Where does Exel Industries SA rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Exel Industries SA ranks #31,588 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 Exel Industries SA hold?

Exel Industries SA holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2024, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Exel Industries SA's Innovation Score?

Exel Industries SA has an Innovation Score of 39.9 out of 100 (top 37% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Exel Industries SA focus on?

Exel Industries SA's top technology area is B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles) with 5 patents, ranking #259 of 1,384 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Exel Industries SA's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Exel Industries SA's recent grant velocity is +600% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Exel Industries SA's patents?

Exel Industries SA's patents average 15.8 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 Exel Industries SA 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

Exel Industries SA

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2024. 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: B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Exel ranks #31,588 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 11 technology areas.

#31,588
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 37%
by Innovation Score (39.9/100): 15.8
avg claims per patent: +600%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R31588 · Foreign Corporation #31,588 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #31,588/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Everpads
CPC-FOCUS B05B · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +600% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Everpads Co., 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 Exel’s 39.9 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 7.6 pts (19%) Velocity 11.1 pts (28%) Breadth 11.7 pts (29%) Claim depth 9.5 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Exel Industries · this assignee

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Exel's Innovation Score is 39.9/100 (top 37% 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 Exel?

Each dot is one of Exel’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). Exel’s own 15.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Exel's grants concentrate

Exel Industries SA is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 62.5% of grants classified under B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Exel sits between Everpads Co., Ltd. and Ezmems Ltd.

Exel's three-year grant acceleration

Exel Industries SA shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Everpads

8
Everybot

8
Evonetix

8
EX

8
Exide

8
Eyebright Medical…

8
Ezero

8
Ezmems

8
Exel Industries ◀

8

What this shows Exel holds 8 patents at rank #31,536, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Exel

By rank, the assignees closest to #31,536 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B05B (Spraying Apparatus)

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

Exel's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 37% higher than 63% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2024

Grants by year

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

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Exel Industries SA patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	12.5%
2020	2	25.0%
2023	3	37.5%
2024	2	25.0%

Which technologies does Exel Industries SA patent most?

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 5

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 4

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 2

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 2

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 2

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B60J - Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles 1

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 1

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Exel Industries SA's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Exel Industries SA's lead technology class is B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles), 62.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B05B
Ranked #31,588 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Exel Industries SA against Everpads Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.9/100 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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