Where does Elbit Systems Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Elbit Systems Ltd. ranks #3,451 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 Ltd. hold?

Elbit Systems Ltd. holds 107 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 55 technology areas.

What is Elbit Systems Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Elbit Systems Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 57.3 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Elbit Systems Ltd. focus on?

Elbit Systems Ltd.'s top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 43 patents. Grants appear in 55 CPC subclasses total.

Is Elbit Systems Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Elbit Systems Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +7% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Elbit Systems Ltd.'s patents?

Elbit Systems Ltd.'s patents average 18.3 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 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 Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 107 granted patents across 55 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Elbit ranks #3,451 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 107 patents across 55 technology areas.

#3,451
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.3/100): 18.3
avg claims per patent: +7%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3451 · Foreign Corporation #3,451 · 107 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 107 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,451/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Boston Scientific…
CPC-WIDE G02B · 55 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +7% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited (±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
Children's National… · near

57
Department OF… · near

57
Elbit Systems · this assignee

57
Lummus Technology · near

57
National Central… · near

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Elbit's Innovation Score is 57.3/100 (top 5% 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.

How Elbit's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Elbit Systems Ltd. received 49 grants versus 46 in 2015–2019 (+7% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2018 at 14 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 6. Lead class G02B accounts for 40.2% of the portfolio across 55 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited (#3,447) and NxGen Partners IP, LLC (#3,455).

Elbit's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Elbit Systems Ltd. moved from 35 to 27 grants (0.77x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,929. See the growth leaderboard.

Boston Scientific…

107
Costa Del Mar

107
Cylance

107
Diebold Nixdorf I…

107
Galderma Research…

107
Jilin University

107
Mitsui High-tec

107
Nxgen Partners IP

107
Elbit Systems ◀

107

What this shows Elbit holds 107 patents at rank #3,451, 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 #3,451 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

National Central University 57 Department OF Veterans Affairs 57 Lummus Technology LLC 57 Children's National Medical Center 57

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.3 here).

Dura Operating, LLC 18.3 avg Chemocentryx, Inc. 18.3 avg Twelve, Inc. 18.3 avg Neustar, Inc. 18.3 avg

Elbit's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 5% higher than 95% 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 Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	6.5%
2016	6	5.6%
2017	6	5.6%
2018	14	13.1%
2019	13	12.1%
2020	9	8.4%
2021	13	12.1%
2022	9	8.4%
2023	7	6.5%
2024	11	10.3%
2025partial year	12	11.2%

Which technologies does Elbit Systems Ltd. patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 43

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 29

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 25

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 18

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 15

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 14

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 13

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 12

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 7

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 7

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 6

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 6

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 5

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 4

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 3

Top 15 of 55 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,451

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

57.3 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

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

Elbit Systems Ltd.'s lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 40.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #3,451 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Elbit Systems Ltd. against Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.3/100 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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