Where does EST Group, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), EST Group, Inc. ranks #28,702 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 EST Group, Inc. hold?

EST Group, Inc. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is EST Group, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

EST Group, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 48.4 out of 100 (top 17% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is EST Group, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

EST Group, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -20% 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 EST Group, Inc.'s patents?

EST Group, Inc.'s patents average 10.6 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 EST Group, 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

EST Group, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does EST Group, Inc. focus on?

EST Group, Inc.'s top technology area is F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General) with 5 patents, ranking #419 of 1,907 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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: F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, EST ranks #28,702 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 16 technology areas.

#28,702
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 17%
by Innovation Score (48.4/100): 10.6
avg claims per patent: -20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R28702 · US Corporation #28,702 · 9 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #28,702/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ericsson
CPC-FOCUS F16L · 16 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.4/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -20% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ericsson GMBH (±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 EST’s 48.4 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 8.0 pts (17%) Velocity 20.0 pts (41%) Breadth 14.1 pts (29%) Claim depth 6.3 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
EST Group · this assignee

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows EST's Innovation Score is 48.4/100 (top 17% 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 EST?

Each dot is one of EST’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). EST’s own 10.6 claims/patent is at or below the 14.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where EST's grants concentrate

EST Group, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 55.6% of grants classified under F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, EST sits between Ericsson GMBH and Evergrande NEW Energy Automotive Investment Holdings Group Co., Ltd..

EST's three-year grant acceleration

EST Group, Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Ericsson

9
Erwin Junker Grin…

9
ES Cell Internati…

9
Essity Operations…

9
Etat FRANÇAIS Rep…

9
Etrailer

9
Euro Heat Pipes

9
Evergrande NEW En…

9
EST Group ◀

9

What this shows EST holds 9 patents at rank #28,655, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near EST

By rank, the assignees closest to #28,655 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16L (Pipes)

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

EST's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 17% higher than 83% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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EST Group, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	4	44.4%
2019	1	11.1%
2022	1	11.1%
2023	1	11.1%
2024	2	22.2%

Which technologies does EST Group, Inc. patent most?

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 5

F28F - Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application 4

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 2

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 1

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 1

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 1

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 1

F03G - Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like MOTORS; Mechanical-power Producing Devices OR Mechanisms, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR OR Using Energy Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F24T - Geothermal COLLECTORS; Geothermal Systems 1

F22B - Methods OF Steam GENERATION; Steam Boilers 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

EST Group, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

EST Group, Inc.'s lead technology class is F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General), 55.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16L
Ranked #28,702 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare EST Group, Inc. against Ericsson GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.4/100 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

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