Where does Energizer Brands, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Energizer Brands, LLC ranks #2,298 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 Energizer Brands, LLC hold?

Energizer Brands, LLC holds 170 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 30 technology areas.

What is Energizer Brands, LLC's Innovation Score?

Energizer Brands, LLC has an Innovation Score of 47.2 out of 100 (top 19% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Energizer Brands, LLC's recent grant velocity is +28% 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 Energizer Brands, LLC's patents?

Energizer Brands, LLC's patents average 7.9 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 Energizer Brands, 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

Energizer Brands, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Energizer Brands, LLC focus on?

Energizer Brands, LLC's top technology area is H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy) with 70 patents. Grants appear in 30 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 170 granted patents across 30 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: H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Energizer ranks #2,298 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 170 patents across 30 technology areas.

#2,298
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 19%
by Innovation Score (47.2/100): 7.9
avg claims per patent: +28%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2298 · US Corporation #2,298 · 170 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 170 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,298/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH CKD
CPC-FOCUS H01M · 30 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.2/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +28% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: CKD Corporation (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Buerkert Werke · near

47
Ariens · near

47
DT Swiss · near

47
Energizer Brands · this assignee

47
University OF Houston · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Energizer's Innovation Score is 47.2/100 (top 19% 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.

Where Energizer's grants concentrate

Energizer Brands, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 30 CPC subclasses with 41.2% of grants classified under H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (25 grants) versus a trough of 10 in 2015. By volume, Energizer sits between Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc. and Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd..

Energizer's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Energizer Brands, LLC moved from 61 to 49 grants (0.80x 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 #1,836. See the growth leaderboard.

Terra Nova Nurser…

171
U S Department of…

171
CKD

170
Cyntec

170
ITT Manufacturing…

170
Metaswitch Networ…

170
Spectranetics

170
Sumitomo Bakelite

170
Energizer Brands ◀

170

What this shows Energizer holds 170 patents at rank #2,298, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Energizer

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,298 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01M (Processes OR Means)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Energizer, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

DT Swiss Inc. 47 University OF Houston 47 Ariens Company 47 Buerkert Werke GMBH 47

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (7.9 here).

Coway Co., Ltd. 7.9 avg Weber-Stephen Products LLC 7.9 avg Hyundai Dymos Incorporated 7.9 avg Werner Co. 7.8 avg

Energizer's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 19% higher than 81% 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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Energizer Brands, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	10	5.9%
2016	22	12.9%
2017	11	6.5%
2018	11	6.5%
2019	18	10.6%
2020	25	14.7%
2021	18	10.6%
2022	13	7.6%
2023	22	12.9%
2024	14	8.2%
2025partial year	6	3.5%

Which technologies does Energizer Brands, LLC patent most?

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 70

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 57

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 19

F21L - Lighting Devices OR Systems Thereof, Being Portable OR Specially Adapted FOR Transportation 8

C01G - Compounds Containing Metals NOT Covered BY Subclasses C01d OR C01f 6

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 6

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 5

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 5

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 4

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

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 3

C22B - Production AND Refining OF Metals ; Pretreatment OF RAW Materials 2

Top 15 of 30 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,298

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

47.2 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Energizer Brands, LLC's lead technology class is H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy), 41.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01M
Ranked #2,298 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Energizer Brands, LLC against Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.2/100 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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