Where does EKC Technology, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), EKC Technology, Inc. ranks #26,199 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does EKC Technology, Inc. hold?

EKC Technology, Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is EKC Technology, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

EKC Technology, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 30.9 out of 100 (top 64% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does EKC Technology, Inc. focus on?

EKC Technology, Inc.'s top technology area is H01L (SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10) with 6 patents. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

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

EKC Technology, Inc.'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 EKC Technology, Inc.'s patents?

EKC Technology, Inc.'s patents average 13.4 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 EKC Technology, 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

EKC Technology, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: H01L (SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, EKC ranks #26,199 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 17 technology areas.

#26,199
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 64%
by Innovation Score (30.9/100): 13.4
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26199 · US Corporation #26,199 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,199/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH EGGTRONIC ENGINEERIN…
CPC-FOCUS H01L · 17 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Eggtronic Engineering S.r.l. (±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
EKC Technology · this assignee

31
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows EKC's Innovation Score is 30.9/100 (top 64% 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 EKC's grants concentrate

EKC Technology, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under H01L (SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, EKC sits between Eggtronic Engineering S.r.l. and Elantas Gmbh.

Eggtronic Enginee…

10
EHC Canada

10
EHS LENS Philippi…

10
Einnovations Hold…

10
EKO Health

10
EKRA Automatisier…

10
EKWB d o o

10
Elantas

10
EKC Technology ◀

10

What this shows EKC holds 10 patents at rank #26,185, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near EKC

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,185 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10)

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

EKC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 Top 64% higher than 36% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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EKC Technology, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	10.0%
2016	2	20.0%
2018	3	30.0%
2025partial year	4	40.0%

Which technologies does EKC Technology, Inc. patent most?

H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10 6

C11D - DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL 6

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 3

C09D - COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES OR LACQUERS; FILLING PASTES; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; CORRECTING FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR 3

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING OR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES 3

G03F - PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES, e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; MATERIALS THEREFOR; ORIGINALS THEREFOR; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR; 2

B08B - CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL 2

C23F - NON-MECHANICAL REMOVAL OF METALLIC MATERIAL FROM SURFACE ; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL; MULTI-STEP PROCESSES FOR SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL INVOLVING AT LEAST ONE PROCESS PROVIDED FOR IN CLASS C23 AND AT LEAST ONE PROCESS COVERED BY SUBCLASS C21D 2

H05K - PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS 2

C09K - MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE 2

B32B - LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM 1

H03K - PULSE TECHNIQUE 1

Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION 1

G02B - OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS 1

B05D - PROCESSES FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL 1

Top 15 of 17 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#26,199

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

30.9 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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

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