Where does Expel, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Expel, Inc. ranks #9,032 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 Expel, Inc. hold?

Expel, Inc. holds 35 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2025, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Expel, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Expel, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 48.1 out of 100 (top 17% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Expel, Inc. focus on?

Expel, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 22 patents, ranking #1,890 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is Expel, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Expel, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Expel, Inc.'s patents?

Expel, Inc.'s patents average 16.1 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 Expel, Inc. 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 US Corporation

Expel, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 35 granted patents across 3 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Expel ranks #9,032 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 35 patents across 3 technology areas.

#9,032
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 17%
by Innovation Score (48.1/100): 16.1
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9032 · US Corporation #9,032 · 35 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 35 grants
UPPER-Q #9,032/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Elliptic Laboratorie…
CPC-NARROW G06F · 3 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2022–2025 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Elliptic Laboratories ASA (±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 Expel’s 48.1 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 12.4 pts (26%) Velocity 20.0 pts (41%) Breadth 6.1 pts (13%) Claim depth 9.7 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Expel · this assignee

48
Sumitomo Electric… · near

48
West · near

48
Buckingham Manufactu… · near

48
Toray Engineering · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Expel's Innovation Score is 48.1/100 (top 17% 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 Expel?

Each dot is one of Expel’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). Expel’s own 16.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Expel's grants concentrate

Expel, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 62.9% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (13 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2022. By volume, Expel sits between Elliptic Laboratories ASA and FPT Industrial S.P.A.

Expel's three-year grant acceleration

Expel, Inc. shows 25 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.

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Expel ◀

35

What this shows Expel holds 35 patents at rank #9,031, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Expel

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,031 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Expel, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Expel ranks #1,890 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Sumitomo Electric Printed Circuits, Inc. 48 West Corporation 48 Buckingham Manufacturing Company, Inc. 48 Toray Engineering Co., Ltd. 48

Expel's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 17% higher than 83% 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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Expel, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	4	11.4%
2023	8	22.9%
2024	13	37.1%
2025partial year	10	28.6%

Which technologies does Expel, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 22

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 21

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 8

Top 3 of 3 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

Expel, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Expel, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 62.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #9,032 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Expel, Inc. against Elliptic Laboratories ASA, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.1/100 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.