Where does Axon Enterprise, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Axon Enterprise, Inc. ranks #1,789 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 Axon Enterprise, Inc. hold?

Axon Enterprise, Inc. holds 227 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 60 technology areas.

What is Axon Enterprise, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Axon Enterprise, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 61.3 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Axon Enterprise, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Axon Enterprise, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +377% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Axon Enterprise, Inc.'s patents?

Axon Enterprise, Inc.'s patents average 17.0 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 Axon Enterprise, Inc. 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

Axon Enterprise, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Axon Enterprise, Inc. focus on?

Axon Enterprise, Inc.'s top technology area is F41H (ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General) with 83 patents, ranking #2 of 291 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 60 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 227 granted patents across 60 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: F41H (ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Axon ranks #1,789 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 227 patents across 60 technology areas.

#1,789
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.3/100): 17.0
avg claims per patent: +377%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1789 · US Corporation #1,789 · 227 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 227 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,789/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ascensia Diabetes…
CPC-WIDE F41H · 60 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +377% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ascensia Diabetes Care Holdings AG (±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 Axon’s 61.3 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 18.8 pts (31%) Velocity 7.3 pts (12%) Breadth 25.0 pts (41%) Claim depth 10.2 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Globalwafers · near

61
Industry-academic… · near

61
Axon Enterprise · this assignee

61
Ikea Supply · near

61
The Gillette · near

61
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Axon's Innovation Score is 61.3/100 (top 3% 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 Axon?

Each dot is one of Axon’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). Axon’s own 17.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Axon's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Axon Enterprise, Inc. received 167 grants versus 35 in 2015–2019 (+377% equal-window velocity, top decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 39 grants and bottomed in 2017 at 2. Lead class F41H accounts for 36.6% of the portfolio across 60 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (#1,785) and Flooring Industies Limited, Sarl (#1,793).

Axon's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Axon Enterprise, Inc. moved from 90 to 99 grants (1.10x 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 #961. See the growth leaderboard.

Battelle Energy A…

228
Micro Motion

228
Tachi-s

228
Ascensia Diabetes…

227
Bmic

227
Business Objects…

227
Exedy

227
Flooring Industie…

227
Axon Enterprise ◀

227

What this shows Axon holds 227 patents at rank #1,789, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Axon

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,789 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F41H (Armour)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Axon, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F41H (Armour), Axon ranks #2 of 291 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

The Gillette Company LLC 61 Ikea Supply AG 61 Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University 61 Globalwafers Co., Ltd. 61

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.0 here).

ZKW Group GmbH 17.0 avg Siemens Healthineers AG 17.0 avg Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 17.0 avg Liko Research & Development AB 17.0 avg

Axon's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

61 Top 3% higher than 97% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Axon Enterprise, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	0.9%
2018	11	4.8%
2019	22	9.7%
2020	39	17.2%
2021	29	12.8%
2022	28	12.3%
2023	39	17.2%
2024	32	14.1%
2025partial year	25	11.0%

Which technologies does Axon Enterprise, Inc. patent most?

F41H - ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General 83

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 51

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 38

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 30

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 27

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 24

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 23

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 19

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 19

H05C - Electric Circuits OR Apparatus Specially Designed FOR USE IN Equipment FOR Killing, Stunning, OR Guiding Living Beings 19

F42B - Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition 14

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 14

A45F - Travelling OR Camp EQUIPMENT: Sacks OR Packs Carried ON THE Body 14

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 13

F41C - Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor 13

Top 15 of 60 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

Axon Enterprise, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Axon Enterprise, Inc.'s lead technology class is F41H (ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General), 36.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F41H
Ranked #1,789 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Axon Enterprise, Inc. against Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.3/100 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

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