Where does Encite LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Encite LLC ranks #10,314 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 Encite LLC hold?

Encite LLC holds 30 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 29 technology areas.

What is Encite LLC's Innovation Score?

Encite LLC has an Innovation Score of 48.3 out of 100 (top 17% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Encite LLC focus on?

Encite LLC's top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 13 patents, ranking #1,009 of 5,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 29 CPC subclasses total.

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

Encite LLC's recent grant velocity is +31% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Encite LLC's patents?

Encite LLC's patents average 21.3 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 Encite 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

Encite LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 30 granted patents across 29 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Encite ranks #10,314 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 30 patents across 29 technology areas.

#10,314
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 17%
by Innovation Score (48.3/100): 21.3
avg claims per patent: +31%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10314 · US Corporation #10,314 · 30 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 30 grants
UPPER-Q #10,314/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Edge-Works Manufactu…
CPC-FOCUS Y02E · 29 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +31% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Edge-Works Manufacturing Company (±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 Encite’s 48.3 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 11.9 pts (25%) Velocity 4.6 pts (10%) Breadth 19.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 12.8 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Dongguan University… · near

48
Encite · this assignee

48
Oerlikon Textile & KG · near

48
Pegavision · near

48
SI Group · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Encite's Innovation Score is 48.3/100 (top 17% 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 Encite?

Each dot is one of Encite’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). Encite’s own 21.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Encite's grants concentrate

Encite LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 29 CPC subclasses with 43.3% of grants classified under Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Encite sits between EOFlow Co., Ltd. and Facc AG.

Encite's three-year grant acceleration

Encite LLC shows 9 grants in 2022–2024 against only 13 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.

Eoflow

30
Epicentrx

30
Everseen

30
Edge-works Manufa…

30
Eveready Battery

30
Evonik Industries

30
Exxonmobil Engine…

30
Facc

30
Encite ◀

30

What this shows Encite holds 30 patents at rank #10,317, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Encite

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,317 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Encite, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions), Encite ranks #1,009 of 5,963 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Pegavision Corporation 48 SI Group, Inc. 48 Oerlikon Textile GmbH & Co. KG 48 Dongguan University of Technology 48

Encite's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 17% higher than 83% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Encite LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	6.7%
2016	4	13.3%
2017	1	3.3%
2018	1	3.3%
2019	5	16.7%
2020	1	3.3%
2021	7	23.3%
2022	9	30.0%

Which technologies does Encite LLC patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 13

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 12

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 8

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 6

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 6

B81B - Microstructural Devices OR Systems, e.g. Micromechanical Devices 6

B81C - Processes OR Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OR Treatment OF Microstructural Devices OR Systems 6

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 4

H02N - Electric Machines NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

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 4

C30B - Single-crystal Growth ; Unidirectional Solidification OF Eutectic Material OR Unidirectional Demixing OF Eutectoid MATERIAL; Refining BY Zone-melting OF Material ; Production OF A Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure ; Single Crystals OR Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material WI 3

F17C - Vessels FOR Containing OR Storing Compressed, Liquefied OR Solidified GASES; Fixed-capacity GAS-HOLDERS; Filling Vessels With, OR Discharging From Vessels, Compressed, Liquefied, OR Solidified Gases 3

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 3

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 3

C25B - Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Processes FOR THE Production OF Compounds OR NON-METALS; Apparatus Therefor 3

Top 15 of 29 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

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

Encite LLC's lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 43.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #10,314 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Encite LLC against EOFlow Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.3/100 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

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.