Where does Assa Abloy Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Assa Abloy Limited ranks #22,214 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 Assa Abloy Limited hold?

Assa Abloy Limited holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Assa Abloy Limited's Innovation Score?

Assa Abloy Limited has an Innovation Score of 34.9 out of 100 (49th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Assa Abloy Limited focus on?

Assa Abloy Limited's top technology area is E05B (LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs) with 7 patents, ranking #143 of 815 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

Is Assa Abloy Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Assa Abloy Limited's recent grant velocity is -43% 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 Assa Abloy Limited's patents?

Assa Abloy Limited's patents average 16.3 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 Assa Abloy Limited 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

Assa Abloy Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 17 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: E05B (LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Assa ranks #22,214 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 17 technology areas.

#22,214
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 49th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.9/100): 16.3
avg claims per patent: -43%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22214 · Foreign Corporation #22,214 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,214/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Arrowhead Medical…
CPC-FOCUS E05B · 17 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -43% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Arrowhead Medical Device Technologies, 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 Assa’s 34.9 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 8.9 pts (25%) Velocity 1.7 pts (5%) Breadth 14.6 pts (42%) Claim depth 9.8 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Assa Abloy · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Assa's Innovation Score is 34.9/100 (49th percentile 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 Assa?

Each dot is one of Assa’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). Assa’s own 16.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Assa's grants concentrate

Assa Abloy Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 58.3% of grants classified under E05B (LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Assa sits between Arrowhead Medical Device Technologies, LLC and Atlantic Sapphire IP, LLC.

Assa's three-year grant acceleration

Assa Abloy Limited shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Arrowhead Medical…

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Assa Abloy ◀

12

What this shows Assa holds 12 patents at rank #22,164, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Assa

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,164 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E05B (Locks)

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

Assa's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 49th percentile higher than 49% 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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Assa Abloy Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	16.7%
2016	2	16.7%
2017	1	8.3%
2018	1	8.3%
2019	1	8.3%
2020	2	16.7%
2021	1	8.3%
2024	1	8.3%
2025partial year	1	8.3%

Which technologies does Assa Abloy Limited patent most?

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 7

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 2

E05D - Hinges OR Suspension Devices FOR Doors, Windows OR Wings 2

E05C - Bolts OR Fastening Devices FOR Wings, Specially FOR Doors OR Windows 2

H04M - Telephonic Communication 2

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

E04F - Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors 1

B25H - Workshop Equipment, e.g. FOR Marking-out WORK; Storage Means FOR Workshops 1

B23B - TURNING; Boring 1

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 1

Top 15 of 17 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

Assa Abloy Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Assa Abloy Limited's lead technology class is E05B (LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs), 58.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E05B
Ranked #22,214 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Assa Abloy Limited against Arrowhead Medical Device Technologies, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.9/100 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

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.