Where does Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH ranks #6,138 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 Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH hold?

Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH holds 55 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 30 technology areas.

What is Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH's Innovation Score?

Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH has an Innovation Score of 41.9 out of 100 (top 32% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH focus on?

Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH's top technology area is H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices) with 33 patents, ranking #42 of 1,006 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 30 CPC subclasses total.

Is Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH's recent grant velocity is +16% 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 Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH's patents?

Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH's patents average 10.2 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 Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH 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

Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 55 granted patents across 30 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ellenberger ranks #6,138 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 55 patents across 30 technology areas.

#6,138
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 32%
by Innovation Score (41.9/100): 10.2
avg claims per patent: +16%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6138 · Foreign Corporation #6,138 · 55 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 55 grants
UPPER-Q #6,138/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH East Carolina…
CPC-FOCUS H01H · 30 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +16% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: East Carolina University (±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 Ellenberger’s 41.9 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 13.9 pts (33%) Velocity 2.5 pts (6%) Breadth 19.4 pts (46%) Claim depth 6.1 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ellenberger & Poensgen · this assignee

42
Modular Mining Systems · near

42
Morehouse School OF… · near

42
OCV Intellectual… · near

42
Transmedics · near

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ellenberger's Innovation Score is 41.9/100 (top 32% 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 Ellenberger?

Each dot is one of Ellenberger’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). Ellenberger’s own 10.2 claims/patent is at or below the 13.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Ellenberger's grants concentrate

Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 30 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (11 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Ellenberger sits between Elkay Manufacturing Company and Floricultura B.V..

Ellenberger's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH moved from 29 to 11 grants (0.38x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Elkay Manufacturi…

55
Enzo Life Sciences

55
Eugene Technology

55
East Carolina Uni…

55
Entellus Medical

55
Erasmus Universit…

55
Exo Imaging

55
Floricultura B V

55
Ellenberger & Poe… ◀

55

What this shows Ellenberger holds 55 patents at rank #6,140, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ellenberger

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,140 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01H (Electric Switches)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Ellenberger, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01H (Electric Switches), Ellenberger ranks #42 of 1,006 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Morehouse School OF Medicine 42 Transmedics, Inc. 42 Modular Mining Systems, Inc. 42 OCV Intellectual Capital, LLC 42

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (10.2 here).

Mainstream Engineering Corporation 10.2 avg Mitsubishi Power, Ltd. 10.2 avg Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc. 10.2 avg Shinko Electric Industries Co., Ltd. 10.2 avg

Ellenberger's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 32% higher than 68% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	3.6%
2016	3	5.5%
2017	3	5.5%
2018	6	10.9%
2019	11	20.0%
2020	10	18.2%
2021	8	14.5%
2022	6	10.9%
2023	2	3.6%
2024	3	5.5%
2025partial year	1	1.8%

Which technologies does Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH patent most?

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 33

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 19

H03K - Pulse Technique 9

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 8

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 6

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 5

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 5

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 5

H02B - Boards, Substations OR Switching Arrangements FOR THE Supply OR Distribution OF Electric Power 5

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 3

H02S - Generation OF Electric Power BY Conversion OF Infrared Radiation, Visible Light OR Ultraviolet Light, e.g. Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules 3

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 3

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

Top 15 of 30 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

Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH's lead technology class is H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01H
Ranked #6,138 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH against Elkay Manufacturing Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.9/100 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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