Where does Elster Solutions, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Elster Solutions, LLC ranks #15,984 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 Elster Solutions, LLC hold?

Elster Solutions, LLC holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Elster Solutions, LLC's Innovation Score?

Elster Solutions, LLC has an Innovation Score of 34.4 out of 100 (47th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Elster Solutions, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Elster Solutions, LLC's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Elster Solutions, LLC's patents?

Elster Solutions, LLC's patents average 16.0 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 Elster Solutions, 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

Elster Solutions, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Elster Solutions, LLC focus on?

Elster Solutions, LLC's top technology area is Y04S (Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids) with 5 patents, ranking #230 of 943 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: Y04S (Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR ).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Elster ranks #15,984 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 17 technology areas.

#15,984
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 47th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.4/100): 16.0
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15984 · US Corporation #15,984 · 18 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #15,984/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH EcoMotors
CPC-FOCUS Y04S · 17 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: EcoMotors, 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 Elster’s 34.4 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 10.2 pts (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 14.6 pts (42%) Claim depth 9.6 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Elster Solutions · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Elster's Innovation Score is 34.4/100 (47th 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Elster?

Each dot is one of Elster’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). Elster’s own 16.0 claims/patent is at or below the 16.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Elster's grants concentrate

Elster Solutions, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 27.8% of grants classified under Y04S (Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR ). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Elster sits between EcoMotors, Inc. and Essence Security International (E.S.I.) Ltd..

Ecomotors

18
Ecowater Systems

18
Eliantte Group

18
Eliyan

18
Emocog

18
Enduralock

18
Energetiq Technol…

18
Essence Security…

18
Elster Solutions ◀

18

What this shows Elster holds 18 patents at rank #15,995, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Elster

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,995 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y04S (Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network…)

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

Elster's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 47th percentile higher than 47% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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Elster Solutions, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	33.3%
2016	6	33.3%
2017	5	27.8%
2018	1	5.6%

Which technologies does Elster Solutions, LLC patent most?

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 5

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 5

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 5

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 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 4

H04B - Transmission 4

H04Q - Selecting 3

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 2

H04H - Broadcast Communication 2

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 1

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 1

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

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

Top 15 of 17 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

Elster Solutions, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Elster Solutions, LLC's lead technology class is Y04S (Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR ), 27.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y04S
Ranked #15,984 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Elster Solutions, LLC against EcoMotors, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.4/100 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

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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

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