Where does Ernst & Young U.S. LLP rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ernst & Young U.S. LLP ranks #26,246 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 Ernst & Young U.S. LLP hold?

Ernst & Young U.S. LLP holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Ernst & Young U.S. LLP's Innovation Score?

Ernst & Young U.S. LLP has an Innovation Score of 36.5 out of 100 (top 46% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Ernst & Young U.S. LLP focus on?

Ernst & Young U.S. LLP's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 8 patents, ranking #4,318 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Ernst & Young U.S. LLP's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ernst & Young U.S. LLP's recent grant velocity is +500% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Ernst & Young U.S. LLP's patents?

Ernst & Young U.S. LLP's patents average 19.1 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 Ernst & Young U.S. LLP 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

Ernst & Young U.S. LLP

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ernst ranks #26,246 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 11 technology areas.

#26,246
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 46%
by Innovation Score (36.5/100): 19.1
avg claims per patent: +500%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26246 · US Corporation #26,246 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,246/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Enverus
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +500% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Enverus, 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 Ernst’s 36.5 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 8.3 pts (23%) Velocity 5.0 pts (14%) Breadth 11.7 pts (32%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Ernst & Young U S LLP · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Ernst's Innovation Score is 36.5/100 (top 46% 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 Ernst?

Each dot is one of Ernst’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). Ernst’s own 19.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Ernst's grants concentrate

Ernst & Young U.S. LLP is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Ernst sits between Enverus, Inc. and Essex Industries, Inc..

Ernst's three-year grant acceleration

Ernst & Young U.S. LLP shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

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What this shows Ernst holds 10 patents at rank #26,263, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ernst

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,263 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Ernst's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 46% higher than 54% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Ernst & Young U.S. LLP patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	10.0%
2020	2	20.0%
2021	1	10.0%
2022	1	10.0%
2023	1	10.0%
2024	1	10.0%
2025partial year	3	30.0%

Which technologies does Ernst & Young U.S. LLP patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 8

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

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 3

B67C - Cleaning, Filling With Liquids OR Semiliquids, OR Emptying, OF Bottles, Jars, Cans, Casks, Barrels, OR Similar Containers, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Funnels 2

C12H - Pasteurisation, Sterilisation, Preservation, Purification, Clarification OR Ageing OF Alcoholic BEVERAGES; Methods FOR Altering THE Alcohol Content OF Fermented Solutions OR Alcoholic Beverages 2

F26B - Drying Solid Materials OR Objects BY Removing Liquid Therefrom 2

B67D - Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Ernst & Young U.S. LLP's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ernst & Young U.S. LLP's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #26,246 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ernst & Young U.S. LLP against Enverus, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.5/100 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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