Where does Exfo Solutions SAS rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Exfo Solutions SAS ranks #16,006 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 Exfo Solutions SAS hold?

Exfo Solutions SAS holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Exfo Solutions SAS's Innovation Score?

Exfo Solutions SAS has an Innovation Score of 50.6 out of 100 (top 13% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Exfo Solutions SAS focus on?

Exfo Solutions SAS's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 15 patents, ranking #1,732 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Exfo Solutions SAS's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Exfo Solutions SAS.

What does claim depth mean for Exfo Solutions SAS's patents?

Exfo Solutions SAS's patents average 18.4 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 Exfo Solutions SAS 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

Exfo Solutions SAS

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Exfo ranks #16,006 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 7 technology areas.

#16,006
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.6/100): 18.4
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16006 · Foreign Corporation #16,006 · 18 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,006/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Eagles Nest Outfitters
CPC-NARROW H04L · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Eagles Nest Outfitters, 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 Exfo’s 50.6 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 10.2 pts (20%) Velocity 20.0 pts (40%) Breadth 9.4 pts (19%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Exfo Solutions SAS · this assignee

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Exfo's Innovation Score is 50.6/100 (top 13% 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 Exfo?

Each dot is one of Exfo’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). Exfo’s own 18.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Exfo's grants concentrate

Exfo Solutions SAS is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Exfo sits between EPC Natural Products Co., Ltd. and Eliantte Group Inc..

Exfo's three-year grant acceleration

Exfo Solutions SAS shows 13 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.

EPC Natural Produ…

18
Essai

18
Etopus Technology

18
EVE Energy

18
Eagles Nest Outfi…

18
Ecomotors

18
Ecowater Systems

18
Eliantte Group

18
Exfo Solutions SAS ◀

18

What this shows Exfo holds 18 patents at rank #15,989, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Exfo

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,989 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Exfo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 13% higher than 87% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Exfo Solutions SAS patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	3	16.7%
2022	8	44.4%
2023	4	22.2%
2024	1	5.6%
2025partial year	2	11.1%

Which technologies does Exfo Solutions SAS patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 15

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 9

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 5

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 4

H04M - Telephonic Communication 2

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

H04B - Transmission 1

Top 7 of 7 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Exfo Solutions SAS's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Exfo Solutions SAS's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #16,006 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Exfo Solutions SAS against EPC Natural Products Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.6/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.