Overall rank by patents
#3,369
Across all tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 110 granted patents across 13 technology areas, active 2015–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: G09B (EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS).
The verdict
Educational holds 110 US patents across 13 technology areas, rank #3,369 of 50,000 tracked assignees.
Educational Testing Service has been granted 110 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Educational Testing Service at rank #3,369 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 13 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 20.7 claims per patent with primary concentration in G09B (EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS). As a US Corporation, Educational Testing Service is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Educational sits between Albert-ludwigs-universitaet Freiburg (110 patents, rank #3,365) and Fuelcell Energy, Inc. (110 patents, rank #3,373) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 44.6/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 52 grants, compared with 58 in the 2015–2019 window, a -10% shift in five-year velocity. A cooling filing rate may reflect portfolio consolidation, shifting priorities, or reduced R&D throughput. The US Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.
Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Educational Testing Service's 20.7 average claims per patent reflects complex, broadly scoped inventions that are difficult for competitors to design around, while concentration in 13 subclasses points to a focused technical program. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Educational Testing Service against peers pursuing similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg
110 patents
Boston Scientific Limited
110 patents
CENTRE HOSPITALIER ET UNIVERSITAIRE DE BREST
110 patents
Cepheid
110 patents
Enza Zaden Beheer B.V.
110 patents
Experian Information Solutions, Inc.
110 patents
Flowserve Management Company
110 patents
FuelCell Energy, Inc.
110 patents
Educational Testing Service
110 patents
What this shows Educational holds 110 patents at rank #3,369, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #3,369 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Educational's primary technology class.
Educational's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
45 Top 25% higher than 75% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 8 | 7.3% |
| 2016 | 14 | 12.7% |
| 2017 | 14 | 12.7% |
| 2018 | 5 | 4.5% |
| 2019 | 17 | 15.5% |
| 2020 | 15 | 13.6% |
| 2021 | 10 | 9.1% |
| 2022 | 8 | 7.3% |
| 2023 | 9 | 8.2% |
| 2024 | 3 | 2.7% |
| 2025 | 7 | 6.4% |
Top 13 of 13 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#3,369
Across all tracked assignees
44.6 out of 100
How to use this portfolio
Educational's 110 grants land it in the top 25% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.
Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.
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.