Where does Elbit Systems ELECTRO-OPTICS—ELOP Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Elbit Systems ELECTRO-OPTICS—ELOP Ltd. ranks #16,761 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 Elbit Systems ELECTRO-OPTICS—ELOP Ltd. hold?

Elbit Systems ELECTRO-OPTICS—ELOP Ltd. holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Elbit Systems ELECTRO-OPTICS—ELOP Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Elbit Systems ELECTRO-OPTICS—ELOP Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 41.0 out of 100 (top 34% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Elbit Systems ELECTRO-OPTICS—ELOP Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Elbit Systems ELECTRO-OPTICS—ELOP Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +600% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Elbit Systems ELECTRO-OPTICS—ELOP Ltd.'s patents?

Elbit Systems ELECTRO-OPTICS—ELOP Ltd.'s patents average 16.9 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 Elbit Systems ELECTRO-OPTICS—ELOP Ltd. 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

Elbit Systems ELECTRO-OPTICS—ELOP Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Elbit Systems ELECTRO-OPTICS—ELOP Ltd. focus on?

Elbit Systems ELECTRO-OPTICS—ELOP Ltd.'s top technology area is H01S (Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical) with 10 patents, ranking #144 of 855 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 16 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: H01S (Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Elbit ranks #16,761 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 16 technology areas.

#16,761
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 34%
by Innovation Score (41.0/100): 16.9
avg claims per patent: +600%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16761 · Foreign Corporation #16,761 · 17 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #16,761/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ECO Electrical Systems
CPC-FOCUS H01S · 16 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +600% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ECO Electrical Systems, 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 Elbit’s 41.0 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 10.0 pts (24%) Velocity 6.7 pts (16%) Breadth 14.1 pts (34%) Claim depth 10.2 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Elbit Systems… · this assignee

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Elbit's Innovation Score is 41.0/100 (top 34% 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 Elbit?

Each dot is one of Elbit’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). Elbit’s own 16.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Elbit's grants concentrate

Elbit Systems ELECTRO-OPTICS—ELOP Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 58.8% of grants classified under H01S (Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Elbit sits between ECO Electrical Systems, Inc and Energy Focus, Inc..

Elbit's three-year grant acceleration

Elbit Systems ELECTRO-OPTICS—ELOP Ltd. shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

ECO Electrical Sy…

17
Ecole Centrale DE…

17
Edgecast Networks

17
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17
Emag Holding

17
Emoji ID

17
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17
Energy Focus

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17

What this shows Elbit holds 17 patents at rank #16,759, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Elbit

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,759 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01S (Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimu…)

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

Elbit's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 34% higher than 66% 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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Elbit Systems ELECTRO-OPTICS—ELOP Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	5.9%
2018	1	5.9%
2020	3	17.6%
2021	4	23.5%
2023	2	11.8%
2024	5	29.4%
2025partial year	1	5.9%

Which technologies does Elbit Systems ELECTRO-OPTICS—ELOP Ltd. patent most?

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 10

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 4

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 4

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 3

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 3

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 1

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 1

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 1

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

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

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

H04B - Transmission 1

F41H - ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General 1

Top 15 of 16 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

Elbit Systems ELECTRO-OPTICS—ELOP Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Elbit Systems ELECTRO-OPTICS—ELOP Ltd.'s lead technology class is H01S (Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges), 58.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01S
Ranked #16,761 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Elbit Systems ELECTRO-OPTICS—ELOP Ltd. against ECO Electrical Systems, Inc, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.0/100 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

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