Where does Evatec AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Evatec AG ranks #6,767 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 Evatec AG hold?

Evatec AG holds 49 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Evatec AG's Innovation Score?

Evatec AG has an Innovation Score of 46.2 out of 100 (top 21% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Evatec AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Evatec AG's recent grant velocity is -13% 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 Evatec AG's patents?

Evatec AG's patents average 20.6 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 Evatec AG 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

Evatec AG

Q: What technology areas does Evatec AG focus on?

Evatec AG's top technology area is C23C (Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General) with 33 patents, ranking #80 of 1,658 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 49 granted patents across 18 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: C23C (Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evap).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Evatec ranks #6,767 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 49 patents across 18 technology areas.

#6,767
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 21%
by Innovation Score (46.2/100): 20.6
avg claims per patent: -13%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6767 · Foreign Corporation #6,767 · 49 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 49 grants
UPPER-Q #6,767/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Edatanetworks
CPC-FOCUS C23C · 18 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -13% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Edatanetworks 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 Evatec’s 46.2 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 13.5 pts (29%) Velocity 5.3 pts (11%) Breadth 15.0 pts (32%) Claim depth 12.4 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
EndoChoice · near

46
Evatec · this assignee

46
Fieldpiece Instruments · near

46
Fingerprint Cards AB · near

46
Morpho · near

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Evatec's Innovation Score is 46.2/100 (top 21% 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 Evatec?

Each dot is one of Evatec’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). Evatec’s own 20.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Evatec's grants concentrate

Evatec AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 67.3% of grants classified under C23C (Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evap). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Evatec sits between Edatanetworks Inc and Endress+Hauser Conducta Gesellschaft fuer Mess- und Regeltechnik mbH + Co. KG.

Evatec's three-year grant acceleration

Evatec AG shows 12 grants in 2022–2024 against only 15 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.

Edatanetworks

49
Electrolux Profes…

49
Eternal Materials

49
Eurokera S N C

49
Exmark Manufactur…

49
Editas Medicine

49
Elite Semiconduct…

49
Endress+Hauser Co…

49
Evatec ◀

49

What this shows Evatec holds 49 patents at rank #6,764, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Evatec

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,764 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C23C (Coating Metallic Material)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Evatec, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C23C (Coating Metallic Material), Evatec ranks #80 of 1,658 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

Fieldpiece Instruments, Inc. 46 Morpho, Inc. 46 EndoChoice, Inc. 46 Fingerprint Cards AB 46

Evatec's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 21% higher than 79% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

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

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Evatec AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	4	8.2%
2017	9	18.4%
2018	3	6.1%
2019	7	14.3%
2020	4	8.2%
2021	4	8.2%
2022	7	14.3%
2023	4	8.2%
2024	1	2.0%
2025partial year	6	12.2%

Which technologies does Evatec AG patent most?

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 33

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 29

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 23

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

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 3

C30B - Single-crystal Growth ; Unidirectional Solidification OF Eutectic Material OR Unidirectional Demixing OF Eutectoid MATERIAL; Refining BY Zone-melting OF Material ; Production OF A Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure ; Single Crystals OR Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material WI 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 2

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 2

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

F24C - Domestic Stoves OR Ranges ; Details OF Domestic Stoves OR Ranges, OF General Application 1

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

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 1

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 1

Top 15 of 18 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

Evatec AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Evatec AG's lead technology class is C23C (Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evap), 67.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C23C
Ranked #6,767 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Evatec AG against Edatanetworks Inc, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.2/100 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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