Where does Erico International Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Erico International Corporation ranks #3,770 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 Erico International Corporation hold?

Erico International Corporation holds 96 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 29 technology areas.

What is Erico International Corporation's Innovation Score?

Erico International Corporation has an Innovation Score of 55.3 out of 100 (top 7% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Erico International Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Erico International Corporation's recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Erico International Corporation's patents?

Erico International Corporation's patents average 16.4 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 Erico International 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

Erico International Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Erico International Corporation focus on?

Erico International Corporation's top technology area is H02G (Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines) with 44 patents, ranking #22 of 985 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 29 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 96 granted patents across 29 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: H02G (Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Erico ranks #3,770 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 96 patents across 29 technology areas.

#3,770
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (55.3/100): 16.4
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3770 · US Corporation #3,770 · 96 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 96 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,770/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Conversant Wireless…
CPC-FOCUS H02G · 29 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Conversant Wireless Licensing S.à r.l. (±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 Erico’s 55.3 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 15.8 pts (29%) Velocity 10.6 pts (19%) Breadth 19.0 pts (34%) Claim depth 9.9 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hypertherm · near

55
Erico International · this assignee

55
Finisar · near

55
WestRock MWV · near

55
Xinjiang Goldwind… · near

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Erico's Innovation Score is 55.3/100 (top 7% 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 Erico?

Each dot is one of Erico’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). Erico’s own 16.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Erico's grants concentrate

Erico International Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 29 CPC subclasses with 45.8% of grants classified under H02G (Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (14 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Erico sits between Conversant Wireless Licensing S.à r.l. and Hellermanntyton Co., Ltd..

Erico's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Erico International Corporation moved from 24 to 38 grants (1.58x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Conversant Wirele…

96
Covestro Intellec…

96
Crosman

96
Dover Europe Sàrl

96
Federal Express

96
Floricultura

96
Hanmi Pharm

96
Hellermanntyton

96
Erico Internation… ◀

96

What this shows Erico holds 96 patents at rank #3,770, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Erico

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,770 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H02G (Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Erico, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H02G (Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines), Erico ranks #22 of 985 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).

WestRock MWV, LLC 55 Finisar Corporation 55 Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co., Ltd. 55 Hypertherm, Inc. 55

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.4 here).

Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. 16.4 avg Xiamen Sanan Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. 16.4 avg Toshiba International Corporation 16.4 avg ETH Zurich 16.4 avg

Erico's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 Top 7% higher than 93% 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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Erico International Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	2.1%
2016	3	3.1%
2017	7	7.3%
2018	7	7.3%
2019	8	8.3%
2020	8	8.3%
2021	8	8.3%
2022	11	11.5%
2023	14	14.6%
2024	13	13.5%
2025partial year	15	15.6%

Which technologies does Erico International Corporation patent most?

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 44

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 27

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 22

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 16

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 12

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 8

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 5

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 4

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 3

H02B - Boards, Substations OR Switching Arrangements FOR THE Supply OR Distribution OF Electric Power 3

H01T - Spark GAPS; Overvoltage Arresters Using Spark GAPS; Sparking PLUGS; Corona DEVICES; Generating Ions TO BE Introduced Into Non-enclosed Gases 3

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 3

F16G - Belts, Cables, OR Ropes, Predominantly Used FOR Driving PURPOSES; CHAINS; Fittings Predominantly Used Therefor 2

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 2

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 2

Top 15 of 29 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

Erico International Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Erico International Corporation's lead technology class is H02G (Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines), 45.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H02G
Ranked #3,770 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Erico International Corporation against Conversant Wireless Licensing S.à r.l., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 55.3/100 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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