Where does The Esab Group, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The Esab Group, Inc. ranks #4,400 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 Esab Group, Inc. hold?

The Esab Group, Inc. holds 81 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 35 technology areas.

What is The Esab Group, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

The Esab Group, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 52.3 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is The Esab Group, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The Esab Group, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +122% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for The Esab Group, Inc.'s patents?

The Esab Group, Inc.'s patents average 15.1 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 The Esab Group, 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

The Esab Group, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does The Esab Group, Inc. focus on?

The Esab Group, Inc.'s top technology area is B23K (Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam) with 50 patents, ranking #38 of 1,623 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 35 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 81 granted patents across 35 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: B23K (Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #4,400 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 81 patents across 35 technology areas.

#4,400
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.3/100): 15.1
avg claims per patent: +122%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4400 · US Corporation #4,400 · 81 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 81 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,400/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sheltered Wings
CPC-FOCUS B23K · 35 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +122% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sheltered Wings, 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 The’s 52.3 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 15.2 pts (29%) Velocity 7.1 pts (14%) Breadth 20.9 pts (40%) Claim depth 9.1 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cue Biopharma · near

52
Dayco IP Holdings · near

52
Nifco Korea · near

52
The Esab Group · this assignee

52
Boa Technology · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 52.3/100 (top 10% 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 The?

Each dot is one of The’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). The’s own 15.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where The's grants concentrate

The Esab Group, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 35 CPC subclasses with 61.7% of grants classified under B23K (Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (15 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, The sits between Sheltered Wings, Inc. and Workiva Inc..

The's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, The Esab Group, Inc. moved from 30 to 32 grants (1.07x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Sheltered Wings

81
Surpass Industry

81
THE Watt Stopper

81
Tahoe Research

81
Volterra Semicond…

81
Valeo Siemens eau…

81
VÄLinge Innovatio…

81
Workiva

81
The Esab Group ◀

81

What this shows The holds 81 patents at rank #4,400, 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 #4,400 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B23K (Soldering OR Unsoldering)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for The, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B23K (Soldering OR Unsoldering), The ranks #38 of 1,623 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

Nifco Korea Inc. 52 Dayco IP Holdings, LLC 52 Cue Biopharma, Inc. 52 Boa Technology Inc. 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.1 here).

Pella Corporation 15.1 avg Wabco Europe Bvba 15.1 avg Wonderland Switzerland AG 15.1 avg Beijing Jingdong Qianshi Technology Co., Ltd. 15.1 avg

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 10% higher than 90% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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The Esab Group, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	4.9%
2016	2	2.5%
2017	2	2.5%
2018	4	4.9%
2019	11	13.6%
2020	4	4.9%
2021	15	18.5%
2022	8	9.9%
2023	13	16.0%
2024	11	13.6%
2025partial year	7	8.6%

Which technologies does The Esab Group, Inc. patent most?

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 50

H05H - Plasma Technique ; Production OF Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles OR OF NEUTRONS; Production OR Acceleration OF Neutral Molecular OR Atomic Beams 23

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 7

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 5

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 4

G05F - Systems FOR Regulating Electric OR Magnetic Variables 4

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 4

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 3

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 2

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 2

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 2

Top 15 of 35 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

The Esab Group, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The Esab Group, Inc.'s lead technology class is B23K (Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam), 61.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B23K
Ranked #4,400 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The Esab Group, Inc. against Sheltered Wings, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.3/100 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

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