USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Automatic Switch Company

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 28 granted patents across 16 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: F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING).

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

13.7

Avg claims per patent

+100%

5-year grant velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Automatic ranks #10,864 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 28 patents across 16 technology areas.

#10,864
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 35%
by Innovation Score (40.7/100): 13.7
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Automatic Switch Company has been granted 28 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Automatic Switch Company at #10,864 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 16 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 13.7 claims per patent with primary concentration in F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING). As a US Corporation, Automatic Switch Company is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Automatic sits between Atlas Copco IAS UK Limited (28 patents, rank #10,861) and Belvac Production Machinery, Inc. (28 patents, rank #10,869) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 40.7/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 18 grants, compared with 9 in the 2015–2019 window, a +100% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The US Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.

Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Automatic Switch Company's 13.7 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 16 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.

Atlas Copco IAS UK

28
Atlas Copco Rock…

28
Atos Medical AB

28
Auradine

28
B G Negev AND App…

28
BAE Systems Land…

28
Beijing Kongming…

28
Belvac Production…

28
Automatic Switch ◀

28

What this shows Automatic holds 28 patents at rank #10,865, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Automatic

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,865 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16K (Valves)

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

Automatic's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 35% higher than 65% of 50,000 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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Automatic Switch Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	3.6%
2016	1	3.6%
2017	4	14.3%
2018	1	3.6%
2019	2	7.1%
2020	3	10.7%
2021	5	17.9%
2022	7	25.0%
2023	2	7.1%
2024	1	3.6%
2025partial year	1	3.6%

Which technologies does Automatic Switch Company patent most?

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING 17

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES 7

Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION 5

G08B - SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS 3

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 3

H01R - ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS 3

H01H - ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES 3

H05B - ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL 2

F16L - PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL 2

G05D - SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES 2

F01L - CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES 1

G01L - MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE 1

G01M - TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES; TESTING OF STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 1

G01R - MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES 1

G05B - CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS 1

Top 15 of 16 technology areas

Grant record at a glance

Portfolio Volume 28 grants

CPC subclasses 16

Avg. claims / grant 13.7

Velocity +100%

Historical grant data only; it does not rate legal strength or current strategy.

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#10,864

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

40.7 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does Automatic Switch Company rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Automatic Switch Company ranks #10,864 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Automatic Switch Company hold?

Automatic Switch Company holds 28 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Automatic Switch Company's Innovation Score?

Automatic Switch Company has an Innovation Score of 40.7 out of 100 (top 35% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Automatic Switch Company focus on?

Automatic Switch Company's top technology area is F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING) with 17 patents. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

Is Automatic Switch Company's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Automatic Switch Company's recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Automatic Switch Company's patents?

Automatic Switch Company's patents average 13.7 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 Automatic Switch Company 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.

How to use this portfolio

Automatic's 28 grants land it in the top 35% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Automatic ranks #10,864 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in F16K - see who else leads that technology area. F16K leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

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.