Where does Elekta Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Elekta Limited ranks #2,079 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 Elekta Limited hold?

Elekta Limited holds 190 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 36 technology areas.

What is Elekta Limited's Innovation Score?

Elekta Limited has an Innovation Score of 57.0 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Elekta Limited focus on?

Elekta Limited's top technology area is A61N (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy) with 156 patents, ranking #18 of 1,943 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 36 CPC subclasses total.

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

Elekta Limited's recent grant velocity is +155% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Elekta Limited's patents?

Elekta Limited's patents average 20.8 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 Elekta 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

Elekta Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 190 granted patents across 36 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: A61N (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Elekta ranks #2,079 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 190 patents across 36 technology areas.

#2,079
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (57.0/100): 20.8
avg claims per patent: +155%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2079 · Foreign Corporation #2,079 · 190 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 190 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,079/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH AutoStore Technology…
CPC-FOCUS A61N · 36 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +155% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AutoStore Technology AS (±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 Elekta’s 57.0 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 18.1 pts (32%) Velocity 5.1 pts (9%) Breadth 21.2 pts (37%) Claim depth 12.5 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Elekta · this assignee

57
Grob-werke & KG · near

57
Innoscience… · near

57
Technische UNIVERSIT… · near

57
The Jackson Laboratory · near

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Elekta's Innovation Score is 57.0/100 (top 6% 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 Elekta?

Each dot is one of Elekta’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). Elekta’s own 20.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Elekta's grants concentrate

Elekta Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 36 CPC subclasses with 82.1% of grants classified under A61N (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (32 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Elekta sits between Stolle Machinery Company, LLC and Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc..

Elekta's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Elekta Limited moved from 78 to 60 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 #1,936. See the growth leaderboard.

Stolle Machinery

191
THE Volcano

191
Autostore Technol…

190
Bissell Homecare

190
National Central…

190
Ocado Innovation

190
Richwave Technolo…

190
Rigel Pharmaceuti…

190
Elekta ◀

190

What this shows Elekta holds 190 patents at rank #2,079, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Elekta

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,079 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61N (Electrotherapy)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Elekta, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61N (Electrotherapy), Elekta ranks #18 of 1,943 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

Technische UNIVERSITÄT Berlin 57 Innoscience (SUZHOU) Technology Co., Ltd. 57 The Jackson Laboratory 57 Grob-werke GmbH & Co. KG 57

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.8 here).

Corning Cable Systems LLC 20.8 avg Nucor Corporation 20.8 avg Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company 20.8 avg CSC Holdings, LLC 20.8 avg

Elekta's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 6% higher than 94% 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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Elekta Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	1.1%
2016	2	1.1%
2017	3	1.6%
2018	11	5.8%
2019	26	13.7%
2020	32	16.8%
2021	20	10.5%
2022	19	10.0%
2023	17	8.9%
2024	24	12.6%
2025partial year	34	17.9%

Which technologies does Elekta Limited patent most?

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 156

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 73

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 73

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 36

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 35

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 27

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 17

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 10

H05H - Plasma Technique ; Production OF Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles OR OF NEUTRONS; Production OR Acceleration OF Neutral Molecular OR Atomic Beams 8

G21K - Techniques FOR Handling Particles OR Ionising Radiation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Irradiation DEVICES; Gamma RAY OR X-ray Microscopes 7

A61G - Transport, Personal Conveyances, OR Accommodation Specially Adapted FOR Patients OR Disabled Persons ; Operating Tables OR CHAIRS; Chairs FOR DENTISTRY; Funeral Devices 6

G01T - Measurement OF Nuclear OR X-radiation 6

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 5

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 2

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

Top 15 of 36 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

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

Elekta Limited's lead technology class is A61N (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy), 82.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61N
Ranked #2,079 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Elekta Limited against Stolle Machinery Company, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.0/100 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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