Where does Essen Instruments, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Essen Instruments, Inc. ranks #16,782 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 Essen Instruments, Inc. hold?

Essen Instruments, Inc. holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2021, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Essen Instruments, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Essen Instruments, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 35.0 out of 100 (49th 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 Essen Instruments, Inc. focus on?

Essen Instruments, Inc.'s top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 15 patents, ranking #1,024 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Essen Instruments, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Essen Instruments, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +367% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Essen Instruments, Inc.'s patents?

Essen Instruments, Inc.'s patents average 26.2 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 Essen Instruments, Inc. 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 US Corporation

Essen Instruments, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 8 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Essen ranks #16,782 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 8 technology areas.

#16,782
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 49th percentile
by Innovation Score (35.0/100): 26.2
avg claims per patent: +367%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16782 · US Corporation #16,782 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #16,782/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Envirologix
CPC-NARROW G01N · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 26.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +367% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Envirologix 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 Essen’s 35.0 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 10.0 pts (29%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (29%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (43%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Essen Instruments · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Essen's Innovation Score is 35.0/100 (49th 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 Essen?

Each dot is one of Essen’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). Essen’s own 26.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Essen's grants concentrate

Essen Instruments, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 88.2% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (8 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2019. By volume, Essen sits between EnvirOx, L.L.C. and Exergen Corporation.

Envirox L L C

17
Envirologix

17
Epizon Pharma

17
Espro

17
Ethanol Boosting…

17
Evercharge

17
Evident Canada

17
Exergen

17
Essen Instruments ◀

17

What this shows Essen holds 17 patents at rank #16,785, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Essen

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,785 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

Essen's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 49th percentile higher than 49% 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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Essen Instruments, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	3	17.6%
2020	8	47.1%
2021	6	35.3%

Which technologies does Essen Instruments, Inc. patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 15

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 4

C12M - Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 2

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 1

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Essen Instruments, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Essen Instruments, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 88.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #16,782 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Essen Instruments, Inc. against EnvirOx, L.L.C., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.0/100 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.