Where does Elite Electronic Material (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Elite Electronic Material (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd. ranks #12,909 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 Elite Electronic Material (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd. hold?

Elite Electronic Material (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd. holds 23 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Elite Electronic Material (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Elite Electronic Material (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 39.2 out of 100 (top 39% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Elite Electronic Material (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd. focus on?

Elite Electronic Material (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is C08L (Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds) with 19 patents, ranking #237 of 2,352 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is Elite Electronic Material (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Elite Electronic Material (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +56% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Elite Electronic Material (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Elite Electronic Material (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd.'s patents average 14.4 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Elite Electronic Material (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd.

Q: How is the Elite Electronic Material (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd. 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 PatentsView assignee record - 23 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: C08L (Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Elite ranks #12,909 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 23 patents across 15 technology areas.

#12,909
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 39%
by Innovation Score (39.2/100): 14.4
avg claims per patent: +56%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12909 · Foreign Corporation #12,909 · 23 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 23 grants
MID-PACK #12,909/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Eargo
CPC-FOCUS C08L · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +56% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Eargo, 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 Elite’s 39.2 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 11.0 pts (28%) Velocity 5.8 pts (15%) Breadth 13.7 pts (35%) Claim depth 8.7 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Elite Material… · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Elite's Innovation Score is 39.2/100 (top 39% 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 Elite?

Each dot is one of Elite’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). Elite’s own 14.4 claims/patent is at or below the 17.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Elite's grants concentrate

Elite Electronic Material (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 82.6% of grants classified under C08L (Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Elite sits between Eygs LLP and Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions, Inc..

Elite's three-year grant acceleration

Elite Electronic Material (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd. shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Eygs LLP

23
Eargo

23
Eberhard Karls Un…

23
Edscha Engineering

23
Elobau & KG

23
Enovate Medical

23
Enveric Bioscienc…

23
Ergon Asphalt & E…

23
Elite Material (Z… ◀

23

What this shows Elite holds 23 patents at rank #12,910, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Elite

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,910 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C08L (Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds)

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

Elite's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 39% higher than 61% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Elite Electronic Material (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	8.7%
2016	2	8.7%
2018	4	17.4%
2019	1	4.3%
2020	4	17.4%
2021	3	13.0%
2022	2	8.7%
2023	4	17.4%
2024	1	4.3%

Which technologies does Elite Electronic Material (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd. patent most?

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 19

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 14

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 13

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 13

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 9

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 8

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 5

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 5

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

C03C - Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other Materials 1

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

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 1

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

Top 15 of 15 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

Elite Electronic Material (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Elite Electronic Material (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is C08L (Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds), 82.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C08L
Ranked #12,909 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Elite Electronic Material (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd. against Eygs LLP, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.2/100 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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