Where does Elkem ASA rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Elkem ASA ranks #14,586 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 Elkem ASA hold?

Elkem ASA holds 20 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 28 technology areas.

What is Elkem ASA's Innovation Score?

Elkem ASA has an Innovation Score of 50.3 out of 100 (top 13% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Elkem ASA's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Elkem ASA's recent grant velocity is +750% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Elkem ASA's patents?

Elkem ASA's patents average 16.1 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 Elkem ASA 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

Elkem ASA

Q: What technology areas does Elkem ASA focus on?

Elkem ASA's top technology area is C21C (Processing OF Pig-iron, e.g. Refining, Manufacture OF Wrought-iron OR STEEL; Treatment IN Molten State OF Ferrous Alloys) with 11 patents, ranking #5 of 89 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 28 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 28 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: C21C (Processing OF Pig-iron, e.g. Refining, Manufacture OF Wrought-iron OR STEEL; Treatment IN Molten State OF Ferrous Alloys).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Elkem ranks #14,586 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 28 technology areas.

#14,586
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.3/100): 16.1
avg claims per patent: +750%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14586 · Foreign Corporation #14,586 · 20 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 20 grants
MID-PACK #14,586/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Duality
CPC-FOCUS C21C · 28 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +750% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Duality Technologies, 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 Elkem’s 50.3 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 10.5 pts (21%) Velocity 11.4 pts (23%) Breadth 18.7 pts (37%) Claim depth 9.7 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Elkem ASA · this assignee

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Elkem's Innovation Score is 50.3/100 (top 13% 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 Elkem?

Each dot is one of Elkem’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). Elkem’s own 16.1 claims/patent is at or below the 17.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Elkem's grants concentrate

Elkem ASA is a focused PatentsView assignee: 28 CPC subclasses with 55% of grants classified under C21C (Processing OF Pig-iron, e.g. Refining, Manufacture OF Wrought-iron OR STEEL; Treatment IN Molten State OF Ferrous Alloys). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (6 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2019. By volume, Elkem sits between Duality Technologies, Inc. and Escape Fitness Limited.

Elkem's three-year grant acceleration

Elkem ASA shows 12 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Duality

20
Duerr Systems

20
E V Offshore

20
EBT Medical

20
Eotech

20
Epic Systems

20
ES Fibervisions

20
Escape Fitness

20
Elkem ASA ◀

20

What this shows Elkem holds 20 patents at rank #14,582, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Elkem

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,582 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C21C (Processing OF Pig-iron)

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

Elkem's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 13% higher than 87% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Elkem ASA patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	2	10.0%
2020	3	15.0%
2021	2	10.0%
2022	6	30.0%
2023	4	20.0%
2024	2	10.0%
2025partial year	1	5.0%

Which technologies does Elkem ASA patent most?

C21C - Processing OF Pig-iron, e.g. Refining, Manufacture OF Wrought-iron OR STEEL; Treatment IN Molten State OF Ferrous Alloys 11

C22C - Alloys 11

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 4

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 3

C05D - Inorganic Fertilisers NOT Covered BY Subclasses C05b, C05C; Fertilisers Producing Carbon Dioxide 3

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 2

D21H - Pulp COMPOSITIONS; Preparation Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclasses D21c OR D21D; Impregnating OR Coating OF PAPER; Treatment OF Finished Paper NOT Covered BY Class B31 OR Subclass D21G; Paper NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 2

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 2

C08B - POLYSACCHARIDES; Derivatives Thereof 2

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 2

C05B - Phosphatic Fertilisers 2

C05C - Nitrogenous Fertilisers 2

C05F - Organic Fertilisers NOT Covered BY Subclasses C05b, C05c, e.g. Fertilisers From Waste OR Refuse 2

C05G - Mixtures OF Fertilisers Covered Individually BY Different Subclasses OF Class C05; Mixtures OF ONE OR More Fertilisers With Materials NOT Having A Specific Fertilising Activity, e.g. Pesticides, Soil-conditioners, Wetting Agents ; Fertilisers Characterised BY Their Form 2

Top 15 of 28 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

Elkem ASA's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Elkem ASA's lead technology class is C21C (Processing OF Pig-iron, e.g. Refining, Manufacture OF Wrought-iron OR STEEL; Treatment IN Molten State OF Ferrous Alloys), 55% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C21C
Ranked #14,586 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Elkem ASA against Duality Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.3/100 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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