Where does Elka International Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Elka International Ltd. ranks #39,998 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 Elka International Ltd. hold?

Elka International Ltd. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Elka International Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Elka International Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 25.1 out of 100 (16th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Elka International Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Elka International Ltd..

What does claim depth mean for Elka International Ltd.'s patents?

Elka International Ltd.'s patents average 11.8 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 Elka International 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 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Elka International Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Elka International Ltd. focus on?

Elka International Ltd.'s top technology area is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors) with 6 patents, ranking #475 of 2,265 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Elka ranks #39,998 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 5 technology areas.

#39,998
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 16th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.1/100): 11.8
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R39998 · Foreign Corporation #39,998 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #39,998/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Silk Road (Shenzhen)…
CPC-NARROW H01R · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Electronic Silk Road (Shenzhen) Tech Co., Ltd. (±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 Elka’s 25.1 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 6.7 pts (27%) Velocity 3.3 pts (13%) Breadth 7.9 pts (32%) Claim depth 7.1 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Elka International · this assignee

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Elka's Innovation Score is 25.1/100 (16th percentile 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 Elka?

Each dot is one of Elka’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). Elka’s own 11.8 claims/patent is at or below the 15.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Elka's grants concentrate

Elka International Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Elka sits between Electronic Silk Road (Shenzhen) Tech Co., Ltd. and Elum Inc..

Elka's three-year grant acceleration

Elka International Ltd. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Silk Road (Shenzh…

6
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6
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What this shows Elka holds 6 patents at rank #40,057, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Elka

By rank, the assignees closest to #40,057 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01R (Electrically-conductive Connections)

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

Elka's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 16th percentile higher than 16% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Elka International Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	2	33.3%
2022	1	16.7%
2025partial year	3	50.0%

Which technologies does Elka International Ltd. patent most?

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 6

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 3

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 1

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Elka International Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Elka International Ltd.'s lead technology class is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01R
Ranked #39,998 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Elka International Ltd. against Electronic Silk Road (Shenzhen) Tech Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 25.1/100 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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