Where does Encapsys, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Encapsys, LLC ranks #12,428 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 Encapsys, LLC hold?

Encapsys, LLC holds 24 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 31 technology areas.

What is Encapsys, LLC's Innovation Score?

Encapsys, LLC has an Innovation Score of 50.1 out of 100 (top 13% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Encapsys, LLC focus on?

Encapsys, LLC's top technology area is B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus) with 19 patents, ranking #248 of 2,755 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 31 CPC subclasses total.

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

Encapsys, LLC's recent grant velocity is -43% 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 Encapsys, LLC's patents?

Encapsys, LLC's patents average 21.1 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 Encapsys, 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

Encapsys, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 24 granted patents across 31 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Encapsys ranks #12,428 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 24 patents across 31 technology areas.

#12,428
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.1/100): 21.1
avg claims per patent: -43%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12428 · US Corporation #12,428 · 24 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 24 grants
UPPER-Q #12,428/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Dutch Clips
CPC-FOCUS B01J · 31 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -43% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dutch Clips 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 Encapsys’s 50.1 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 11.1 pts (22%) Velocity 6.7 pts (13%) Breadth 19.7 pts (39%) Claim depth 12.6 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AlphaSense Oy · near

50
Encapsys · this assignee

50
GrafTech Internation… · near

50
Harmonic · near

50
TA Instruments-Waters · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Encapsys's Innovation Score is 50.1/100 (top 13% 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 Encapsys?

Each dot is one of Encapsys’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). Encapsys’s own 21.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Encapsys's grants concentrate

Encapsys, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 31 CPC subclasses with 79.2% of grants classified under B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Encapsys sits between Dutch Clips LLC and Exogenesis Corporation.

Encapsys's three-year grant acceleration

Encapsys, LLC shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Dutch Clips

24
Dyno Nobel

24
Echosens

24
Emulex

24
Ensco

24
Entro Industries

24
Ersa

24
Exogenesis

24
Encapsys ◀

24

What this shows Encapsys holds 24 patents at rank #12,426, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Encapsys

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,426 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Encapsys, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes), Encapsys ranks #248 of 2,755 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

AlphaSense Oy 50 TA Instruments-Waters LLC 50 GrafTech International Holdings Inc. 50 Harmonic, Inc. 50

Encapsys's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 13% higher than 87% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Encapsys, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	8.3%
2016	1	4.2%
2017	4	16.7%
2018	1	4.2%
2019	6	25.0%
2021	1	4.2%
2023	1	4.2%
2024	6	25.0%
2025partial year	2	8.3%

Which technologies does Encapsys, LLC patent most?

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 19

C11D - Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol 18

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 18

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 15

C11B - Producing, e.g. BY Pressing RAW Materials OR BY Extraction From Waste Materials, Refining OR Preserving Fats, Fatty Substances, e.g. Lanolin, Fatty Oils OR WAXES; Essential OILS; Perfumes 10

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 8

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 5

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 4

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 4

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 3

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

A01P - Biocidal, Pest Repellant, Pest Attractant OR Plant Growth Regulatory Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Preparations 2

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 2

C09C - Treatment OF Inorganic Materials, Other Than Fibrous Fillers, TO Enhance Their Pigmenting OR Filling Properties ; Preparation OF Carbon Black ; ; Preparation OF Inorganic Materials Which ARE NO Single Chemical Compounds AND Which ARE Mainly Used AS Pigments OR Fillers 2

Top 15 of 31 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

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

Encapsys, LLC's lead technology class is B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus), 79.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01J
Ranked #12,428 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Encapsys, LLC against Dutch Clips LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.1/100 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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