Overall rank by patents
#10,556
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 29 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2022. 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: H01R (ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Belden ranks #10,556 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 29 patents across 10 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R10556 · Foreign Corporation #10,556 · 29 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: B & B Metals, 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Belden Canada · this assignee
33 score
Canada Goose · near
33 score
Lianyungang Runzhong… · near
33 score
Metra · near
33 score
Polymer Ventures · near
33 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Belden Canada Inc. stamps GRANTS-SMALL, UPPER-Q, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-RICH, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-DROP, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #10,556 of 50,000; Innovation Score 33.1/100 sits in the top 57% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is B & B Metals, Inc. (±0 grants).
Belden Canada Inc. has been granted 29 US utility patents between 2016 and 2022, placing Belden Canada Inc. at #10,556 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 10 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 16.3 claims per patent with primary concentration in H01R (ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS). As a Foreign Corporation, Belden Canada Inc. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Belden sits between B & B Metals, Inc. (29 patents, rank #10,551) and Bonoli S.r.l. (29 patents, rank #10,559) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 33.1/100 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 6 grants, compared with 23 in the 2015–2019 window, a -74% 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 Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Belden Canada Inc.'s 16.3 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 10 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
B & B Metals, Inc.
29 patents
B&W GROUP LTD.
29 patents
BARNES GROUP INC.
29 patents
BEIJING KOHLER LTD.
29 patents
BELDEN CANADA ULC
29 patents
BHA Altair. LLC
29 patents
BIONANO GENOMICS, INC.
29 patents
BONOLI S.R.L.
29 patents
BELDEN CANADA INC.
29 patents
What this shows Belden holds 29 patents at rank #10,555, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #10,555 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Belden's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Belden, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (33 here).
Belden's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
33 Top 57% higher than 43% of 50,000 US assignees
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 | 10.3% |
| 2017 | 5 | 17.2% |
| 2018 | 4 | 13.8% |
| 2019 | 11 | 37.9% |
| 2020 | 5 | 17.2% |
| 2022 | 1 | 3.4% |
Top 10 of 10 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#10,556
of 50,000 tracked assignees
33.1 out of 100
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