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 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 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, ranking #116 of 1,836 assignees active in that subclass. 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.

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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Automatic ranks #10,864 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 28 patents across 16 technology areas.

#10,864
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 35%
by Innovation Score (40.7/100): 13.7
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10864 · US Corporation #10,864 · 28 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 28 grants
UPPER-Q #10,864/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Atlas Copco IAS UK
CPC-FOCUS F16K · 16 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Atlas Copco IAS UK Limited (±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 Automatic’s 40.7 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 11.6 pts (29%) Velocity 6.7 pts (17%) Breadth 14.1 pts (35%) Claim depth 8.2 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Furcifer · near

41
Stichting Energieond… · near

41
Automatic Switch · this assignee

41
National Institutes… · near

41
Stasher · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Automatic's Innovation Score is 40.7/100 (top 35% 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 Automatic?

Each dot is one of Automatic’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). Automatic’s own 13.7 claims/patent is at or below the 16.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Automatic's grants concentrate

Automatic Switch Company is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 60.7% of grants classified under F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Automatic sits between Atlas Copco IAS UK Limited and Belvac Production Machinery, Inc..

Automatic's three-year grant acceleration

Automatic Switch Company shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 10 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.

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.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Automatic, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F16K (Valves), Automatic ranks #116 of 1,836 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

Stasher, Inc. 41 National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology 41 Furcifer Inc. 41 Stichting Energieonderzoek Centrum Nederland 41

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 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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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

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Automatic Switch Company's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Automatic Switch Company's lead technology class is F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating), 60.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16K
Ranked #10,864 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Automatic Switch Company against Atlas Copco IAS UK Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.7/100 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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