Where does Elwha LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Elwha LLC ranks #406 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 Elwha LLC hold?

Elwha LLC holds 1,103 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 251 technology areas.

What is Elwha LLC's Innovation Score?

Elwha LLC has an Innovation Score of 64.3 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Elwha LLC focus on?

Elwha LLC's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 162 patents. Grants appear in 251 CPC subclasses total.

Is Elwha LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Elwha LLC's recent grant velocity is -92% 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 Elwha LLC's patents?

Elwha LLC's patents average 32.6 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 Elwha 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

Elwha LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,103 granted patents across 251 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Elwha ranks #406 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,103 patents across 251 technology areas.

#406
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (64.3/100): 32.6
avg claims per patent: -92%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R406 · US Corporation #406 · 1,103 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-BROAD · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 1.1K grants
TOP-DECILE #406/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Dropbox
CPC-BROAD A61B · 251 areas
INNOV-STRONG 64.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 32.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -92% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dropbox, Inc. (±1 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
Elwha · this assignee

64
Mahle International · near

64
Memorial Sloan… · near

64
The Regents of the… · near

64
Shin-etsu Chemical · near

64
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Elwha's Innovation Score is 64.3/100 (top 2% 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.

How Elwha's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Elwha LLC received 78 grants versus 1,025 in 2015–2019 (-92% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2017 at 292 grants and bottomed in 2022 at 2. Lead class A61B accounts for 14.7% of the portfolio across 251 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd. (#402) and Thomson Licensing (#410).

Elwha's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Elwha LLC moved from 221 to 5 grants (0.02x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #3,263. See the growth leaderboard.

Shenzhen China St…

1,116
Marvell Asia PTE

1,108
Synaptics Incorpo…

1,107
Japan Aviation In…

1,104
Elwha ◀

1,103
Dropbox

1,102
Target Brands

1,102
Boston Scientific…

1,098
Thomson Licensing

1,095

What this shows Elwha holds 1,103 patents at rank #406, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Elwha

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

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Elwha, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (64 here).

Mahle International GmbH 64 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 64 The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body Corporate 64 Shin-etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. 64

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (32.6 here).

Juno Therapeutics, Inc. 32.5 avg Lantech.com, LLC 32.7 avg Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc. 32.5 avg FireEye, Inc. 32.3 avg

Elwha's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

64 Top 2% higher than 98% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Elwha LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	173	15.7%
2016	226	20.5%
2017	292	26.5%
2018	186	16.9%
2019	148	13.4%
2020	61	5.5%
2021	12	1.1%
2022	2	0.2%
2023	3	0.3%

Which technologies does Elwha LLC patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 162

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 158

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 126

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 98

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 91

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 89

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 67

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 65

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 65

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 63

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 57

H04B - Transmission 55

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 54

H04M - Telephonic Communication 52

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 49

Top 15 of 251 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#406

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

64.3 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

Elwha LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Elwha LLC's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 14.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #406 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Elwha LLC against Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 64.3/100 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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