Where does Edst, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Edst, LLC ranks #17,631 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 Edst, LLC hold?

Edst, LLC holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2024, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Edst, LLC's Innovation Score?

Edst, LLC has an Innovation Score of 47.6 out of 100 (top 18% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Edst, LLC focus on?

Edst, LLC's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 15 patents, ranking #1,732 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

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

Edst, LLC's recent grant velocity is +1400% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Edst, LLC's patents?

Edst, LLC's patents average 25.9 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 Edst, 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

Edst, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2024. 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Edst ranks #17,631 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 11 technology areas.

#17,631
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.6/100): 25.9
avg claims per patent: +1400%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17631 · US Corporation #17,631 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,631/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Dürr Somac
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 11 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 25.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +1400% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dürr Somac GmbH (±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 Edst’s 47.6 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 9.8 pts (21%) Velocity 11.1 pts (23%) Breadth 11.7 pts (25%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Edst · this assignee

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Edst's Innovation Score is 47.6/100 (top 18% 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 Edst?

Each dot is one of Edst’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). Edst’s own 25.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Edst's grants concentrate

Edst, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 93.8% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Edst sits between Dürr Somac GmbH and Engineered Floors LLC.

Edst's three-year grant acceleration

Edst, LLC shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Dürr Somac

16
E J Brooks

16
Eads Construccion…

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Econtrols

16
Emeh

16
Enerkem

16
Engie

16
Engineered Floors

16
Edst ◀

16

What this shows Edst holds 16 patents at rank #17,626, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Edst

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,626 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Edst's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 18% higher than 82% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2024

Grants by year

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

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Edst, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	6.3%
2020	3	18.8%
2021	2	12.5%
2022	5	31.3%
2023	3	18.8%
2024	2	12.5%

Which technologies does Edst, LLC patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 15

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 14

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 10

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 10

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 5

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 5

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 5

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 5

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

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 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

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

Edst, LLC's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 93.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #17,631 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Edst, LLC against Dürr Somac GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.6/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.