Where does ABB S.P.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ABB S.P.A. ranks #3,647 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 S.P.A. hold?

ABB S.P.A. holds 100 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 33 technology areas.

What is ABB S.P.A.'s Innovation Score?

ABB S.P.A. has an Innovation Score of 49.9 out of 100 (top 14% 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 S.P.A. focus on?

ABB S.P.A.'s top technology area is H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices) with 47 patents, ranking #30 of 1,006 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 33 CPC subclasses total.

Is ABB S.P.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

ABB S.P.A.'s recent grant velocity is +29% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for ABB S.P.A.'s patents?

ABB S.P.A.'s patents average 13.6 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 S.P.A. 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 S.P.A.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 100 granted patents across 33 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: H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, ABB ranks #3,647 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 100 patents across 33 technology areas.

#3,647
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 14%
by Innovation Score (49.9/100): 13.6
avg claims per patent: +29%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3647 · Foreign Corporation #3,647 · 100 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 100 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,647/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Arconic
CPC-FOCUS H01H · 33 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +29% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Arconic Corporation (±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 49.9 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 15.9 pts (32%) Velocity 5.5 pts (11%) Breadth 20.3 pts (41%) Claim depth 8.2 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
eldoLAB Holding B V · near

50
Idex Health & Science · near

50
ABB S P A · this assignee

50
Lindal France SAS · near

50
Radian Memory… · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows ABB's Innovation Score is 49.9/100 (top 14% 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 13.6 claims/patent is at or below the 15.5 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 S.P.A. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 33 CPC subclasses with 47% of grants classified under H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (18 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2018. By volume, ABB sits between West Virginia University and Casio Keisanki Kabushiki Kaisha.

ABB's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, ABB S.P.A. moved from 34 to 28 grants (0.82x 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 #1,753. See the growth leaderboard.

West Virginia Uni…

101
Zhongshan Broad-o…

101
ZTE (USA)

101
Zimmer Spine

101
Arnold & Richter…

100
Arconic

100
Biomet 3i

100
Casio Keisanki

100
ABB S P A ◀

100

What this shows ABB holds 100 patents at rank #3,647, 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 #3,647 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 #30 of 1,006 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

Lindal France SAS 50 Radian Memory Systems, Illc 50 Idex Health & Science LLC 50 eldoLAB Holding B.V. 50

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.6 here).

Valeo Comfort AND Driving Assistance 13.6 avg Health Research, Inc. 13.6 avg CSP Technologies, Inc. 13.7 avg Everi Games Inc. 13.6 avg

ABB's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 14% higher than 86% 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.

View data table

ABB S.P.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	8.0%
2016	9	9.0%
2017	10	10.0%
2018	5	5.0%
2019	9	9.0%
2020	18	18.0%
2021	7	7.0%
2022	11	11.0%
2023	9	9.0%
2024	8	8.0%
2025partial year	6	6.0%

Which technologies does ABB S.P.A. patent most?

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 47

H02B - Boards, Substations OR Switching Arrangements FOR THE Supply OR Distribution OF Electric Power 15

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 14

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 12

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 11

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 8

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 7

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 6

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 5

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 4

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 3

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

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 3

H04Q - Selecting 2

Top 15 of 33 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 S.P.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ABB S.P.A.'s lead technology class is H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices), 47% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01H
Ranked #3,647 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ABB S.P.A. against West Virginia University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.9/100 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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