Where does Element 1 Corp rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Element 1 Corp ranks #13,397 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 Element 1 Corp hold?

Element 1 Corp holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Element 1 Corp's Innovation Score?

Element 1 Corp has an Innovation Score of 35.7 out of 100 (top 48% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Element 1 Corp focus on?

Element 1 Corp's top technology area is C01B (Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c) with 18 patents, ranking #128 of 1,689 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is Element 1 Corp's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Element 1 Corp's recent grant velocity is +10% 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 Element 1 Corp's patents?

Element 1 Corp's patents average 14.9 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 Element 1 Corp 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

Element 1 Corp

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 12 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: C01B (Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Element ranks #13,397 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 12 technology areas.

#13,397
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 48%
by Innovation Score (35.7/100): 14.9
avg claims per patent: +10%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13397 · US Corporation #13,397 · 22 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,397/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Eberhard Karls…
CPC-FOCUS C01B · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +10% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Eberhard Karls Universitaet Tuebingen Medizinische Fakultaet (±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 Element’s 35.7 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 10.8 pts (30%) Velocity 3.7 pts (10%) Breadth 12.2 pts (34%) Claim depth 8.9 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Element 1 · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Element's Innovation Score is 35.7/100 (top 48% 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 Element?

Each dot is one of Element’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). Element’s own 14.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Element's grants concentrate

Element 1 Corp is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 81.8% of grants classified under C01B (Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Element sits between Erni Production GmbH & Co. KG and Energizer Auto, Inc..

Element's three-year grant acceleration

Element 1 Corp shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Erni Production &…

22
Esbatech an Alcon…

22
Eberhard Karls Un…

22
Edmonds Outdoors

22
Element Energy

22
Elkhart Brass Man…

22
Emisphere

22
Energizer Auto

22
Element 1 ◀

22

What this shows Element holds 22 patents at rank #13,404, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Element

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,404 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C01B (Non-metallic Elements)

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

Element's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 48% higher than 52% 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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Element 1 Corp patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	4.5%
2017	5	22.7%
2018	1	4.5%
2019	3	13.6%
2020	4	18.2%
2021	2	9.1%
2022	1	4.5%
2023	3	13.6%
2024	1	4.5%
2025partial year	1	4.5%

Which technologies does Element 1 Corp patent most?

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 18

B01D - Separation 15

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 10

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 5

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 5

Y02C - Capture, Storage, Sequestration OR Disposal OF Greenhouse Gases [GHG] 5

C10L - Fuels NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Natural GAS; Synthetic Natural GAS Obtained BY Processes NOT Covered BY Subclasses C10g OR C10K; Liquified Petroleum GAS; USE OF Additives TO Fuels OR FIRES; Fire-lighters 5

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 3

C10J - Production OF Producer GAS, Water-gas, Synthesis GAS From Solid Carbonaceous Material, OR Mixtures Containing These Gases ; Carburetting AIR OR Other Gases 1

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 1

C10K - Purifying OR Modifying THE Chemical Composition OF Combustible Gases Containing Carbon Monoxide 1

C10G - Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GASES; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting OF HYDROCARBONS; Reforming OF NAPHTHA; Mineral Waxes 1

Top 12 of 12 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

Element 1 Corp's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Element 1 Corp's lead technology class is C01B (Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c), 81.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C01B
Ranked #13,397 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Element 1 Corp against Erni Production GmbH & Co. KG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.7/100 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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