Where does Elenion Technologies, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Elenion Technologies, LLC ranks #2,419 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 Elenion Technologies, LLC hold?

Elenion Technologies, LLC holds 161 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2021, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is Elenion Technologies, LLC's Innovation Score?

Elenion Technologies, LLC has an Innovation Score of 44.4 out of 100 (top 26% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Elenion Technologies, LLC focus on?

Elenion Technologies, LLC's top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 78 patents, ranking #202 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

Is Elenion Technologies, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Elenion Technologies, LLC's recent grant velocity is -44% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Elenion Technologies, LLC's patents?

Elenion Technologies, LLC's patents average 17.1 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 Elenion Technologies, LLC 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

Elenion Technologies, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 161 granted patents across 22 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2021. 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, Elenion ranks #2,419 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 161 patents across 22 technology areas.

#2,419
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 26%
by Innovation Score (44.4/100): 17.1
avg claims per patent: -44%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2419 · US Corporation #2,419 · 161 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 161 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,419/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH AOl
CPC-FOCUS G02B · 22 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -44% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AOl (±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 Elenion’s 44.4 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 17.6 pts (40%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 16.6 pts (37%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Crispr Therapeutics · near

44
Elenion · this assignee

44
NantBio · near

44
National Chain · near

44
Sunnybrook Health… · near

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Elenion's Innovation Score is 44.4/100 (top 26% 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 Elenion?

Each dot is one of Elenion’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). Elenion’s own 17.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Elenion's grants concentrate

Elenion Technologies, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 48.4% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (49 grants) versus a trough of 15 in 2021. By volume, Elenion sits between SambaNova Systems, Inc. and ISP Investments LLC.

Sambanova Systems

162
Thomas & Betts In…

162
Aol

161
Astellas Pharma

161
Equinix

161
Graham Packaging

161
HCL

161
ISP Investments

161
Elenion ◀

161

What this shows Elenion holds 161 patents at rank #2,419, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Elenion

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,419 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Elenion, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G02B (Optical Elements), Elenion ranks #202 of 4,891 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

Crispr Therapeutics AG 44 NantBio, Inc. 44 National Chain Company 44 Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre 44

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.1 here).

Nchain Licensing AG 17.1 avg Vanderbilt University 17.1 avg University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. 17.1 avg The University of Nottingham 17.1 avg

Elenion's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 26% higher than 74% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Elenion Technologies, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	27	16.8%
2018	27	16.8%
2019	49	30.4%
2020	43	26.7%
2021	15	9.3%

Which technologies does Elenion Technologies, LLC patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 78

H04B - Transmission 57

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 41

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 16

H03F - Amplifiers 12

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 12

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 11

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 10

H03G - Control OF Amplification 10

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 10

H04J - Multiplex Communication 7

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 5

H04Q - Selecting 4

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 4

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 3

Top 15 of 22 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

Elenion Technologies, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Elenion Technologies, LLC's lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 48.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #2,419 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Elenion Technologies, LLC against SambaNova Systems, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.4/100 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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