Where does Epcos AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Epcos AG ranks #1,419 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 Epcos AG hold?

Epcos AG holds 295 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 70 technology areas.

What is Epcos AG's Innovation Score?

Epcos AG has an Innovation Score of 54.6 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Epcos AG focus on?

Epcos AG's top technology area is H10N (Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 71 patents, ranking #34 of 891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 70 CPC subclasses total.

Is Epcos AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Epcos AG's recent grant velocity is -80% 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 Epcos AG's patents?

Epcos AG's patents average 15.1 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 Epcos AG 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 Foreign Corporation

Epcos AG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 295 granted patents across 70 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: H10N (Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Epcos ranks #1,419 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 295 patents across 70 technology areas.

#1,419
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.6/100): 15.1
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1419 · Foreign Corporation #1,419 · 295 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 295 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,419/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Essity Hygiene AND…
CPC-WIDE H10N · 70 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Essity Hygiene AND Health Aktiebolag (±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 Epcos’s 54.6 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 19.7 pts (36%) Velocity 0.9 pts (2%) Breadth 25.0 pts (46%) Claim depth 9.1 pts (17%)

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Epcos · this assignee

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Savant Systems · near

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What this shows Epcos's Innovation Score is 54.6/100 (top 8% 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 Epcos?

Each dot is one of Epcos’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). Epcos’s own 15.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Epcos's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Epcos AG received 50 grants versus 245 in 2015–2019 (-80% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 71 grants and bottomed in 2022 at 10. Lead class H10N accounts for 24.1% of the portfolio across 70 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Huizhou TCL Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. (#1,415) and Macom Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (#1,423).

Epcos's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Epcos AG moved from 72 to 10 grants (0.14x 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 #3,145. See the growth leaderboard.

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Essity Hygiene AN…

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Flextronics AP

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Macom Technology…

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295

What this shows Epcos holds 295 patents at rank #1,419, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Epcos

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,419 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H10N (Electric Solid-state Devices)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Epcos, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H10N (Electric Solid-state Devices), Epcos ranks #34 of 891 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).

Savant Systems, Inc. 55 Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. 55 Cirkul, Inc. 55 Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation 55

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.1 here).

Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc. 15.1 avg Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. 15.1 avg Koenig & Bauer AG 15.1 avg TRW Automotive GMBH 15.1 avg

Epcos's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 Top 8% higher than 92% 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.

View data table

Epcos AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	71	24.1%
2016	66	22.4%
2017	44	14.9%
2018	32	10.8%
2019	32	10.8%
2020	25	8.5%
2021	15	5.1%
2022	10	3.4%

Which technologies does Epcos AG patent most?

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 71

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 54

H01C - Resistors 48

H01G - CAPACITORS; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices, Light-sensitive OR Temperature-sensitive Devices OF THE Electrolytic Type 46

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 46

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 41

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 32

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 23

B81B - Microstructural Devices OR Systems, e.g. Micromechanical Devices 22

B81C - Processes OR Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OR Treatment OF Microstructural Devices OR Systems 21

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 21

H01T - Spark GAPS; Overvoltage Arresters Using Spark GAPS; Sparking PLUGS; Corona DEVICES; Generating Ions TO BE Introduced Into Non-enclosed Gases 20

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 19

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 17

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 14

Top 15 of 70 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

Epcos AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Epcos AG's lead technology class is H10N (Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 24.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H10N
Ranked #1,419 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Epcos AG against Huizhou TCL Mobile Communication Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.6/100 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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