Where does Esab AB rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Esab AB ranks #3,965 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 Esab AB hold?

Esab AB holds 91 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is Esab AB's Innovation Score?

Esab AB has an Innovation Score of 43.6 out of 100 (top 28% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Esab AB's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Esab AB's recent grant velocity is +43% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Esab AB's patents?

Esab AB's patents average 12.6 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 Esab AB 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

Esab AB

Q: What technology areas does Esab AB focus on?

Esab AB's top technology area is B23K (Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam) with 67 patents, ranking #21 of 1,623 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 91 granted patents across 21 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: B23K (Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Esab ranks #3,965 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 91 patents across 21 technology areas.

#3,965
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 28%
by Innovation Score (43.6/100): 12.6
avg claims per patent: +43%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3965 · Foreign Corporation #3,965 · 91 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 91 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,965/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Dainichiseika Color…
CPC-FOCUS B23K · 21 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +43% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals MFG. Co., 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 Esab’s 43.6 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 15.6 pts (36%) Velocity 4.2 pts (10%) Breadth 16.2 pts (37%) Claim depth 7.6 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Spatial Digital… · near

44
Esab AB · this assignee

44
Hartmetall-Werkzeugf… · near

44
Cipla · near

44
Glaxo Group · near

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Esab's Innovation Score is 43.6/100 (top 28% 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 Esab?

Each dot is one of Esab’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). Esab’s own 12.6 claims/patent is at or below the 17.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Esab's grants concentrate

Esab AB is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 73.6% of grants classified under B23K (Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (14 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Esab sits between Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals MFG. Co., Ltd. and Idexx Laboratories Inc..

Esab's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Esab AB moved from 35 to 22 grants (0.63x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Dainichiseika Col…

91
Dana Italia S R L

91
Dirtt Environment…

91
E G O Elektro-ger…

91
Evalve

91
Galderma Holding

91
Hover

91
Idexx Laboratories

91
Esab AB ◀

91

What this shows Esab holds 91 patents at rank #3,965, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Esab

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,965 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B23K (Soldering OR Unsoldering)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Esab, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B23K (Soldering OR Unsoldering), Esab ranks #21 of 1,623 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

Hartmetall-Werkzeugfabrik Paul Horn GmbH 44 Spatial Digital Systems, Inc. 44 Cipla Limited 44 Glaxo Group Limited 44

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.6 here).

Zurn Industries, LLC 12.6 avg GEA Mechanical Equipment GmbH 12.6 avg Purple Innovation, LLC 12.6 avg Safran Seats 12.6 avg

Esab's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 28% higher than 72% 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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Esab AB patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	3.3%
2016	2	2.2%
2017	2	2.2%
2018	9	9.9%
2019	14	15.4%
2020	10	11.0%
2021	11	12.1%
2022	6	6.6%
2023	9	9.9%
2024	7	7.7%
2025partial year	18	19.8%

Which technologies does Esab AB patent most?

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 67

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 10

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 4

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

H03K - Pulse Technique 2

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 2

B23H - Working OF Metal BY THE Action OF A High Concentration OF Electric Current ON A Workpiece Using AN Electrode Which Takes THE Place OF A TOOL; Such Working Combined With Other Forms OF Working OF Metal 1

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 1

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 1

H05H - Plasma Technique ; Production OF Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles OR OF NEUTRONS; Production OR Acceleration OF Neutral Molecular OR Atomic Beams 1

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

A42B - HATS; Head Coverings 1

Top 15 of 21 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

Esab AB's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Esab AB's lead technology class is B23K (Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam), 73.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B23K
Ranked #3,965 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Esab AB against Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals MFG. Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.6/100 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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