Where does Cummings Electrical, L.P. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Cummings Electrical, L.P. ranks #45,961 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 Cummings Electrical, L.P. hold?

Cummings Electrical, L.P. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Cummings Electrical, L.P.'s Innovation Score?

Cummings Electrical, L.P. has an Innovation Score of 19.5 out of 100 (6th 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 Cummings Electrical, L.P. focus on?

Cummings Electrical, L.P.'s top technology area is B29L (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles) with 4 patents, ranking #579 of 2,540 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is Cummings Electrical, L.P.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Cummings Electrical, L.P.'s recent grant velocity is -67% 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 Cummings Electrical, L.P.'s patents?

Cummings Electrical, L.P.'s patents average 10.4 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 Cummings Electrical, L.P. 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

Cummings Electrical, L.P.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: B29L (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Cummings ranks #45,961 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 4 technology areas.

#45,961
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 6th percentile
by Innovation Score (19.5/100): 10.4
avg claims per patent: -67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R45961 · US Corporation #45,961 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #45,961/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Crosby Innovations
CPC-NARROW B29L · 4 areas
INNOV-LOW 19.5/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Crosby Innovations, LLC (±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 Cummings’s 19.5 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 6.2 pts (32%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.1 pts (36%) Claim depth 6.2 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cummings Electrical · this assignee

20
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Cummings's Innovation Score is 19.5/100 (6th 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 Cummings?

Each dot is one of Cummings’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). Cummings’s own 10.4 claims/patent is at or below the 16.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Cummings's grants concentrate

Cummings Electrical, L.P. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under B29L (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles). By volume, Cummings sits between Crosby Innovations, LLC and Curli AG.

Crosby Innovations

5
Crossvista

5
Crowdsmart

5
Crown Products

5
Cummins Cal Pacif…

5
Cura Therapeutics

5
Curadev Pharma

5
Curli

5
Cummings Electric… ◀

5

What this shows Cummings holds 5 patents at rank #45,990, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Cummings

By rank, the assignees closest to #45,990 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B29L (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c)

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

Cummings's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

20 6th percentile higher than 6% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Cummings Electrical, L.P. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	20.0%
2017	1	20.0%
2019	1	20.0%
2020	1	20.0%
2025partial year	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Cummings Electrical, L.P. patent most?

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 4

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 4

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

Top 4 of 4 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

Cummings Electrical, L.P.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Cummings Electrical, L.P.'s lead technology class is B29L (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B29L
Ranked #45,961 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Cummings Electrical, L.P. against Crosby Innovations, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 19.5/100 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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