Where does ABB Technology AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ABB Technology AG ranks #1,195 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 Technology AG hold?

ABB Technology AG holds 354 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 85 technology areas.

What is ABB Technology AG's Innovation Score?

ABB Technology AG has an Innovation Score of 55.3 out of 100 (top 7% 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 Technology AG focus on?

ABB Technology AG's top technology area is H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices) with 86 patents, ranking #19 of 1,006 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 85 CPC subclasses total.

Is ABB Technology AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

ABB Technology AG's recent grant velocity is -99% 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 Technology AG's patents?

ABB Technology AG's patents average 15.1 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 Technology 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 Technology AG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 354 granted patents across 85 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, ABB ranks #1,195 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 354 patents across 85 technology areas.

#1,195
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (55.3/100): 15.1
avg claims per patent: -99%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1195 · Foreign Corporation #1,195 · 354 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 354 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,195/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Audio-Technica
CPC-WIDE H01H · 85 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -99% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Audio-Technica 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 55.3 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 20.3 pts (37%) Velocity 1.0 pts (2%) Breadth 25.0 pts (45%) Claim depth 9.1 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Husky Injection… · near

55
ABB Technology · this assignee

55
Intrado · near

55
Ratier-figeac SAS · near

55
Vast Data · near

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows ABB's Innovation Score is 55.3/100 (top 7% 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 15.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.4 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

Between 2020–2024, ABB Technology AG received 5 grants versus 349 in 2015–2019 (-99% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 178 grants and bottomed in 2021 at 1. Lead class H01H accounts for 24.3% of the portfolio across 85 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Beijing Dajia Internet Information Technology Co., Ltd. (#1,191) and Hunter Douglas Inc. (#1,199).

ABB's three-year grant acceleration

ABB Technology AG shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Beijing Dajia Int…

356
Beijing Lenovo So…

356
Shiseido

356
Volvo Constructio…

355
Audio-technica

354
Doosan Heavy Indu…

354
Headway

354
Hunter Douglas

354
ABB Technology ◀

354

What this shows ABB holds 354 patents at rank #1,195, 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 #1,195 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 #19 of 1,006 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).

Ratier-figeac SAS 55 Vast Data Ltd. 55 Intrado Corporation 55 Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd. 55

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.1 here).

Medtronic CryoCath LP 15.1 avg Dongguan Luxshare Technologies Co., Ltd 15.1 avg Fulian Precision Electronics (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. 15.1 avg Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. 15.2 avg

ABB's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 Top 7% higher than 93% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

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 Technology AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	178	50.3%
2016	146	41.2%
2017	12	3.4%
2018	10	2.8%
2019	3	0.8%
2020	3	0.8%
2021	1	0.3%
2022	1	0.3%

Which technologies does ABB Technology AG patent most?

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 86

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 42

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 38

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 37

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 34

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 30

H02B - Boards, Substations OR Switching Arrangements FOR THE Supply OR Distribution OF Electric Power 29

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 26

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 26

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 20

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 14

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 14

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 12

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 11

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 11

Top 15 of 85 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 Technology AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ABB Technology AG's lead technology class is H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices), 24.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01H
Ranked #1,195 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ABB Technology AG against Beijing Dajia Internet Information Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 55.3/100 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.