Where does Era3 LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Era3 LLC ranks #46,553 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 Era3 LLC hold?

Era3 LLC holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2023, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Era3 LLC's Innovation Score?

Era3 LLC has an Innovation Score of 24.5 out of 100 (15th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Era3 LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Era3 LLC.

What does claim depth mean for Era3 LLC's patents?

Era3 LLC's patents average 11.4 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 Era3 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

Era3 LLC

Q: What technology areas does Era3 LLC focus on?

Era3 LLC's top technology area is F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance) with 3 patents, ranking #204 of 374 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2023. 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: F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Era3 ranks #46,553 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 4 technology areas.

#46,553
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 15th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.5/100): 11.4
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R46553 · US Corporation #46,553 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #46,553/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Epigan
CPC-NARROW F41A · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.5/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2023 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Epigan NV (±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 Era3’s 24.5 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 6.2 pts (25%) Velocity 4.4 pts (18%) Breadth 7.1 pts (29%) Claim depth 6.8 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Era3 · this assignee

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Era3's Innovation Score is 24.5/100 (15th 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 Era3?

Each dot is one of Era3’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). Era3’s own 11.4 claims/patent is at or below the 17.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

Era3 vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Era3's grants concentrate

Era3 LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Era3 sits between Epigan NV and Esipco, LLC.

Era3's three-year grant acceleration

Era3 LLC shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Epigan

5
Epimmune

5
Epitech MAG

5
Equus UK Topco

5
Ergo Exergy

5
Ernst Grob

5
Erwin Quarder Sys…

5
Esipco

5
Era3 ◀

5

What this shows Era3 holds 5 patents at rank #46,450, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Era3

By rank, the assignees closest to #46,450 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms A…)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Era3's primary technology class.

Era3's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 15th percentile higher than 15% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2023

Grants by year

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

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Era3 LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	20.0%
2021	2	40.0%
2023	2	40.0%

Which technologies does Era3 LLC patent most?

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 3

F41C - Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor 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 1

F41H - ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General 1

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Era3 LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Era3 LLC's lead technology class is F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F41A
Ranked #46,553 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Era3 LLC against Epigan NV, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.5/100 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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