Where does EtherFAX, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), EtherFAX, LLC ranks #26,258 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 EtherFAX, LLC hold?

EtherFAX, LLC holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is EtherFAX, LLC's Innovation Score?

EtherFAX, LLC has an Innovation Score of 28.8 out of 100 (29th 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 EtherFAX, LLC focus on?

EtherFAX, LLC's top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 10 patents, ranking #1,288 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

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

EtherFAX, LLC's recent grant velocity is +133% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for EtherFAX, LLC's patents?

EtherFAX, LLC's patents average 15.7 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 EtherFAX, 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

EtherFAX, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Etherfax ranks #26,258 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 3 technology areas.

#26,258
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 29th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.8/100): 15.7
avg claims per patent: +133%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26258 · US Corporation #26,258 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,258/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Escape Therapeutics
CPC-NARROW H04N · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +133% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Escape Therapeutics, 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 Etherfax’s 28.8 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 8.3 pts (29%) Velocity 5.0 pts (17%) Breadth 6.1 pts (21%) Claim depth 9.4 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Nanjing Sanhome… · near

29
EtherFAX · this assignee

29
Power Probe Group · near

29
THE Monadnock · near

29
Nimble Storage · near

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Etherfax's Innovation Score is 28.8/100 (29th 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 Etherfax?

Each dot is one of Etherfax’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). Etherfax’s own 15.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Etherfax's grants concentrate

EtherFAX, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Etherfax sits between Escape Therapeutics, Inc. and Exacta Systems, LLC.

Etherfax's three-year grant acceleration

EtherFAX, LLC shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Escape Therapeuti…

10
Essence Smartcare

10
Essential Medical

10
Essex Industries

10
Etherdyne

10
Evolution Lighting

10
Evolve

10
Exacta Systems

10
Etherfax ◀

10

What this shows EtherFAX holds 10 patents at rank #26,268, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near EtherFAX

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,268 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for EtherFAX, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04N (Pictorial Communication), EtherFAX ranks #1,288 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (29 here).

THE Monadnock Company 29 Power Probe Group, Inc. 29 Nimble Storage, Inc. 29 Nanjing Sanhome Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 29

Etherfax's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 29th percentile higher than 29% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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EtherFAX, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	10.0%
2017	1	10.0%
2018	1	10.0%
2020	3	30.0%
2021	1	10.0%
2022	1	10.0%
2023	1	10.0%
2024	1	10.0%

Which technologies does EtherFAX, LLC patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 10

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 4

Top 3 of 3 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

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

EtherFAX, LLC's lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #26,258 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare EtherFAX, LLC against Escape Therapeutics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.8/100 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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