score?

Edgecraft Corporation has an Innovation Score of 37.7 out of 100 (top 43% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Edgecraft Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Edgecraft Corporation's recent grant velocity is -85% 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 Edgecraft Corporation's patents?

Edgecraft Corporation's patents average 10.2 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 Edgecraft Corporation 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

Edgecraft Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Edgecraft Corporation focus on?

Edgecraft Corporation's top technology area is B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents) with 6 patents, ranking #85 of 468 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Edgecraft ranks #18,564 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 6 technology areas.

#18,564
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 43%
by Innovation Score (37.7/100): 10.2
avg claims per patent: -85%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18564 · US Corporation #18,564 · 15 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,564/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH E Zoller & KG…
CPC-NARROW B24B · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.7/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -85% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: E. Zoller GmbH & Co. KG Einstell-und Messgeraete (±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 Edgecraft’s 37.7 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 9.6 pts (25%) Velocity 13.3 pts (35%) Breadth 8.7 pts (23%) Claim depth 6.1 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Edgecraft · this assignee

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Edgecraft's Innovation Score is 37.7/100 (top 43% 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 Edgecraft?

Each dot is one of Edgecraft’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). Edgecraft’s own 10.2 claims/patent is at or below the 13.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Edgecraft's grants concentrate

Edgecraft Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 40% of grants classified under B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Edgecraft sits between E. Zoller GmbH & Co. KG Einstell-und Messgeraete and Eltek AS.

Edgecraft's three-year grant acceleration

Edgecraft Corporation 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.

E Zoller & KG Ein…

15
Easytrim Reveals

15
ECR Software

15
Edge Technology

15
Efinix

15
Ehwa Diamond Indu…

15
Eitan Medical

15
Eltek AS

15
Edgecraft ◀

15

What this shows Edgecraft holds 15 patents at rank #18,560, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Edgecraft

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,560 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B24B (Machines)

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

Edgecraft's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 43% higher than 57% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Edgecraft Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	20.0%
2016	5	33.3%
2017	3	20.0%
2018	1	6.7%
2019	1	6.7%
2022	1	6.7%
2023	1	6.7%

Which technologies does Edgecraft Corporation patent most?

B24B - Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents 6

B24D - Tools FOR Grinding, Buffing OR Sharpening 5

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 1

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 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

A47J - Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages 1

Top 6 of 6 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

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Edgecraft Corporation's lead technology class is B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents), 40% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B24B
Ranked #18,564 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Edgecraft Corporation against E. Zoller GmbH & Co. KG Einstell-und Messgeraete, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.7/100 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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