Where does The E3 Company, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The E3 Company, LLC ranks #37,902 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 The E3 Company, LLC hold?

The E3 Company, LLC holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is The E3 Company, LLC's Innovation Score?

The E3 Company, LLC has an Innovation Score of 31.3 out of 100 (37th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does The E3 Company, LLC focus on?

The E3 Company, LLC's top technology area is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks) with 2 patents. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

Is The E3 Company, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The E3 Company, LLC's recent grant velocity is -25% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for The E3 Company, LLC's patents?

The E3 Company, LLC's patents average 12.9 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 The E3 Company, LLC 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

The E3 Company, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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: H04W (Wireless Communication Networks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #37,902 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 16 technology areas.

#37,902
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 37th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.3/100): 12.9
avg claims per patent: -25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R37902 · US Corporation #37,902 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
LOWER-Q #37,902/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH The A2 Milk
CPC-FOCUS H04W · 16 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The A2 Milk Company Limited (±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
The E3 · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 31.3/100 (37th percentile 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.

Where The's grants concentrate

The E3 Company, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 28.6% of grants classified under H04W (Wireless Communication Networks). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, The sits between The A2 Milk Company Limited and The Neilsen Company (US), LLC.

The's three-year grant acceleration

The E3 Company, LLC shows 1 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.

The A2 Milk

7
The Cleaver-brooks

7
The Connectivity…

7
The Covell Group

7
The Global Allian…

7
The Joan and Irwi…

7
The Meet Group

7
The Neilsen (US)

7
The E3 ◀

7

What this shows The holds 7 patents at rank #37,958, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near The

By rank, the assignees closest to #37,958 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)

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

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 37th percentile higher than 37% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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The E3 Company, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	14.3%
2018	2	28.6%
2019	1	14.3%
2020	2	28.6%
2024	1	14.3%

Which technologies does The E3 Company, LLC patent most?

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 2

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 2

H04M - Telephonic Communication 2

H04Q - Selecting 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 1

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 1

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 1

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 1

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 1

Top 15 of 16 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#37,902

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

31.3 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

The E3 Company, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The E3 Company, LLC's lead technology class is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), 28.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04W
Ranked #37,902 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The E3 Company, LLC against The A2 Milk Company Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.3/100 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.