Where does Emergent Product Development Gaithersburg Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Emergent Product Development Gaithersburg Inc. ranks #40,009 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 Emergent Product Development Gaithersburg Inc. hold?

Emergent Product Development Gaithersburg Inc. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2022, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Emergent Product Development Gaithersburg Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Emergent Product Development Gaithersburg Inc. has an Innovation Score of 25.6 out of 100 (18th 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 Emergent Product Development Gaithersburg Inc. focus on?

Emergent Product Development Gaithersburg Inc.'s top technology area is Y02A (Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change) with 4 patents, ranking #1,056 of 3,645 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Emergent Product Development Gaithersburg Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Emergent Product Development Gaithersburg Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -50% 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 Emergent Product Development Gaithersburg Inc.'s patents?

Emergent Product Development Gaithersburg Inc.'s patents average 7.2 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Emergent Product Development Gaithersburg Inc.

Q: How is the Emergent Product Development Gaithersburg Inc. 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 PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2022. 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: Y02A (Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Emergent ranks #40,009 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 5 technology areas.

#40,009
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 18th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.6/100): 7.2
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R40009 · US Corporation #40,009 · 6 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #40,009/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Elkem Silicones…
CPC-NARROW Y02A · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.6/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Elkem Silicones Shanghai Co., 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 Emergent’s 25.6 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 (26%) Velocity 6.7 pts (26%) Breadth 7.9 pts (31%) Claim depth 4.3 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Emergent Product… · this assignee

26
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Emergent's Innovation Score is 25.6/100 (18th 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 Emergent?

Each dot is one of Emergent’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). Emergent’s own 7.2 claims/patent is at or below the 12.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Emergent's grants concentrate

Emergent Product Development Gaithersburg Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under Y02A (Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Emergent sits between Elkem Silicones Shanghai Co., Ltd. and Enel Sole S.R.L..

Emergent's three-year grant acceleration

Emergent Product Development Gaithersburg Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Elkem Silicones S…

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Elvy

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EM Coretech

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Emanate Wireless

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Emerging Display

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Enco Systems

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Emergent Product… ◀

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What this shows Emergent holds 6 patents at rank #39,970, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Emergent

By rank, the assignees closest to #39,970 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02A (Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change)

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

Emergent's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 18th percentile higher than 18% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2022

Grants by year

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

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Emergent Product Development Gaithersburg Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	16.7%
2018	1	16.7%
2019	2	33.3%
2022	2	33.3%

Which technologies does Emergent Product Development Gaithersburg Inc. patent most?

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 4

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 4

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 3

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 3

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 1

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Emergent Product Development Gaithersburg Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Emergent Product Development Gaithersburg Inc.'s lead technology class is Y02A (Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02A
Ranked #40,009 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Emergent Product Development Gaithersburg Inc. against Elkem Silicones Shanghai Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 25.6/100 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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