Where does Efore OYJ rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Efore OYJ ranks #46,407 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 Efore OYJ hold?

Efore OYJ holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2017, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Efore OYJ's Innovation Score?

Efore OYJ has an Innovation Score of 23.0 out of 100 (11th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Efore OYJ's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Efore OYJ's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Efore OYJ's patents?

Efore OYJ's patents average 12.4 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 Efore OYJ 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

Efore OYJ

Q: What technology areas does Efore OYJ focus on?

Efore OYJ's top technology area is H02M (Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof) with 1 patents. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2017. 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: H02M (Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER;).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Efore ranks #46,407 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 7 technology areas.

#46,407
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 11th percentile
by Innovation Score (23.0/100): 12.4
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R46407 · Foreign Corporation #46,407 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #46,407/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Eduard Wille & KT
CPC-NARROW H02M · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 23.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Eduard Wille GMBH & Co. KT (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Efore OYJ · this assignee

23
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Efore's Innovation Score is 23.0/100 (11th percentile 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.

Where Efore's grants concentrate

Efore OYJ is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 20% of grants classified under H02M (Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER;). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2017. By volume, Efore sits between Eduard Wille GMBH & Co. KT and EHT Ventures LLC.

Eduard Wille & KT

5
Edward VIA Virgin…

5
EDX Education

5
Effekt

5
Egg-chick Automat…

5
Eggciting Product…

5
Egis Gyogyszergya…

5
EHT Ventures

5
Efore OYJ ◀

5

What this shows Efore holds 5 patents at rank #46,385, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Efore

By rank, the assignees closest to #46,385 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H02M (Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC)

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

Efore's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

23 11th percentile higher than 11% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2017

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Efore OYJ patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	60.0%
2017	2	40.0%

Which technologies does Efore OYJ patent most?

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 1

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 1

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

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 1

Top 7 of 7 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#46,407

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

23.0 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Efore OYJ's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Efore OYJ's lead technology class is H02M (Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER;), 20% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H02M
Ranked #46,407 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Efore OYJ against Eduard Wille GMBH & Co. KT, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 23.0/100 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.