Where does Aktiebolaget SKF rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Aktiebolaget SKF ranks #282 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 Aktiebolaget SKF hold?

Aktiebolaget SKF holds 1,526 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 190 technology areas.

What is Aktiebolaget SKF's Innovation Score?

Aktiebolaget SKF has an Innovation Score of 64.9 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Aktiebolaget SKF's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Aktiebolaget SKF's recent grant velocity is -12% 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 Aktiebolaget SKF's patents?

Aktiebolaget SKF's patents average 13.2 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 Aktiebolaget SKF 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

Aktiebolaget SKF

Q: What technology areas does Aktiebolaget SKF focus on?

Aktiebolaget SKF's top technology area is F16C (SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings) with 1,085 patents, ranking #1 of 1,334 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 190 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,526 granted patents across 190 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: F16C (SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Aktiebolaget ranks #282 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,526 patents across 190 technology areas.

#282
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (64.9/100): 13.2
avg claims per patent: -12%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R282 · Foreign Corporation #282 · 1,526 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 1.5K grants
TOP-DECILE #282/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH The General Hospital
CPC-WIDE F16C · 190 areas
INNOV-STRONG 64.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -12% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The General Hospital Corporation (±3 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 Aktiebolaget’s 64.9 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 25.3 pts (39%) Velocity 6.6 pts (10%) Breadth 25.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 7.9 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
The United States… · near

65
Aktiebolaget SKF · this assignee

65
Beijing BOE… · near

65
Coloplast A/S · near

65
Schott · near

65
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Aktiebolaget's Innovation Score is 64.9/100 (top 1% 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 Aktiebolaget?

Each dot is one of Aktiebolaget’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). Aktiebolaget’s own 13.2 claims/patent is at or below the 16.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Aktiebolaget's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Aktiebolaget SKF received 673 grants versus 766 in 2015–2019 (-12% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2017 at 180 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 109. Lead class F16C accounts for 71.1% of the portfolio across 190 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Bose Corporation (#278) and Shimano Inc. (#286).

Aktiebolaget's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Aktiebolaget SKF moved from 409 to 406 grants (0.99x 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 #1,205. See the growth leaderboard.

Bose

1,553
Toray Industries

1,543
Palantir

1,534
The General Hospi…

1,529
Aktiebolaget SKF ◀

1,526
Accenture Global…

1,520
Panasonic Holdings

1,518
Sun Patent Trust

1,507
Shimano

1,496

What this shows Aktiebolaget holds 1,526 patents at rank #282, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Aktiebolaget

By rank, the assignees closest to #282 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16C (Shafts)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Aktiebolaget, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F16C (Shafts), Aktiebolaget ranks #1 of 1,334 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (65 here).

Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. 65 Coloplast A/S 65 Schott AG 65 The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services 65

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.2 here).

Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. 13.2 avg Osram Sylvania Inc. 13.2 avg Polar Electro Oy 13.2 avg Norma Germany GMBH 13.2 avg

Aktiebolaget's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

65 Top 1% higher than 99% 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.

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Aktiebolaget SKF patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	155	10.2%
2016	146	9.6%
2017	180	11.8%
2018	143	9.4%
2019	142	9.3%
2020	131	8.6%
2021	136	8.9%
2022	126	8.3%
2023	171	11.2%
2024	109	7.1%
2025partial year	87	5.7%

Which technologies does Aktiebolaget SKF patent most?

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 1,085

B60B - Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion 159

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 157

F16H - Gearing 147

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 122

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 120

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 79

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 57

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 56

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 51

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 50

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 47

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements 41

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 39

F01L - Cyclically Operating Valves FOR Machines OR Engines 38

Top 15 of 190 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

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Aktiebolaget SKF's lead technology class is F16C (SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings), 71.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16C
Ranked #282 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Aktiebolaget SKF against Bose Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 64.9/100 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.

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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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