Where does Elan Microelectronics Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Elan Microelectronics Corporation ranks #4,463 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 Elan Microelectronics Corporation hold?

Elan Microelectronics Corporation holds 79 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 28 technology areas.

What is Elan Microelectronics Corporation's Innovation Score?

Elan Microelectronics Corporation has an Innovation Score of 49.1 out of 100 (top 15% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Elan Microelectronics Corporation focus on?

Elan Microelectronics Corporation's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 63 patents. Grants appear in 28 CPC subclasses total.

Is Elan Microelectronics Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Elan Microelectronics Corporation's recent grant velocity is -50% 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 Elan Microelectronics Corporation's patents?

Elan Microelectronics Corporation's patents average 18.5 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 Elan Microelectronics Corporation 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

Elan Microelectronics Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 79 granted patents across 28 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Elan ranks #4,463 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 79 patents across 28 technology areas.

#4,463
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 15%
by Innovation Score (49.1/100): 18.5
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4463 · Foreign Corporation #4,463 · 79 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 79 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,463/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Corning Precision…
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 28 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Corning Precision Materials Co., Ltd. (±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
Aker Solutions AS · near

49
Diebold Nixdorf… · near

49
Elan Microelectronics · this assignee

49
North-West University · near

49
Rhode Island Hospital · near

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Elan's Innovation Score is 49.1/100 (top 15% 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 Elan's grants concentrate

Elan Microelectronics Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 28 CPC subclasses with 79.7% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (33 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2023. By volume, Elan sits between Corning Precision Materials Co., Ltd. and Guangdong Brunp Recycling Technology Co., Ltd..

Elan's three-year grant acceleration

Elan Microelectronics Corporation shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 16 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.

Corning Precision…

79
Createme

79
Early Morning

79
ECA Medical Instr…

79
Enel X North Amer…

79
Exelis

79
Fallbrook Intelle…

79
Guangdong Brunp R…

79
Elan Microelectro… ◀

79

What this shows Elan holds 79 patents at rank #4,463, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Elan

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,463 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Elan, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (49 here).

Diebold Nixdorf Incorporated 49 Rhode Island Hospital 49 Aker Solutions AS 49 North-West University 49

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.5 here).

Allen Medical Systems, Inc. 18.5 avg Envisics Ltd 18.5 avg Weber Maschinenbau GmbH Breidenbach 18.5 avg Ancestry.com DNA, LLC 18.5 avg

Elan's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 15% higher than 85% 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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Elan Microelectronics Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	33	41.8%
2016	8	10.1%
2017	8	10.1%
2018	3	3.8%
2020	7	8.9%
2021	9	11.4%
2022	4	5.1%
2023	2	2.5%
2024	4	5.1%
2025partial year	1	1.3%

Which technologies does Elan Microelectronics Corporation patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 63

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 10

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 8

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 7

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 4

H03K - Pulse Technique 4

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 2

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

H03F - Amplifiers 2

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 2

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 2

Top 15 of 28 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#4,463

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

49.1 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

Elan Microelectronics Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Elan Microelectronics Corporation's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 79.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #4,463 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Elan Microelectronics Corporation against Corning Precision Materials Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.1/100 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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