Is Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

Q: Where does Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology ranks #46,481 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Q: How is the Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology 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 - 5 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: H01S (Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Empa ranks #46,481 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 12 technology areas.

#46,481
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 45th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.8/100): 20.0
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R46481 · Foreign Corporation #46,481 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #46,481/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Emerson Electric…
CPC-FOCUS H01S · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Emerson Electric (US) Holding Corporation (Chile) Limitada (±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 Empa’s 33.8 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 6.2 pts (18%) Velocity 3.3 pts (10%) Breadth 12.2 pts (36%) Claim depth 12.0 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Empa Swiss Federal… · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Empa's Innovation Score is 33.8/100 (45th 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 Empa?

Each dot is one of Empa’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). Empa’s own 20.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Empa's grants concentrate

Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 40% of grants classified under H01S (Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges). By volume, Empa sits between Emerson Electric (US) Holding Corporation (Chile) Limitada and EnLiSense LLC.

Empa's three-year grant acceleration

Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology shows 1 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.

Emerson Electric…

5
Eminent

5
Emisshield

5
Empnia

5
Empower Robotics

5
Emsycon

5
Enbw Energie Bade…

5
Enlisense

5
Empa Swiss Federa… ◀

5

What this shows Empa holds 5 patents at rank #46,574, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Empa

By rank, the assignees closest to #46,574 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01S (Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimu…)

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

Empa's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 45th percentile higher than 45% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	20.0%
2021	1	20.0%
2022	1	20.0%
2025partial year	2	40.0%

Which technologies does Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology patent most?

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 2

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 2

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 1

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 1

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 1

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 1

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 1

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 1

Top 12 of 12 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

Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology's lead technology class is H01S (Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges), 40% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01S
Ranked #46,481 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology against Emerson Electric (US) Holding Corporation (Chile) Limitada, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.8/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.