Where does Elco Enterprises, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Elco Enterprises, Inc. ranks #19,698 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 Elco Enterprises, Inc. hold?

Elco Enterprises, Inc. holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Elco Enterprises, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Elco Enterprises, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 52.0 out of 100 (top 11% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Elco Enterprises, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Elco Enterprises, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +0% 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 Elco Enterprises, Inc.'s patents?

Elco Enterprises, Inc.'s patents average 20.1 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 Elco Enterprises, 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

Elco Enterprises, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Elco Enterprises, Inc. focus on?

Elco Enterprises, Inc.'s top technology area is B23K (Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam) with 13 patents, ranking #140 of 1,623 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: B23K (Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Elco ranks #19,698 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 9 technology areas.

#19,698
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (52.0/100): 20.1
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19698 · US Corporation #19,698 · 14 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #19,698/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH E2V Semiconductors
CPC-NARROW B23K · 9 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: E2V Semiconductors (±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 Elco’s 52.0 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 9.4 pts (18%) Velocity 20.0 pts (38%) Breadth 10.6 pts (20%) Claim depth 12.1 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Elco Enterprises · this assignee

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Elco's Innovation Score is 52.0/100 (top 11% 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 Elco?

Each dot is one of Elco’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). Elco’s own 20.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Elco's grants concentrate

Elco Enterprises, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 92.9% of grants classified under B23K (Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Elco sits between E2V Semiconductors and EMKinetics, Inc..

Elco's three-year grant acceleration

Elco Enterprises, Inc. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

E2V Semiconductors

14
Eaton Industries…

14
EDX

14
Elbit Systems C4I…

14
Elica S p A

14
Embrionix Design

14
Emcom Technology

14
Emkinetics

14
Elco Enterprises ◀

14

What this shows Elco holds 14 patents at rank #19,695, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Elco

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,695 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B23K (Soldering OR Unsoldering)

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

Elco's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 11% higher than 89% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Elco Enterprises, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	7.1%
2017	2	14.3%
2018	3	21.4%
2019	1	7.1%
2021	1	7.1%
2022	2	14.3%
2023	1	7.1%
2024	3	21.4%

Which technologies does Elco Enterprises, Inc. patent most?

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 13

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 3

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 2

B21F - Working OR Processing OF Metal Wire 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 1

F16G - Belts, Cables, OR Ropes, Predominantly Used FOR Driving PURPOSES; CHAINS; Fittings Predominantly Used Therefor 1

B23D - PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; Like Operations FOR Working Metal BY Removing Material, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Elco Enterprises, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Elco Enterprises, Inc.'s lead technology class is B23K (Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam), 92.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B23K
Ranked #19,698 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Elco Enterprises, Inc. against E2V Semiconductors, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.0/100 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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