Where does Etak Systems, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Etak Systems, LLC ranks #4,816 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 Etak Systems, LLC hold?

Etak Systems, LLC holds 72 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 31 technology areas.

What is Etak Systems, LLC's Innovation Score?

Etak Systems, LLC has an Innovation Score of 45.5 out of 100 (top 23% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Etak Systems, LLC focus on?

Etak Systems, LLC's top technology area is B64U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor) with 53 patents, ranking #18 of 545 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 31 CPC subclasses total.

Is Etak Systems, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Etak Systems, LLC's recent grant velocity is -23% 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 Etak Systems, LLC's patents?

Etak Systems, LLC's patents average 16.3 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 Etak Systems, LLC 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

Etak Systems, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 72 granted patents across 31 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: B64U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Etak ranks #4,816 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 72 patents across 31 technology areas.

#4,816
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 23%
by Innovation Score (45.5/100): 16.3
avg claims per patent: -23%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4816 · US Corporation #4,816 · 72 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 72 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,816/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Connaught
CPC-FOCUS B64U · 31 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -23% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Connaught Electronics Ltd. (±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 Etak’s 45.5 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 14.8 pts (33%) Velocity 1.2 pts (3%) Breadth 19.7 pts (43%) Claim depth 9.8 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
The Wistar Institute… · near

46
Bestop · near

45
Etak Systems · this assignee

45
Orbis · near

45
The Maitland · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Etak's Innovation Score is 45.5/100 (top 23% 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 Etak?

Each dot is one of Etak’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). Etak’s own 16.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Etak's grants concentrate

Etak Systems, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 31 CPC subclasses with 73.6% of grants classified under B64U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (22 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2023. By volume, Etak sits between Connaught Electronics Ltd. and GE Hybrid Technologies, LLC.

Etak's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Etak Systems, LLC moved from 44 to 8 grants (0.18x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Connaught

72
Daewoo Shipbuildi…

72
DP

72
Dassault Systemes…

72
Edge 3

72
Exact Sciences

72
FU Ding Electroni…

72
GE Hybrid

72
Etak Systems ◀

72

What this shows Etak holds 72 patents at rank #4,815, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Etak

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,815 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B64U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV])

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Etak, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B64U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]), Etak ranks #18 of 545 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Orbis Corporation 45 Bestop, Inc. 45 The Maitland Company, LLC 45 The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology 46

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.3 here).

Therma-stor LLC 16.3 avg University of Manitoba 16.3 avg Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 16.3 avg Vito NV 16.3 avg

Etak's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 23% higher than 77% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

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

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Etak Systems, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	5	6.9%
2018	12	16.7%
2019	22	30.6%
2020	13	18.1%
2021	9	12.5%
2023	2	2.8%
2024	6	8.3%
2025partial year	3	4.2%

Which technologies does Etak Systems, LLC patent most?

B64U - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor 53

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 43

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 32

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 27

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 20

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 18

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 18

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 16

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 9

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 7

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 7

H04B - Transmission 7

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 6

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 6

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 5

Top 15 of 31 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

Etak Systems, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Etak Systems, LLC's lead technology class is B64U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor), 73.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B64U
Ranked #4,816 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Etak Systems, LLC against Connaught Electronics Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.5/100 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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