Where does Exocad GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Exocad GMBH ranks #17,655 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 Exocad GMBH hold?

Exocad GMBH holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Exocad GMBH's Innovation Score?

Exocad GMBH has an Innovation Score of 54.8 out of 100 (top 7% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Exocad GMBH focus on?

Exocad GMBH's top technology area is A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene) with 16 patents, ranking #57 of 546 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Exocad GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Exocad GMBH.

What does claim depth mean for Exocad GMBH's patents?

Exocad GMBH's patents average 27.4 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 Exocad GMBH 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

Exocad GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2025. 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: A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Exocad ranks #17,655 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 8 technology areas.

#17,655
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (54.8/100): 27.4
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17655 · Foreign Corporation #17,655 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,655/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH East Manufacturing
CPC-NARROW A61C · 8 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 27.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2022–2025 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: East Manufacturing Corporation (±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 Exocad’s 54.8 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 9.8 pts (18%) Velocity 20.0 pts (36%) Breadth 10.0 pts (18%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Exocad · this assignee

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Exocad's Innovation Score is 54.8/100 (top 7% 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 Exocad?

Each dot is one of Exocad’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). Exocad’s own 27.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 18.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Exocad's grants concentrate

Exocad GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Exocad sits between Epic Semiconductors Inc and Eavor Technologies Inc..

Exocad's three-year grant acceleration

Exocad GMBH shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Epic Semiconducto…

16
Erytech Pharma

16
ETI Solid State L…

16
Evolv Technology…

16
Exonetik

16
East Manufacturing

16
Eatron

16
Eavor

16
Exocad ◀

16

What this shows Exocad holds 16 patents at rank #17,637, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Exocad

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,637 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61C (Dentistry)

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

Exocad's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 Top 7% higher than 93% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2022–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Exocad GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	1	6.3%
2024	4	25.0%
2025partial year	11	68.8%

Which technologies does Exocad GMBH patent most?

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 16

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 7

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 6

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 4

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 3

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Exocad GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Exocad GMBH's lead technology class is A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61C
Ranked #17,655 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Exocad GMBH against Epic Semiconductors Inc, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.8/100 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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