Where does Azbil Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Azbil Corporation ranks #1,550 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 Azbil Corporation hold?

Azbil Corporation holds 267 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 86 technology areas.

What is Azbil Corporation's Innovation Score?

Azbil Corporation has an Innovation Score of 51.4 out of 100 (top 11% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Azbil Corporation focus on?

Azbil Corporation's top technology area is G01L (Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure) with 44 patents, ranking #13 of 1,293 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 86 CPC subclasses total.

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

Azbil Corporation's recent grant velocity is -55% 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 Azbil Corporation's patents?

Azbil Corporation's patents average 7.8 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 Azbil 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 Foreign Corporation

Azbil Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 267 granted patents across 86 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: G01L (Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Azbil ranks #1,550 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 267 patents across 86 technology areas.

#1,550
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (51.4/100): 7.8
avg claims per patent: -55%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1550 · Foreign Corporation #1,550 · 267 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 267 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,550/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bombardier
CPC-WIDE G01L · 86 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.4/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -55% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bombardier Inc. (±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 Azbil’s 51.4 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 19.3 pts (38%) Velocity 2.4 pts (5%) Breadth 25.0 pts (49%) Claim depth 4.7 pts (9%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
GCP Applied · near

51
Azbil · this assignee

51
MIE University · near

51
Modine Manufacturing · near

51
Tallano · near

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Azbil's Innovation Score is 51.4/100 (top 11% 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 Azbil?

Each dot is one of Azbil’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). Azbil’s own 7.8 claims/patent is at or below the 15.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Azbil's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Azbil Corporation received 83 grants versus 183 in 2015–2019 (-55% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 43 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 2. Lead class G01L accounts for 16.5% of the portfolio across 86 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Dana Automotive Systems Group, LLC (#1,546) and Ignis Innovation Inc. (#1,554).

Azbil's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Azbil Corporation moved from 89 to 32 grants (0.36x 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 #2,930. See the growth leaderboard.

Dana Automotive S…

268
Infosys

268
Kepler Computing

268
University of Sci…

268
Bombardier

267
Fujikin Incorpora…

267
Fujitsu TEN

267
Ignis Innovation

267
Azbil ◀

267

What this shows Azbil holds 267 patents at rank #1,550, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Azbil

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,550 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01L (Measuring Force)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Azbil, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01L (Measuring Force), Azbil ranks #13 of 1,293 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

Modine Manufacturing Company 51 MIE University 51 Tallano Technologie 51 GCP Applied Technologies Inc. 51

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (7.8 here).

Taiyuan University OF Technology 7.8 avg Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. 7.8 avg Cricut, Inc. 7.8 avg Ablic Inc. 7.8 avg

Azbil's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 11% higher than 89% 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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Azbil Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	43	16.1%
2016	28	10.5%
2017	35	13.1%
2018	39	14.6%
2019	38	14.2%
2020	39	14.6%
2021	12	4.5%
2022	22	8.2%
2023	8	3.0%
2024	2	0.7%
2025partial year	1	0.4%

Which technologies does Azbil Corporation patent most?

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 44

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 37

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 37

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 35

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 33

F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening 20

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 17

F23N - Regulating OR Controlling Combustion 15

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 14

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 13

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 12

F16H - Gearing 10

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 9

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 9

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 9

Top 15 of 86 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

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

Azbil Corporation's lead technology class is G01L (Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure), 16.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01L
Ranked #1,550 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Azbil Corporation against Dana Automotive Systems Group, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.4/100 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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