Where does Elkins Earthworks, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Elkins Earthworks, LLC ranks #40,000 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 Elkins Earthworks, LLC hold?

Elkins Earthworks, LLC holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Elkins Earthworks, LLC's Innovation Score?

Elkins Earthworks, LLC has an Innovation Score of 43.7 out of 100 (top 27% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Elkins Earthworks, LLC focus on?

Elkins Earthworks, LLC's top technology area is B09B (Disposal OF Solid Waste NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 5 patents, ranking #22 of 170 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Elkins Earthworks, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Elkins Earthworks, LLC's recent grant velocity is +0% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Elkins Earthworks, LLC's patents?

Elkins Earthworks, LLC's patents average 27.0 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 Elkins Earthworks, LLC 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

Elkins Earthworks, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: B09B (Disposal OF Solid Waste NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Elkins ranks #40,000 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 6 technology areas.

#40,000
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (43.7/100): 27.0
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R40000 · US Corporation #40,000 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #40,000/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Element Six…
CPC-NARROW B09B · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 27.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Element Six (Production) (PTY) 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 Elkins’s 43.7 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 (15%) Velocity 13.3 pts (30%) Breadth 8.7 pts (20%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Elkins Earthworks · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Elkins's Innovation Score is 43.7/100 (top 27% 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 Elkins?

Each dot is one of Elkins’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). Elkins’s own 27.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Elkins's grants concentrate

Elkins Earthworks, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under B09B (Disposal OF Solid Waste NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). By volume, Elkins sits between Element Six (Production) (PTY) Ltd. and Emanate Biomedical, Inc..

Elkins's three-year grant acceleration

Elkins Earthworks, LLC shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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 Elkins holds 6 patents at rank #40,058, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Elkins

By rank, the assignees closest to #40,058 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B09B (Disposal OF Solid Waste)

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

Elkins's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 27% higher than 73% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Elkins Earthworks, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	16.7%
2018	1	16.7%
2022	1	16.7%
2024	1	16.7%
2025partial year	2	33.3%

Which technologies does Elkins Earthworks, LLC patent most?

B09B - Disposal OF Solid Waste NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 5

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 5

E21F - Safety Devices, Transport, Filling-up, Rescue, Ventilation, OR Draining IN OR OF Mines OR Tunnels 5

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

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

Top 6 of 6 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

Elkins Earthworks, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Elkins Earthworks, LLC's lead technology class is B09B (Disposal OF Solid Waste NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B09B
Ranked #40,000 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Elkins Earthworks, LLC against Element Six (Production) (PTY) Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.7/100 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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