Where does ABB Power Grids Switzerland AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ABB Power Grids Switzerland AG ranks #2,982 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 Power Grids Switzerland AG hold?

ABB Power Grids Switzerland AG holds 127 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2022, spanning 72 technology areas.

What is ABB Power Grids Switzerland AG's Innovation Score?

ABB Power Grids Switzerland AG has an Innovation Score of 52.7 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%).

What technology areas does ABB Power Grids Switzerland AG focus on?

ABB Power Grids Switzerland AG's top technology area is H01F (MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties) with 30 patents, ranking #55 of 1,360 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 72 CPC subclasses total.

Is ABB Power Grids Switzerland AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for ABB Power Grids Switzerland AG.

What does claim depth mean for ABB Power Grids Switzerland AG's patents?

ABB Power Grids Switzerland AG's patents average 18.1 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 ABB Power Grids Switzerland AG 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 Power Grids Switzerland AG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 127 granted patents across 72 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2022. 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: H01F (MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, ABB ranks #2,982 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 127 patents across 72 technology areas.

#2,982
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.7/100): 18.1
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2982 · Foreign Corporation #2,982 · 127 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MID 127 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,982/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Albea Services
CPC-WIDE H01F · 72 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2022 · 3y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Albea Services (±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 52.7 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 16.8 pts (32%) Velocity 0.1 pts (0%) Breadth 25.0 pts (47%) Claim depth 10.9 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ABB Power Grids… · this assignee

53
Genetec · near

53
Laboratoires Bodycad · near

53
Lashify · near

53
Okuma · near

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows ABB's Innovation Score is 52.7/100 (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 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 18.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How ABB's grant cadence moved

Grant history spans 2020–2022. Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2021 at 87 grants and bottomed in 2022 at 1. Lead class H01F accounts for 23.6% of the portfolio across 72 subclasses. Volume neighbours: TK Holdings, LLC (#2,978) and Centre National d'Études Spatiales (#2,986).

ABB's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, ABB Power Grids Switzerland AG moved from 126 to 1 grants (0.01x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #3,290. See the growth leaderboard.

TK Holdings

128
University OF Wyo…

128
Vrije Universitei…

128
simplehuman

128
Albea Services

127
Axsome Therapeuti…

127
Basell Polyolefine

127
Centre National d…

127
ABB Power Grids S… ◀

127

What this shows ABB holds 127 patents at rank #2,982, 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 #2,982 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01F (Magnets)

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 H01F (Magnets), ABB ranks #55 of 1,360 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

Lashify, Inc. 53 Genetec Inc. 53 Laboratoires Bodycad Inc. 53 Okuma Corporation 53

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.1 here).

Chatsworth Products, Inc. 18.1 avg Beijing Sensetime Technology Development Co., Ltd 18.1 avg Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch 18.1 avg NetScout Systems, Inc. 18.1 avg

ABB's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 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 · 2020–2022

Grants by year

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

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ABB Power Grids Switzerland AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	39	30.7%
2021	87	68.5%
2022	1	0.8%

Which technologies does ABB Power Grids Switzerland AG patent most?

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 30

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 23

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 23

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 18

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 18

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 13

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 12

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 10

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 9

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 9

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 8

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 8

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 6

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 6

H02B - Boards, Substations OR Switching Arrangements FOR THE Supply OR Distribution OF Electric Power 5

Top 15 of 72 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

ABB Power Grids Switzerland AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ABB Power Grids Switzerland AG's lead technology class is H01F (MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties), 23.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01F
Ranked #2,982 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ABB Power Grids Switzerland AG against TK Holdings, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.7/100 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

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