Where does ABB K.k. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ABB K.k. ranks #20,676 of 50,000 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 K.k. hold?

ABB K.k. holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is ABB K.k.'s Innovation Score?

ABB K.k. has an Innovation Score of 21.8 out of 100 (top 91% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does ABB K.k. focus on?

ABB K.k.'s top technology area is B05B (SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES) with 13 patents. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is ABB K.k.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

ABB K.k.'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 K.k.'s patents?

ABB K.k.'s patents average 6.6 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 K.k. 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 K.k.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: B05B (SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, ABB ranks #20,676 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 6 technology areas.

#20,676
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 91%
by Innovation Score (21.8/100): 6.6
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20676 · Foreign Corporation #20,676 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #20,676/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH AADIGEN
CPC-NARROW B05B · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 21.8/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Aadigen, 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 K k · this assignee

22
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

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What this shows ABB's Innovation Score is 21.8/100 (top 91% 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 K.k. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B05B (SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (8 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, ABB sits between A&P Technology, Inc. and Advanced Access Technologies Llc.

A&P Technology

13
Aadigen

13
AAMP of Florida

13
AB Enzymes OY

13
Abbyson Living

13
Adama AGAN

13
Addictive Desert…

13
Advanced Access

13
ABB K K ◀

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What this shows ABB holds 13 patents at rank #20,678, 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 #20,678 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B05B (Spraying Apparatus)

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 Top 91% higher than 9% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

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 K.k. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	23.1%
2016	2	15.4%
2017	8	61.5%

Which technologies does ABB K.k. patent most?

B05B - SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES 13

F16C - SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS 1

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING OR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES 1

B67D - DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 1

B01F - MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING 1

Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#20,676

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

21.8 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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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