Where does Exel Industries rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Exel Industries ranks #3,681 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 hold?

Exel Industries holds 99 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 57 technology areas.

What is Exel Industries's Innovation Score?

Exel Industries has an Innovation Score of 56.4 out of 100 (top 6% 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 focus on?

Exel Industries's top technology area is B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles) with 59 patents. Grants appear in 57 CPC subclasses total.

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

Exel Industries's recent grant velocity is +75% 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's patents?

Exel Industries's patents average 13.3 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 Exel Industries 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

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 99 granted patents across 57 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: B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Exel ranks #3,681 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 99 patents across 57 technology areas.

#3,681
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.4/100): 13.3
avg claims per patent: +75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3681 · Foreign Corporation #3,681 · 99 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 99 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,681/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Corteva Agriscience
CPC-WIDE B05B · 57 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Corteva Agriscience LLC (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Exel Industries · this assignee

56
Jeol · near

56
Knauf Gips KG · near

56
Typhon Technology… · near

56
Valeo North America · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Exel's Innovation Score is 56.4/100 (top 6% 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.

How Exel's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Exel Industries received 56 grants versus 32 in 2015–2019 (+75% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 16 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 3. Lead class B05B accounts for 59.6% of the portfolio across 57 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Corteva Agriscience LLC (#3,677) and OVH (#3,685).

Exel's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Exel Industries moved from 32 to 36 grants (1.13x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Corteva Agriscien…

99
DR Reddy's Labora…

99
Dura Operating

99
ESS Tech

99
Fidelity Informat…

99
Jeld-wen

99
National Universi…

99
OVH

99
Exel Industries ◀

99

What this shows Exel holds 99 patents at rank #3,681, 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 #3,681 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B05B (Spraying Apparatus)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Exel, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

Valeo North America, Inc. 56 Knauf Gips KG 56 Typhon Technology Solutions (U.S.), LLC 56 Jeol Ltd. 56

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.3 here).

BL Technologies, Inc. 13.3 avg Kyulux, Inc. 13.3 avg Avent, Inc. 13.3 avg Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. 13.3 avg

Exel's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 6% higher than 94% 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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Exel Industries patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	3.0%
2016	4	4.0%
2017	4	4.0%
2018	9	9.1%
2019	12	12.1%
2020	8	8.1%
2021	12	12.1%
2022	10	10.1%
2023	10	10.1%
2024	16	16.2%
2025partial year	11	11.1%

Which technologies does Exel Industries patent most?

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 59

A01M - Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants 26

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 12

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 12

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 9

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 9

A01D - HARVESTING; Mowing 9

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 8

A01C - PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising 7

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 6

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 5

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 5

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 4

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 4

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 4

Top 15 of 57 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,681

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

56.4 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Exel Industries's lead technology class is B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles), 59.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B05B
Ranked #3,681 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Exel Industries against Corteva Agriscience LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.4/100 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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