Where does Epic Metals Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Epic Metals Corporation ranks #21,099 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 Epic Metals Corporation hold?

Epic Metals Corporation holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Epic Metals Corporation's Innovation Score?

Epic Metals Corporation has an Innovation Score of 42.9 out of 100 (top 29% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Epic Metals Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Epic Metals Corporation's recent grant velocity is -50% 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 Epic Metals Corporation's patents?

Epic Metals Corporation's patents average 5.3 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 Epic Metals Corporation 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

Epic Metals Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Epic Metals Corporation focus on?

Epic Metals Corporation's top technology area is E04B (General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings) with 2 patents, ranking #414 of 849 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 9 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: E04B (General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Epic ranks #21,099 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 9 technology areas.

#21,099
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 29%
by Innovation Score (42.9/100): 5.3
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21099 · US Corporation #21,099 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,099/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Entex Rust & Mitschke
CPC-NARROW E04B · 9 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.9/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 5.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Entex Rust & Mitschke GmbH (±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 Epic’s 42.9 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 9.1 pts (21%) Velocity 20.0 pts (47%) Breadth 10.6 pts (25%) Claim depth 3.2 pts (7%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Epic Metals · this assignee

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Epic's Innovation Score is 42.9/100 (top 29% 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 Epic?

Each dot is one of Epic’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). Epic’s own 5.3 claims/patent is at or below the 18.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Epic's grants concentrate

Epic Metals Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 15.4% of grants classified under E04B (General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Epic sits between Entex Rust & Mitschke GmbH and Eta Compute, Inc..

Epic's three-year grant acceleration

Epic Metals Corporation shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Entex Rust & Mits…

13
Eolas

13
Ephesus Lighting

13
Epic Games

13
Epinovatech AB

13
Eric Jacoby Design

13
Essex Group

13
Eta Compute

13
Epic Metals ◀

13

What this shows Epic holds 13 patents at rank #21,106, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Epic

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,106 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E04B (General Building Constructions)

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

Epic's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 29% higher than 71% 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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Epic Metals Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	23.1%
2017	3	23.1%
2018	2	15.4%
2021	1	7.7%
2022	3	23.1%
2025partial year	1	7.7%

Which technologies does Epic Metals Corporation patent most?

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 2

E04C - Structural ELEMENTS; Building Materials 1

E04D - Roof COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; Roof-working Tools 1

E04F - Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors 1

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 1

G10K - Sound-producing DEVICES; Methods OR Devices FOR Protecting Against, OR FOR Damping, Noise OR Other Acoustic Waves IN GENERAL; Acoustics NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

F03D - Wind Motors 1

F05B - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Wind, Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like Motors, TO Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids Covered BY Subclasses F03b, F03d AND F03g 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Epic Metals Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Epic Metals Corporation's lead technology class is E04B (General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings), 15.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E04B
Ranked #21,099 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Epic Metals Corporation against Entex Rust & Mitschke GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.9/100 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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