Where does ABB Technology Oy rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ABB Technology Oy ranks #4,144 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 Oy hold?

ABB Technology Oy holds 86 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 50 technology areas.

What is ABB Technology Oy's Innovation Score?

ABB Technology Oy has an Innovation Score of 46.5 out of 100 (top 21% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

ABB Technology Oy'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 Technology Oy's patents?

ABB Technology Oy's patents average 10.2 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 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 Technology Oy

Q: What technology areas does ABB Technology Oy focus on?

ABB Technology Oy's top technology area is 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) with 15 patents. Grants appear in 50 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 86 granted patents across 50 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: 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;).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, ABB ranks #4,144 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 86 patents across 50 technology areas.

#4,144
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 21%
by Innovation Score (46.5/100): 10.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4144 · Foreign Corporation #4,144 · 86 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 86 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,144/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH American Regent
CPC-WIDE H02M · 50 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.5/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: American Regent, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ABB Technology Oy · this assignee

47
College DE France · near

47
Edge 3 · near

47
KA Group · near

47
Prognosys Biosciences · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows ABB's Innovation Score is 46.5/100 (top 21% 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.

How ABB's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, ABB Technology Oy received 0 grants versus 86 in 2015–2019 (-100% equal-window velocity, bottom decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2017 at 28 grants and bottomed in 2019 at 2. Lead class H02M accounts for 17.4% of the portfolio across 50 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Winview, Inc. (#4,140) and Coast Cutlery Co. (#4,148).

Winview

87
Xero

87
Yara Internationa…

87
Zodiac Pool Syste…

87
American Regent

86
Broadband itv

86
Cambro Manufactur…

86
Coast Cutlery

86
ABB Technology Oy ◀

86

What this shows ABB holds 86 patents at rank #4,144, 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 #4,144 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H02M (Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC)

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).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Prognosys Biosciences, Inc. 47 Edge 3 Technologies 47 KA Group AG 47 College DE France 47

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (10.2 here).

Evapco, Inc. 10.2 avg Breville Pty Limited 10.2 avg Foxlink Image Technology Co., Ltd. 10.2 avg SK Chemicals Co., Ltd. 10.2 avg

ABB's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 21% higher than 79% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

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 Oy patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	12	14.0%
2016	22	25.6%
2017	28	32.6%
2018	22	25.6%
2019	2	2.3%

Which technologies does ABB Technology Oy patent most?

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 15

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 10

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 9

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 7

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 5

H03K - Pulse Technique 5

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 3

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 3

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 3

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 3

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 3

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 3

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

Top 15 of 50 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#4,144

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

46.5 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

ABB Technology Oy's lead technology class is 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;), 17.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H02M
Ranked #4,144 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ABB Technology Oy against Winview, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.5/100 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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