Where does Esko Software BV rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Esko Software BV ranks #22,538 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 Software BV hold?

Esko Software BV holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2025, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Esko Software BV's Innovation Score?

Esko Software BV has an Innovation Score of 55.4 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%).

What technology areas does Esko Software BV focus on?

Esko Software BV's top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 5 patents, ranking #2,173 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

Is Esko Software BV's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Esko Software BV.

What does claim depth mean for Esko Software BV's patents?

Esko Software BV's patents average 20.6 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 Software BV 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 Software BV

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2025. 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Esko ranks #22,538 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 16 technology areas.

#22,538
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (55.4/100): 20.6
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22538 · Foreign Corporation #22,538 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,538/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ensemble RCM
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 16 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.4/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2022–2025 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ensemble RCM, LLC (±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’s 55.4 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 (16%) Velocity 20.0 pts (36%) Breadth 14.1 pts (25%) Claim depth 12.3 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Esko Software BV · this assignee

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What this shows Esko's Innovation Score is 55.4/100 (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 Esko?

Each dot is one of Esko’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’s own 20.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 19.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Esko's grants concentrate

Esko Software BV is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 41.7% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (5 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2022. By volume, Esko sits between Ensemble RCM, LLC and Essex Furukawa Magnet Wire USA LLC.

Esko's three-year grant acceleration

Esko Software BV shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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 Esko holds 12 patents at rank #22,543, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Esko

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,543 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Esko'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 · 2022–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Esko Software BV patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	2	16.7%
2023	5	41.7%
2024	3	25.0%
2025partial year	2	16.7%

Which technologies does Esko Software BV patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 5

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

B41M - Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing, 3

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; 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

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 3

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

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

B41C - Processes FOR THE Manufacture OR Reproduction OF Printing Surfaces 2

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 1

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 1

B41F - Printing Machines OR Presses 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

B26F - PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; Severing BY Means Other Than Cutting 1

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 1

Top 15 of 16 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 Software BV's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Esko Software BV's lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 41.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #22,538 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Esko Software BV against Ensemble RCM, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 55.4/100 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.