Where does ABB Oy rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ABB Oy ranks #3,420 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 Oy hold?

ABB Oy holds 108 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 43 technology areas.

What is ABB Oy's Innovation Score?

ABB Oy has an Innovation Score of 50.1 out of 100 (top 13% 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 Oy focus on?

ABB Oy's top technology area is H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices) with 19 patents, ranking #70 of 1,006 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 43 CPC subclasses total.

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

ABB Oy's recent grant velocity is -89% 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 Oy's patents?

ABB Oy's patents average 10.5 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 Oy 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 Oy

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 108 granted patents across 43 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, ABB ranks #3,420 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 108 patents across 43 technology areas.

#3,420
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.1/100): 10.5
avg claims per patent: -89%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3420 · Foreign Corporation #3,420 · 108 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 108 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,420/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Berry Global
CPC-WIDE H01H · 43 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -89% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Berry Global, 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 ABB’s 50.1 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 16.2 pts (32%) Velocity 4.4 pts (9%) Breadth 23.2 pts (46%) Claim depth 6.3 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ABB Oy · this assignee

50
CLO Virtual Fashion · near

50
Pacific Industrial · near

50
Syncmold Enterprise · near

50
The Research… · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows ABB's Innovation Score is 50.1/100 (top 13% 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 ABB?

Each dot is one of ABB’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). ABB’s own 10.5 claims/patent is at or below the 10.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where ABB's grants concentrate

ABB Oy is a focused PatentsView assignee: 43 CPC subclasses with 17.6% of grants classified under H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (38 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2020. By volume, ABB sits between Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation and Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH.

ABB's three-year grant acceleration

ABB Oy shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Toshiba Digital S…

109
Toshiba Kikai

109
Unilin BV

109
Vixs Systems

109
Berry Global

108
Bradley Fixtures

108
Bridgestone Europ…

108
Böllhoff Verbindu…

108
ABB Oy ◀

108

What this shows ABB holds 108 patents at rank #3,420, 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 #3,420 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01H (Electric Switches)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for ABB, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01H (Electric Switches), ABB ranks #70 of 1,006 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

Syncmold Enterprise Corp. 50 Pacific Industrial Co., Ltd. 50 CLO Virtual Fashion Inc. 50 The Research Foundation of the State University of New York 50

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (10.5 here).

Ubicquia, Inc. 10.5 avg Korea Institute OF Industrial Technology 10.5 avg Eagle Industry Co., Ltd. 10.5 avg National Jewish Health 10.5 avg

ABB's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 13% higher than 87% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

View data table

ABB Oy patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	21	19.4%
2016	38	35.2%
2017	21	19.4%
2018	13	12.0%
2019	4	3.7%
2020	2	1.9%
2021	3	2.8%
2023	2	1.9%
2024	4	3.7%

Which technologies does ABB Oy patent most?

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 19

B63H - Marine Propulsion OR Steering 14

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 10

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 8

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 6

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 6

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 5

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 4

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 4

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 4

B63J - Auxiliaries ON Vessels 4

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 3

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 3

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 3

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 3

Top 15 of 43 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

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

ABB Oy's lead technology class is H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices), 17.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01H
Ranked #3,420 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ABB Oy against Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.1/100 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.