Where does Epiroc Rock Drills Aktiebolag rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Epiroc Rock Drills Aktiebolag ranks #9,027 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 Epiroc Rock Drills Aktiebolag hold?

Epiroc Rock Drills Aktiebolag holds 35 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 30 technology areas.

What is Epiroc Rock Drills Aktiebolag's Innovation Score?

Epiroc Rock Drills Aktiebolag has an Innovation Score of 47.9 out of 100 (top 18% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Epiroc Rock Drills Aktiebolag's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Epiroc Rock Drills Aktiebolag's recent grant velocity is -32% 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 Epiroc Rock Drills Aktiebolag's patents?

Epiroc Rock Drills Aktiebolag's patents average 15.8 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 Epiroc Rock Drills Aktiebolag 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

Epiroc Rock Drills Aktiebolag

Q: What technology areas does Epiroc Rock Drills Aktiebolag focus on?

Epiroc Rock Drills Aktiebolag's top technology area is E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells) with 25 patents, ranking #138 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 30 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 35 granted patents across 30 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Epiroc ranks #9,027 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 35 patents across 30 technology areas.

#9,027
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.9/100): 15.8
avg claims per patent: -32%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9027 · Foreign Corporation #9,027 · 35 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 35 grants
UPPER-Q #9,027/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Dart Container
CPC-FOCUS E21B · 30 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -32% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dart Container 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.

How Epiroc’s 47.9 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 12.4 pts (26%) Velocity 6.7 pts (14%) Breadth 19.4 pts (40%) Claim depth 9.5 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bolt Threads · near

48
E SOLUTIONS · near

48
Epiroc Rock Drills… · this assignee

48
Fivetech Technology · near

48
Shenzhen Mindray… · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Epiroc's Innovation Score is 47.9/100 (top 18% 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 Epiroc?

Each dot is one of Epiroc’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). Epiroc’s own 15.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Epiroc's grants concentrate

Epiroc Rock Drills Aktiebolag is a focused PatentsView assignee: 30 CPC subclasses with 71.4% of grants classified under E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (11 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Epiroc sits between DET International Holding Limited and Electrolux do Brasil S.A..

Epiroc's three-year grant acceleration

Epiroc Rock Drills Aktiebolag shows 12 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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.

DET International…

35
Dart Container

35
Doosan Bobcat Nor…

35
EBR Systems

35
Equashield Medical

35
Eutelsat

35
Ecole Normale Sup…

35
Electrolux do Bra…

35
Epiroc Rock Drill… ◀

35

What this shows Epiroc holds 35 patents at rank #9,022, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Epiroc

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,022 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Epiroc, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling), Epiroc ranks #138 of 1,363 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Shenzhen Mindray Scientific Co., Ltd. 48 E.SOLUTIONS GMBH 48 Bolt Threads, Inc. 48 Fivetech Technology Inc. 48

Epiroc's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 18% higher than 82% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Epiroc Rock Drills Aktiebolag patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	8	22.9%
2019	11	31.4%
2021	1	2.9%
2022	4	11.4%
2023	4	11.4%
2024	4	11.4%
2025partial year	3	8.6%

Which technologies does Epiroc Rock Drills Aktiebolag patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 25

E21D - SHAFTS; TUNNELS; GALLERIES; Large Underground Chambers 7

B25D - Percussive Tools 4

E21C - Mining OR Quarrying 3

E02F - DREDGING; Soil-shifting 2

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 2

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 2

F16H - Gearing 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 2

E21F - Safety Devices, Transport, Filling-up, Rescue, Ventilation, OR Draining IN OR OF Mines OR Tunnels 2

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 1

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

B25F - Combination OR Multi-purpose Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Details OR Components OF Portable Power-driven Tools NOT Particularly Related TO THE Operations Performed AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 15 of 30 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

Epiroc Rock Drills Aktiebolag's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Epiroc Rock Drills Aktiebolag's lead technology class is E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #9,027 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Epiroc Rock Drills Aktiebolag against DET International Holding Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.9/100 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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