Where does Esko-Graphics Imaging GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Esko-Graphics Imaging GmbH ranks #9,029 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 Esko-Graphics Imaging GmbH hold?

Esko-Graphics Imaging GmbH holds 35 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 26 technology areas.

What is Esko-Graphics Imaging GmbH's Innovation Score?

Esko-Graphics Imaging GmbH has an Innovation Score of 65.2 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Esko-Graphics Imaging GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Esko-Graphics Imaging GmbH's recent grant velocity is +188% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Esko-Graphics Imaging GmbH's patents?

Esko-Graphics Imaging GmbH's patents average 24.6 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 Esko-Graphics Imaging GmbH 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

Esko-Graphics Imaging GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Esko-Graphics Imaging GmbH focus on?

Esko-Graphics Imaging GmbH's top technology area is G03F (Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR;) with 32 patents, ranking #62 of 595 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 26 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 35 granted patents across 26 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: G03F (Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR;).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Esko-graphics ranks #9,029 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 35 patents across 26 technology areas.

#9,029
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (65.2/100): 24.6
avg claims per patent: +188%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9029 · Foreign Corporation #9,029 · 35 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 35 grants
UPPER-Q #9,029/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ecole Normale…
CPC-FOCUS G03F · 26 areas
INNOV-STRONG 65.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +188% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon Lyon (±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 Esko-graphics’s 65.2 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 12.4 pts (19%) Velocity 20.0 pts (31%) Breadth 18.0 pts (28%) Claim depth 14.8 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Medtronic Navigation · near

65
Mueller International · near

65
Baxter Healthcare · near

65
Gecko Robotics · near

65
Esko-Graphics Imaging · this assignee

65
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Esko-graphics's Innovation Score is 65.2/100 (top 1% 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 Esko-graphics?

Each dot is one of Esko-graphics’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). Esko-graphics’s own 24.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Esko-graphics's grants concentrate

Esko-Graphics Imaging GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 26 CPC subclasses with 91.4% of grants classified under G03F (Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR;). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Esko-graphics sits between Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon Lyon and Form Energy, Inc..

Esko-graphics's three-year grant acceleration

Esko-Graphics Imaging GmbH shows 18 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Ecole Normale Sup…

35
Electrolux do Bra…

35
Elliptic Laborato…

35
Envoy Medical

35
Expectations

35
Expel

35
Fontem Holdings 4…

35
Form Energy

35
Esko-graphics Ima… ◀

35

What this shows Esko-Graphics holds 35 patents at rank #9,029, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Esko-Graphics

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,029 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G03F (Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Esko-Graphics's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Esko-Graphics, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G03F (Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces), Esko-Graphics ranks #62 of 595 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (65 here).

Gecko Robotics, Inc. 65 Baxter Healthcare SA 65 Medtronic Navigation, Inc. 65 Mueller International, LLC 65

Esko-graphics's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

65 Top 1% higher than 99% 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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Esko-Graphics Imaging GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	5.7%
2016	3	8.6%
2017	2	5.7%
2019	1	2.9%
2020	5	14.3%
2022	6	17.1%
2023	6	17.1%
2024	6	17.1%
2025partial year	4	11.4%

Which technologies does Esko-Graphics Imaging GmbH patent most?

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 32

B41C - Processes FOR THE Manufacture OR Reproduction OF Printing Surfaces 19

B41F - Printing Machines OR Presses 12

B41N - Printing Plates OR Foils ; Materials FOR Surfaces Used IN Printing Machines FOR Printing, Inking, Damping, OR THE LIKE; Preparing Such Surfaces FOR USE AND Conserving Them 9

B41P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Printing, Lining Machines, Typewriters, AND TO Stamps 7

B41M - Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing, 6

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 3

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 3

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 3

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 3

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 2

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 2

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 2

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 1

Top 15 of 26 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

Esko-Graphics Imaging GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Esko-Graphics Imaging GmbH's lead technology class is G03F (Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR;), 91.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G03F
Ranked #9,029 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Esko-Graphics Imaging GmbH against Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon Lyon, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 65.2/100 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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