Where does Baldor Electric Company rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Baldor Electric Company ranks #12,827 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 Baldor Electric Company hold?

Baldor Electric Company holds 23 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Baldor Electric Company's Innovation Score?

Baldor Electric Company has an Innovation Score of 33.3 out of 100 (44th 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 Baldor Electric Company focus on?

Baldor Electric Company's top technology area is H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines) with 12 patents, ranking #226 of 1,724 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Baldor Electric Company's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Baldor Electric Company's recent grant velocity is -95% 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 Baldor Electric Company's patents?

Baldor Electric Company's patents average 18.6 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 Baldor Electric 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

Baldor Electric Company

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 23 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Baldor ranks #12,827 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 23 patents across 10 technology areas.

#12,827
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 44th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.3/100): 18.6
avg claims per patent: -95%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12827 · US Corporation #12,827 · 23 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 23 grants
MID-PACK #12,827/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Beam Authentic
CPC-FOCUS H02K · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -95% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Beam Authentic, 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 Baldor’s 33.3 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 11.0 pts (33%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.2 pts (34%) Claim depth 11.2 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Baldor Electric · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Baldor's Innovation Score is 33.3/100 (44th 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 Baldor?

Each dot is one of Baldor’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). Baldor’s own 18.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Baldor's grants concentrate

Baldor Electric Company is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 52.2% of grants classified under H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (12 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Baldor sits between Boegli-gravures SA and Biosensors International Group, Ltd..

Boegli-gravures

23
Bridgepoint Medic…

23
Bruni Glass S P A

23
BWI (Shanghai)

23
Beam Authentic

23
Beijing Normal Un…

23
Big Belly Solar

23
Biosensors Intern…

23
Baldor Electric ◀

23

What this shows Baldor holds 23 patents at rank #12,839, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Baldor

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,839 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines)

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

Baldor's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 44th percentile higher than 44% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Baldor Electric Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	8.7%
2016	12	52.2%
2017	7	30.4%
2018	1	4.3%
2020	1	4.3%

Which technologies does Baldor Electric Company patent most?

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 12

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 6

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

F16H - Gearing 4

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 3

F01M - Lubricating OF Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Lubricating Internal Combustion ENGINES; Crankcase Ventilating 1

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 1

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 1

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 1

Top 10 of 10 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

Baldor Electric Company's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Baldor Electric Company's lead technology class is H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines), 52.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H02K
Ranked #12,827 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Baldor Electric Company against Boegli-gravures SA, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.3/100 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

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

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