Where does ABB France rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ABB France ranks #44,347 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 ABB France hold?

ABB France holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is ABB France's Innovation Score?

ABB France has an Innovation Score of 22.0 out of 100 (9th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is ABB France's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

ABB France's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 ABB France's patents?

ABB France's patents average 13.2 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 ABB France 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

ABB France

Q: What technology areas does ABB France focus on?

ABB France's top technology area is H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices) with 4 patents. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, ABB ranks #44,347 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 5 technology areas.

#44,347
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 9th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.0/100): 13.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R44347 · Foreign Corporation #44,347 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
LOWER-Q #44,347/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH AB Inventio
CPC-NARROW H01H · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 22.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AB Inventio, LLC (±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
ABB France · this assignee

22
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows ABB's Innovation Score is 22.0/100 (9th 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 ABB's grants concentrate

ABB France is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, ABB sits between AB Inventio, LLC and Abliva AB.

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What this shows ABB holds 5 patents at rank #44,354, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near ABB

By rank, the assignees closest to #44,354 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01H (Electric Switches)

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

ABB's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

22 9th percentile higher than 9% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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ABB France patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	40.0%
2017	2	40.0%
2018	1	20.0%

Which technologies does ABB France patent most?

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 4

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 2

H01C - Resistors 2

H01T - Spark GAPS; Overvoltage Arresters Using Spark GAPS; Sparking PLUGS; Corona DEVICES; Generating Ions TO BE Introduced Into Non-enclosed Gases 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#44,347

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

22.0 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

ABB France's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ABB France's lead technology class is H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01H
Ranked #44,347 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ABB France against AB Inventio, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 22.0/100 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.