Where does Epic Systems Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Epic Systems Co., Ltd. ranks #14,594 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 Systems Co., Ltd. hold?

Epic Systems Co., Ltd. holds 20 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Epic Systems Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Epic Systems Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 33.3 out of 100 (44th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Epic Systems Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Epic Systems Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -36% 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 Systems Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Epic Systems Co., Ltd.'s patents average 17.6 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 Systems Co., Ltd. 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

Epic Systems Co., Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Epic Systems Co., Ltd. focus on?

Epic Systems Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is G16H (Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data) with 18 patents, ranking #267 of 3,149 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 8 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: G16H (Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Epic ranks #14,594 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 8 technology areas.

#14,594
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 44th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.3/100): 17.6
avg claims per patent: -36%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14594 · Foreign Corporation #14,594 · 20 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 20 grants
MID-PACK #14,594/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH EBT Medical
CPC-NARROW G16H · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -36% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: EBT Medical, Inc. (±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 33.3 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 10.5 pts (32%) Velocity 2.2 pts (7%) Breadth 10.0 pts (30%) Claim depth 10.6 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Epic Systems · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Epic's Innovation Score is 33.3/100 (44th percentile 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 17.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Epic's grants concentrate

Epic Systems Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 90% of grants classified under G16H (Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Epic sits between E.V. Offshore Limited and European Aeronautic Defence AND Space Company Eads France.

Epic's three-year grant acceleration

Epic Systems Co., Ltd. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

E V Offshore

20
EBT Medical

20
Elkem ASA

20
Eotech

20
ES Fibervisions

20
Escape Fitness

20
Etymotic Research

20
European Aeronaut…

20
Epic Systems ◀

20

What this shows Epic holds 20 patents at rank #14,584, 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 #14,584 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G16H (Healthcare Informatics)

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)

33 44th percentile higher than 44% 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 Systems Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	15.0%
2017	2	10.0%
2018	1	5.0%
2019	5	25.0%
2020	3	15.0%
2021	1	5.0%
2022	1	5.0%
2024	2	10.0%
2025partial year	2	10.0%

Which technologies does Epic Systems Co., Ltd. patent most?

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 18

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 9

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 7

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 4

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 3

G16Z - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Specific Application Fields, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening 1

Top 8 of 8 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 Systems Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Epic Systems Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is G16H (Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data), 90% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G16H
Ranked #14,594 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Epic Systems Co., Ltd. against E.V. Offshore Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.3/100 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

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