Where does Espera-Werke GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Espera-Werke GmbH ranks #15,258 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 Espera-Werke GmbH hold?

Espera-Werke GmbH holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Espera-Werke GmbH's Innovation Score?

Espera-Werke GmbH has an Innovation Score of 38.8 out of 100 (top 40% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Espera-Werke GmbH focus on?

Espera-Werke GmbH's top technology area is B65C (Labelling OR Tagging Machines, Apparatus, OR Processes) with 16 patents, ranking #9 of 145 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Espera-Werke GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Espera-Werke GmbH's recent grant velocity is +13% 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 Espera-Werke GmbH's patents?

Espera-Werke GmbH's patents average 23.1 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 Espera-Werke 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

Espera-Werke GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 11 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: B65C (Labelling OR Tagging Machines, Apparatus, OR Processes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Espera-werke ranks #15,258 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 11 technology areas.

#15,258
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 40%
by Innovation Score (38.8/100): 23.1
avg claims per patent: +13%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15258 · Foreign Corporation #15,258 · 19 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,258/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Encodia
CPC-FOCUS B65C · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +13% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Encodia, 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 Espera-werke’s 38.8 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 10.3 pts (27%) Velocity 2.9 pts (7%) Breadth 11.7 pts (30%) Claim depth 13.9 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Espera-Werke · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Espera-werke's Innovation Score is 38.8/100 (top 40% 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 Espera-werke?

Each dot is one of Espera-werke’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). Espera-werke’s own 23.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 19.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Espera-werke's grants concentrate

Espera-Werke GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 84.2% of grants classified under B65C (Labelling OR Tagging Machines, Apparatus, OR Processes). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Espera-werke sits between Encodia, Inc. and Evolved Wireless LLC.

Espera-werke's three-year grant acceleration

Espera-Werke GmbH shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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 Espera-Werke holds 19 patents at rank #15,259, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Espera-Werke

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,259 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65C (Labelling OR Tagging Machines)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Espera-Werke's primary technology class.

Espera-werke's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 40% higher than 60% 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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Espera-Werke GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	5.3%
2017	1	5.3%
2018	5	26.3%
2019	1	5.3%
2020	3	15.8%
2021	3	15.8%
2022	2	10.5%
2024	1	5.3%
2025partial year	2	10.5%

Which technologies does Espera-Werke GmbH patent most?

B65C - Labelling OR Tagging Machines, Apparatus, OR Processes 16

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 2

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 1

G01G - Weighing 1

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 1

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 1

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 1

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

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 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

Espera-Werke GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Espera-Werke GmbH's lead technology class is B65C (Labelling OR Tagging Machines, Apparatus, OR Processes), 84.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65C
Ranked #15,258 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Espera-Werke GmbH against Encodia, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.8/100 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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