Where does Erdman Automation Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Erdman Automation Corporation ranks #19,729 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 Erdman Automation Corporation hold?

Erdman Automation Corporation holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Erdman Automation Corporation's Innovation Score?

Erdman Automation Corporation has an Innovation Score of 31.1 out of 100 (37th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Erdman Automation Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Erdman Automation Corporation's recent grant velocity is +125% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Erdman Automation Corporation's patents?

Erdman Automation Corporation's patents average 15.9 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 Erdman Automation 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

Erdman Automation Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Erdman Automation Corporation focus on?

Erdman Automation Corporation's top technology area is E06B (Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates) with 14 patents, ranking #63 of 637 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 7 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: E06B (Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Erdman ranks #19,729 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 7 technology areas.

#19,729
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 37th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.1/100): 15.9
avg claims per patent: +125%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19729 · US Corporation #19,729 · 14 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #19,729/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Embertec Pty
CPC-NARROW E06B · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +125% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Embertec Pty Ltd (±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 Erdman’s 31.1 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 9.4 pts (30%) Velocity 2.9 pts (9%) Breadth 9.4 pts (30%) Claim depth 9.6 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Erdman Automation · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Erdman's Innovation Score is 31.1/100 (37th 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 Erdman?

Each dot is one of Erdman’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). Erdman’s own 15.9 claims/patent is at or below the 16.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Erdman's grants concentrate

Erdman Automation Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under E06B (Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Erdman sits between Embertec Pty Ltd and Euclid Discoveries, LLC.

Erdman's three-year grant acceleration

Erdman Automation Corporation shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Embertec Pty

14
Emotiv

14
Epitel

14
Epoca Internation…

14
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14
Essentium

14
Etablissements Ca…

14
Euclid Discoveries

14
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14

What this shows Erdman holds 14 patents at rank #19,742, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Erdman

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,742 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E06B (Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings)

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

Erdman's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 37th percentile higher than 37% 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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Erdman Automation Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	7.1%
2017	1	7.1%
2018	1	7.1%
2019	1	7.1%
2020	2	14.3%
2021	4	28.6%
2023	3	21.4%
2025partial year	1	7.1%

Which technologies does Erdman Automation Corporation patent most?

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 14

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 4

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 4

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 2

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 2

C03C - Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other Materials 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

Top 7 of 7 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

Erdman Automation Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Erdman Automation Corporation's lead technology class is E06B (Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E06B
Ranked #19,729 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Erdman Automation Corporation against Embertec Pty Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.1/100 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

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