Where does Elsevier B.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Elsevier B.V. ranks #40,002 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 Elsevier B.V. hold?

Elsevier B.V. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2020, spanning 1 technology areas.

What is Elsevier B.V.'s Innovation Score?

Elsevier B.V. has an Innovation Score of 22.3 out of 100 (10th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Elsevier B.V. focus on?

Elsevier B.V.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 6 patents. Grants appear in 1 CPC subclasses total.

Is Elsevier B.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Elsevier B.V.'s recent grant velocity is -80% 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 Elsevier B.V.'s patents?

Elsevier B.V.'s patents average 20.0 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 Elsevier B.V. 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

Elsevier B.V.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 1 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2020. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Elsevier ranks #40,002 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 1 technology areas.

#40,002
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 10th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.3/100): 20.0
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R40002 · Foreign Corporation #40,002 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #40,002/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Elixiron Immunothera…
CPC-NARROW G06F · 1 areas
INNOV-THIN 22.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Elixiron Immunotherapeutics (Hong Kong) Limited (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Elsevier B V · this assignee

22
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Elsevier's Innovation Score is 22.3/100 (10th 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.

Where Elsevier's grants concentrate

Elsevier B.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 1 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Elsevier sits between Elixiron Immunotherapeutics (Hong Kong) Limited and Emerson Digital Cold Chain, Inc..

Elixiron Immunoth…

6
Elka International

6
Elkins Earthworks

6
Ellume

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Elum

6
Emanate Biomedical

6
Emergo Therapeuti…

6
Emerson Digital C…

6
Elsevier B V ◀

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What this shows Elsevier holds 6 patents at rank #40,060, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Elsevier

By rank, the assignees closest to #40,060 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Elsevier's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

22 10th percentile higher than 10% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Elsevier B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	50.0%
2018	1	16.7%
2019	1	16.7%
2020	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Elsevier B.V. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

Top 1 of 1 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#40,002

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

22.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Elsevier B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Elsevier B.V.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #40,002 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Elsevier B.V. against Elixiron Immunotherapeutics (Hong Kong) Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 22.3/100 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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