Where does Isteq Group Holding B.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Isteq Group Holding B.V. ranks #21,298 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 Isteq Group Holding B.V. hold?

Isteq Group Holding B.V. holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2024, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Isteq Group Holding B.V.'s Innovation Score?

Isteq Group Holding B.V. has an Innovation Score of 38.4 out of 100 (top 41% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Isteq Group Holding B.V. focus on?

Isteq Group Holding B.V.'s top technology area is H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps) with 8 patents, ranking #249 of 1,076 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Isteq Group Holding B.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Isteq Group Holding B.V..

What does claim depth mean for Isteq Group Holding B.V.'s patents?

Isteq Group Holding B.V.'s patents average 17.9 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 Isteq Group Holding B.V. 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

Isteq Group Holding B.V.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2024. 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: H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Isteq ranks #21,298 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 5 technology areas.

#21,298
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 41%
by Innovation Score (38.4/100): 17.9
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21298 · Foreign Corporation #21,298 · 13 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,298/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ibeo Automotive…
CPC-NARROW H01J · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2024 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ibeo Automotive Systems GmbH (±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 Isteq’s 38.4 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 9.1 pts (24%) Velocity 10.7 pts (28%) Breadth 7.9 pts (21%) Claim depth 10.8 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Isteq's Innovation Score is 38.4/100 (top 41% 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 Isteq?

Each dot is one of Isteq’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). Isteq’s own 17.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Isteq's grants concentrate

Isteq Group Holding B.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 61.5% of grants classified under H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (6 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2020. By volume, Isteq sits between INVANTI(BEIJING)TECHNOLOGY Co., Ltd. and Ibeo Automotive Systems GmbH.

Isteq's three-year grant acceleration

Isteq Group Holding B.V. shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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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What this shows Isteq holds 13 patents at rank #21,275, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Isteq

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,275 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps)

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

Isteq's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 41% higher than 59% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2024

Grants by year

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

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Isteq Group Holding B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	2	15.4%
2021	3	23.1%
2022	2	15.4%
2024	6	46.2%

Which technologies does Isteq Group Holding B.V. patent most?

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 8

H05G - X-ray Technique 6

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 4

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 2

H05H - Plasma Technique ; Production OF Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles OR OF NEUTRONS; Production OR Acceleration OF Neutral Molecular OR Atomic Beams 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Isteq Group Holding B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Isteq Group Holding B.V.'s lead technology class is H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps), 61.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01J
Ranked #21,298 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Isteq Group Holding B.V. against INVANTI(BEIJING)TECHNOLOGY Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.4/100 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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