Where does Etel S.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Etel S.A. ranks #5,938 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 Etel S.A. hold?

Etel S.A. holds 57 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 32 technology areas.

What is Etel S.A.'s Innovation Score?

Etel S.A. has an Innovation Score of 51.2 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Etel S.A. focus on?

Etel S.A.'s top technology area is H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines) with 35 patents, ranking #81 of 1,724 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 32 CPC subclasses total.

Is Etel S.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Etel S.A.'s recent grant velocity is +89% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Etel S.A.'s patents?

Etel S.A.'s patents average 14.8 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 Etel S.A. 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

Etel S.A.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 57 granted patents across 32 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: H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Etel ranks #5,938 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 57 patents across 32 technology areas.

#5,938
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (51.2/100): 14.8
avg claims per patent: +89%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5938 · Foreign Corporation #5,938 · 57 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 57 grants
UPPER-Q #5,938/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Dentsply IH AB
CPC-FOCUS H02K · 32 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +89% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dentsply IH AB (±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 Etel’s 51.2 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 14.0 pts (27%) Velocity 8.3 pts (16%) Breadth 20.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 8.9 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Transocean Sedco… · near

51
Yamaguchi University · near

51
Etel · this assignee

51
First Orion · near

51
Origin Wireless · near

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Etel's Innovation Score is 51.2/100 (top 12% 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 Etel?

Each dot is one of Etel’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). Etel’s own 14.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Etel's grants concentrate

Etel S.A. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 32 CPC subclasses with 61.4% of grants classified under H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (8 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Etel sits between Dinkle Electric Machinery (CHINA) Co., Ltd. and Fivetech Technology Inc..

Etel's three-year grant acceleration

Etel S.A. shows 20 grants in 2022–2024 against only 16 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.

Dinkle Electric M…

57
Doosan

57
Dentsply IH AB

57
Edan Instruments

57
Efficient Power C…

57
Eyelock

57
Face Internationa…

57
Fivetech Technolo…

57
Etel ◀

57

What this shows Etel holds 57 patents at rank #5,935, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Etel

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,935 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Etel, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines), Etel ranks #81 of 1,724 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

Origin Wireless, Inc. 51 First Orion Corp. 51 Yamaguchi University 51 Transocean Sedco Forex Ventures Limited 51

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.8 here).

Matthews International Corporation 14.8 avg Chang Chun Petrochemical Co., Ltd. 14.8 avg Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, KU Leuven R&D 14.8 avg Beijing Baidu Netcom Science Technology Co., Ltd. 14.8 avg

Etel's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% 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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Etel S.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	3.5%
2016	3	5.3%
2017	6	10.5%
2018	5	8.8%
2019	2	3.5%
2020	8	14.0%
2021	6	10.5%
2022	8	14.0%
2023	5	8.8%
2024	7	12.3%
2025partial year	5	8.8%

Which technologies does Etel S.A. patent most?

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 35

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 5

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 5

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 5

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 4

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 4

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 4

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 4

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 4

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 3

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 3

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 3

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 3

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 3

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 3

Top 15 of 32 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

Etel S.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Etel S.A.'s lead technology class is H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines), 61.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H02K
Ranked #5,938 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Etel S.A. against Dinkle Electric Machinery (CHINA) Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.2/100 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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