Where does Amphenol Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Amphenol Corporation ranks #1,403 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 Amphenol Corporation hold?

Amphenol Corporation holds 300 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 27 technology areas.

What is Amphenol Corporation's Innovation Score?

Amphenol Corporation has an Innovation Score of 54.5 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Amphenol Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Amphenol Corporation's recent grant velocity is +7% 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 Amphenol Corporation's patents?

Amphenol Corporation's patents average 18.6 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 Amphenol Corporation 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 US Corporation

Amphenol Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Amphenol Corporation focus on?

Amphenol Corporation's top technology area is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors) with 228 patents, ranking #18 of 2,265 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 27 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 300 granted patents across 27 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: H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Amphenol ranks #1,403 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 300 patents across 27 technology areas.

#1,403
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.5/100): 18.6
avg claims per patent: +7%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1403 · US Corporation #1,403 · 300 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 300 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,403/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ArvinMeritor…
CPC-FOCUS H01R · 27 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +7% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC (±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 Amphenol’s 54.5 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 19.7 pts (36%) Velocity 5.3 pts (10%) Breadth 18.4 pts (34%) Claim depth 11.2 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Aisan Kogyo · near

55
Ossur Iceland EHF · near

55
Amphenol · this assignee

55
Fondazione Istituto… · near

55
Moshun · near

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Amphenol's Innovation Score is 54.5/100 (top 8% 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 Amphenol?

Each dot is one of Amphenol’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). Amphenol’s own 18.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 18.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Amphenol's grants concentrate

Amphenol Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 27 CPC subclasses with 76% of grants classified under H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (38 grants) versus a trough of 19 in 2024. By volume, Amphenol sits between Autoliv ASP, Inc. and Bloom Energy Corporation.

Amphenol's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Amphenol Corporation moved from 99 to 78 grants (0.79x 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 #1,880. See the growth leaderboard.

Autoliv ASP

301
Cloudflare

301
Voith Patent

301
Wal-mart Stores

301
Arvinmeritor Tech…

300
Baxalta Incorpora…

300
Energous

300
Amphenol ◀

300
Bloom Energy

299

What this shows Amphenol holds 300 patents at rank #1,403, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Amphenol

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,403 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01R (Electrically-conductive Connections)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Amphenol, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01R (Electrically-conductive Connections), Amphenol ranks #18 of 2,265 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).

Fondazione Istituto Italiano DI Tecnologia 55 Moshun, LLC 55 Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha 55 Ossur Iceland EHF 55

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.6 here).

Edwards Lifesciences Corporation 18.6 avg Liebherr-werk Biberach GMBH 18.6 avg Seven Bridges Genomics Inc. 18.6 avg Caavo Inc 18.6 avg

Amphenol's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 Top 8% higher than 92% 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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Amphenol Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	22	7.3%
2016	22	7.3%
2017	30	10.0%
2018	31	10.3%
2019	31	10.3%
2020	35	11.7%
2021	33	11.0%
2022	21	7.0%
2023	38	12.7%
2024	19	6.3%
2025partial year	18	6.0%

Which technologies does Amphenol Corporation patent most?

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 228

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 70

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 47

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 13

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 12

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 8

H04B - Transmission 6

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 5

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 5

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 4

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 4

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 2

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 2

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 2

Top 15 of 27 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

Amphenol Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Amphenol Corporation's lead technology class is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors), 76% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01R
Ranked #1,403 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Amphenol Corporation against Autoliv ASP, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.5/100 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.

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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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