Where does Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc. ranks #6,522 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 Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc. hold?

Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc. holds 51 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 27 technology areas.

What is Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 47.5 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%).

Is Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -38% 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 Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc.'s patents?

Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc.'s patents average 22.1 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 Ekso Bionics Holdings, 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

Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc. focus on?

Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc.'s top technology area is A61H (Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g. Devices FOR Locating OR Stimulating Reflex Points IN THE BODY; Artificial RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; Bathing Devices FOR Special Therapeutic OR Hygienic Purposes OR Specific Parts OF THE Body) with 43 patents, ranking #6 of 752 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 27 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 51 granted patents across 27 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: A61H (Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g. Devices FOR Locating OR Stimulating Reflex Points IN THE BODY; Artificial RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; Bathing Devices FOR Special Therapeutic OR Hygienic Purposes OR Specifi).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ekso ranks #6,522 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 51 patents across 27 technology areas.

#6,522
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.5/100): 22.1
avg claims per patent: -38%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6522 · US Corporation #6,522 · 51 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 51 grants
UPPER-Q #6,522/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Digital Ally
CPC-FOCUS A61H · 27 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -38% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Digital Ally, Inc. (±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 Ekso’s 47.5 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 13.6 pts (29%) Velocity 2.2 pts (5%) Breadth 18.4 pts (39%) Claim depth 13.2 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ekso Bionics Holdings · this assignee

47
Fresenius Kabi USA · near

47
Lisi Aerospace · near

47
Wageningen Universit… · near

47
Whitewater West… · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ekso's Innovation Score is 47.5/100 (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 Ekso?

Each dot is one of Ekso’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). Ekso’s own 22.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Ekso's grants concentrate

Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 27 CPC subclasses with 84.3% of grants classified under A61H (Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g. Devices FOR Locating OR Stimulating Reflex Points IN THE BODY; Artificial RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; Bathing Devices FOR Special Therapeutic OR Hygienic Purposes OR Specifi). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (14 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2021. By volume, Ekso sits between Digital Ally, Inc. and FKA Distributing Co., LLC.

Ekso's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc. moved from 24 to 8 grants (0.33x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Digital Ally

51
Elite Material

51
Ezconn

51
Eden Collection B…

51
Elpis

51
Esaote S p A

51
Evertz Microsyste…

51
FKA Distributing

51
Ekso Bionics Hold… ◀

51

What this shows Ekso holds 51 patents at rank #6,524, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ekso

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,524 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61H (Physical Therapy Apparatus)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Ekso, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61H (Physical Therapy Apparatus), Ekso ranks #6 of 752 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Lisi Aerospace 47 Whitewater West Industries Ltd. 47 Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC 47 Wageningen Universiteit 47

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (22.1 here).

Momentive Performance Materials GmbH 22.1 avg Kyocera AVX Components Corporation 22.1 avg Swisscom AG 22.1 avg Fungible, Inc. 22.1 avg

Ekso's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 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 · 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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Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	5.9%
2016	3	5.9%
2017	5	9.8%
2018	4	7.8%
2019	14	27.5%
2020	8	15.7%
2021	2	3.9%
2023	6	11.8%
2024	2	3.9%
2025partial year	4	7.8%

Which technologies does Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc. patent most?

A61H - Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g. Devices FOR Locating OR Stimulating Reflex Points IN THE BODY; Artificial RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; Bathing Devices FOR Special Therapeutic OR Hygienic Purposes OR Specific Parts OF THE Body 43

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 24

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 17

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 6

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 5

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 4

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 4

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 3

B25H - Workshop Equipment, e.g. FOR Marking-out WORK; Storage Means FOR Workshops 3

F16H - Gearing 3

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

A45F - Travelling OR Camp EQUIPMENT: Sacks OR Packs Carried ON THE Body 2

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 2

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 2

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 1

Top 15 of 27 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

Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61H (Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g. Devices FOR Locating OR Stimulating Reflex Points IN THE BODY; Artificial RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; Bathing Devices FOR Special Therapeutic OR Hygienic Purposes OR Specifi), 84.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61H
Ranked #6,522 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc. against Digital Ally, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.5/100 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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