Where does Eshard rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Eshard ranks #22,536 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 Eshard hold?

Eshard holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2021, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Eshard's Innovation Score?

Eshard has an Innovation Score of 30.9 out of 100 (36th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Eshard focus on?

Eshard's top technology area is G09C (Ciphering OR Deciphering Apparatus FOR Cryptographic OR Other Purposes Involving THE Need FOR Secrecy) with 12 patents, ranking #8 of 202 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is Eshard's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Eshard's recent grant velocity is -50% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Eshard's patents?

Eshard's patents average 25.4 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 Eshard 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

Eshard

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2021. 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: G09C (Ciphering OR Deciphering Apparatus FOR Cryptographic OR Other Purposes Involving THE Need FOR Secrecy).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Eshard ranks #22,536 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 4 technology areas.

#22,536
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 36th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.9/100): 25.4
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22536 · Foreign Corporation #22,536 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,536/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH EMU Group S P A
CPC-NARROW G09C · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 25.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: EMU Group S.P.A. (±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 Eshard’s 30.9 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 8.9 pts (29%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.1 pts (23%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (48%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Eshard · this assignee

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What this shows Eshard's Innovation Score is 30.9/100 (36th 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 Eshard?

Each dot is one of Eshard’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). Eshard’s own 25.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Eshard's grants concentrate

Eshard is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G09C (Ciphering OR Deciphering Apparatus FOR Cryptographic OR Other Purposes Involving THE Need FOR Secrecy). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (8 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2020. By volume, Eshard sits between EMU Group S.P.A. and ETH Zuerich.

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Entire Technology

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Eski

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Ess-help

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ETH Zuerich

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12

What this shows Eshard holds 12 patents at rank #22,506, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Eshard

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,506 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G09C (Ciphering OR Deciphering Apparatus FOR Cryptographic OR O…)

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

Eshard's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 36th percentile higher than 36% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2021

Grants by year

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

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Eshard patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	8	66.7%
2020	2	16.7%
2021	2	16.7%

Which technologies does Eshard patent most?

G09C - Ciphering OR Deciphering Apparatus FOR Cryptographic OR Other Purposes Involving THE Need FOR Secrecy 12

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 12

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 7

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 6

Top 4 of 4 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

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

Eshard's lead technology class is G09C (Ciphering OR Deciphering Apparatus FOR Cryptographic OR Other Purposes Involving THE Need FOR Secrecy), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G09C
Ranked #22,536 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Eshard against EMU Group S.P.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.9/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.