Where does Elfa International AB rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Elfa International AB ranks #8,193 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 Elfa International AB hold?

Elfa International AB holds 39 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Elfa International AB's Innovation Score?

Elfa International AB has an Innovation Score of 35.6 out of 100 (top 49% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Elfa International AB focus on?

Elfa International AB's top technology area is A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture) with 17 patents, ranking #43 of 990 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Elfa International AB's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Elfa International AB's recent grant velocity is -56% 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 Elfa International AB's patents?

Elfa International AB's patents average 9.8 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 Elfa International AB 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

Elfa International AB

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 39 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Elfa ranks #8,193 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 39 patents across 11 technology areas.

#8,193
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 49%
by Innovation Score (35.6/100): 9.8
avg claims per patent: -56%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8193 · Foreign Corporation #8,193 · 39 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 39 grants
UPPER-Q #8,193/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ensyn Renewables
CPC-FOCUS A47B · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -56% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ensyn Renewables, Inc. (±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 Elfa’s 35.6 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 12.7 pts (36%) Velocity 5.2 pts (15%) Breadth 11.7 pts (33%) Claim depth 5.9 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Elfa International AB · this assignee

36
Euchner + KG · near

36
Marel Townsend… · near

36
Metropolitan Life… · near

36
Synthetic Biologics · near

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Elfa's Innovation Score is 35.6/100 (top 49% 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 Elfa?

Each dot is one of Elfa’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). Elfa’s own 9.8 claims/patent is at or below the 12.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Elfa's grants concentrate

Elfa International AB is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 43.6% of grants classified under A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (11 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Elfa sits between Espressif Systems (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd. and Fuzhou Esun Electronic Co., Ltd.

Elfa's three-year grant acceleration

Elfa International AB shows 7 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.

Espressif Systems…

39
Eternal Plant Boi…

39
Everlight

39
Evolution Optiks

39
Ensyn Renewables

39
F I S Fabbrica It…

39
FCI

39
Fuzhou Esun

39
Elfa Internationa… ◀

39

What this shows Elfa holds 39 patents at rank #8,196, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Elfa

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,196 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47B (Tables)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Elfa, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A47B (Tables), Elfa ranks #43 of 990 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (36 here).

Synthetic Biologics, Inc. 36 Metropolitan Life Isurance Co. 36 Euchner GmbH + Co. KG 36 Marel Townsend Further Processing B.V. 36

Elfa's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 49% higher than 51% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Elfa International AB patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	5.1%
2016	5	12.8%
2017	5	12.8%
2018	11	28.2%
2019	4	10.3%
2020	3	7.7%
2021	2	5.1%
2022	4	10.3%
2023	3	7.7%

Which technologies does Elfa International AB patent most?

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 17

A47F - Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters 10

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 4

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 4

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 3

E05D - Hinges OR Suspension Devices FOR Doors, Windows OR Wings 3

E05F - Devices FOR Moving Wings Into Open OR Closed POSITION; Checks FOR WINGS; Wing Fittings NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Concerned With THE Functioning OF THE Wing 3

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 2

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 2

B25H - Workshop Equipment, e.g. FOR Marking-out WORK; Storage Means FOR Workshops 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

Top 11 of 11 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

Elfa International AB's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Elfa International AB's lead technology class is A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture), 43.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47B
Ranked #8,193 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Elfa International AB against Espressif Systems (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.6/100 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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