Where does Elcometer Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Elcometer Limited ranks #46,427 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 Elcometer Limited hold?

Elcometer Limited holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Elcometer Limited's Innovation Score?

Elcometer Limited has an Innovation Score of 31.7 out of 100 (39th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Elcometer Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Elcometer Limited'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 Elcometer Limited's patents?

Elcometer Limited's patents average 18.2 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 Elcometer Limited 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

Elcometer Limited

Q: What technology areas does Elcometer Limited focus on?

Elcometer Limited's top technology area is G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours) with 4 patents, ranking #385 of 2,030 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Elcometer ranks #46,427 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 5 technology areas.

#46,427
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 39th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.7/100): 18.2
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R46427 · Foreign Corporation #46,427 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #46,427/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ehwa University-Indu…
CPC-NARROW G01B · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ehwa University-Industry Collaboration Foundation (±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 Elcometer’s 31.7 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 6.2 pts (20%) Velocity 6.7 pts (21%) Breadth 7.9 pts (25%) Claim depth 10.9 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Elcometer · this assignee

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What this shows Elcometer's Innovation Score is 31.7/100 (39th percentile 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 Elcometer?

Each dot is one of Elcometer’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). Elcometer’s own 18.2 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.

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

Where Elcometer's grants concentrate

Elcometer Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours). By volume, Elcometer sits between Ehwa University-Industry Collaboration Foundation and ElectricFish Energy Inc..

Elcometer's three-year grant acceleration

Elcometer Limited shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

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What this shows Elcometer holds 5 patents at rank #46,537, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Elcometer

By rank, the assignees closest to #46,537 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01B (Measuring Length)

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

Elcometer's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 39th percentile higher than 39% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Elcometer Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	20.0%
2018	1	20.0%
2021	1	20.0%
2024	1	20.0%
2025partial year	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Elcometer Limited patent most?

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 4

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 1

B24C - Abrasive OR Related Blasting With Particulate Material 1

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Elcometer Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Elcometer Limited's lead technology class is G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01B
Ranked #46,427 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Elcometer Limited against Ehwa University-Industry Collaboration Foundation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.7/100 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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