Where does Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Company, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Company, Inc. ranks #13,401 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 Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Company, Inc. hold?

Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Company, Inc. holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Company, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 43.3 out of 100 (top 29% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Company, Inc. focus on?

Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s top technology area is A62C (Fire-fighting) with 14 patents, ranking #24 of 253 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

Is Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -31% 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 Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s patents?

Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s patents average 19.4 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.

How is the Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Company, Inc. 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

Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Company, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 19 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: A62C (Fire-fighting).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Elkhart ranks #13,401 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 19 technology areas.

#13,401
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 29%
by Innovation Score (43.3/100): 19.4
avg claims per patent: -31%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13401 · US Corporation #13,401 · 22 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,401/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Eberhard Karls…
CPC-FOCUS A62C · 19 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -31% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Eberhard Karls Universitaet Tuebingen Medizinische Fakultaet (±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 Elkhart’s 43.3 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 10.8 pts (25%) Velocity 5.3 pts (12%) Breadth 15.4 pts (36%) Claim depth 11.7 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Elkhart Brass… · this assignee

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Elkhart's Innovation Score is 43.3/100 (top 29% 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 Elkhart?

Each dot is one of Elkhart’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). Elkhart’s own 19.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Elkhart's grants concentrate

Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Company, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 63.6% of grants classified under A62C (Fire-fighting). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Elkhart sits between Eberhard Karls Universitaet Tuebingen Medizinische Fakultaet and EnhancedGEO Holdings, LLC.

Elkhart's three-year grant acceleration

Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Company, Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

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What this shows Elkhart holds 22 patents at rank #13,406, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Elkhart

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,406 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A62C (Fire-fighting)

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

Elkhart's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 29% higher than 71% 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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Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Company, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	22.7%
2016	2	9.1%
2017	3	13.6%
2018	3	13.6%
2020	4	18.2%
2021	1	4.5%
2022	2	9.1%
2023	1	4.5%
2024	1	4.5%

Which technologies does Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Company, Inc. patent most?

A62C - Fire-fighting 14

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 6

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 4

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 3

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 2

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 2

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 2

A01M - Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants 1

F05B - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Wind, Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like Motors, TO Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids Covered BY Subclasses F03b, F03d AND F03g 1

F03B - Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

Top 15 of 19 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

Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s lead technology class is A62C (Fire-fighting), 63.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A62C
Ranked #13,401 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Company, Inc. against Eberhard Karls Universitaet Tuebingen Medizinische Fakultaet, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.3/100 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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