Where does Empire Technology Development LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Empire Technology Development LLC ranks #343 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 Empire Technology Development LLC hold?

Empire Technology Development LLC holds 1,248 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 243 technology areas.

What is Empire Technology Development LLC's Innovation Score?

Empire Technology Development LLC has an Innovation Score of 61.6 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Empire Technology Development LLC focus on?

Empire Technology Development LLC's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 414 patents, ranking #178 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 243 CPC subclasses total.

Is Empire Technology Development LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Empire Technology Development LLC's recent grant velocity is -99% 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 Empire Technology Development LLC's patents?

Empire Technology Development LLC's patents average 19.8 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 Empire Technology Development 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

Empire Technology Development LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,248 granted patents across 243 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Empire ranks #343 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,248 patents across 243 technology areas.

#343
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.6/100): 19.8
avg claims per patent: -99%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R343 · US Corporation #343 · 1,248 grants

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

GRANTS-LARGE 1.2K grants
TOP-DECILE #343/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Merck Sharp & Dohme
CPC-BROAD G06F · 243 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -99% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC (±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 Empire’s 61.6 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 24.6 pts (40%) Velocity 0.1 pts (0%) Breadth 25.0 pts (41%) Claim depth 11.9 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Mattel · near

62
Philips Image… · near

62
Empire Technology… · this assignee

62
Sonoco Development · near

62
Valeo Vision · near

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Empire's Innovation Score is 61.6/100 (top 3% 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 Empire?

Each dot is one of Empire’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). Empire’s own 19.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Empire's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Empire Technology Development LLC received 13 grants versus 1,235 in 2015–2019 (-99% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2016 at 339 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 1. Lead class G06F accounts for 33.2% of the portfolio across 243 subclasses. Volume neighbours: SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd. (#339) and FCA US LLC. (#347).

Empire's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Empire Technology Development LLC moved from 83 to 1 grants (0.01x 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 #3,282. See the growth leaderboard.

SZ DJI Technology

1,268
Edwards Lifescien…

1,265
The Trustees of t…

1,264
Terumo

1,250
Merck Sharp & Doh…

1,248
Empire Technology… ◀

1,248
Synopsys

1,245
Symantec

1,244
FCA US

1,243

What this shows Empire holds 1,248 patents at rank #343, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Empire

By rank, the assignees closest to #343 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Empire, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Empire ranks #178 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

Valeo Vision 62 Sonoco Development, Inc. 62 Mattel, Inc. 62 Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.8 here).

Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. 19.8 avg Ixia 19.8 avg Middle Chart, LLC 19.8 avg Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. 19.8 avg

Empire's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

62 Top 3% higher than 97% 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.

View data table

Empire Technology Development LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	295	23.6%
2016	339	27.2%
2017	314	25.2%
2018	216	17.3%
2019	71	5.7%
2020	10	0.8%
2021	2	0.2%
2023	1	0.1%

Which technologies does Empire Technology Development LLC patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 414

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 303

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 179

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 83

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 70

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 69

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 67

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 65

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 65

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 54

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 54

H04B - Transmission 51

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 46

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 39

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 36

Top 15 of 243 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

Empire Technology Development LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Empire Technology Development LLC's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 33.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #343 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Empire Technology Development LLC against SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.6/100 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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