Where does Danfoss A/S rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Danfoss A/S ranks #1,481 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 Danfoss A/S hold?

Danfoss A/S holds 280 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 72 technology areas.

What is Danfoss A/S's Innovation Score?

Danfoss A/S has an Innovation Score of 61.1 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%).

What technology areas does Danfoss A/S focus on?

Danfoss A/S's top technology area is F25B (Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems) with 114 patents, ranking #13 of 704 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 72 CPC subclasses total.

Is Danfoss A/S's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Danfoss A/S's recent grant velocity is +11% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Danfoss A/S's patents?

Danfoss A/S's patents average 14.7 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 Danfoss A/S 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

Danfoss A/S

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 280 granted patents across 72 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: F25B (Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Danfoss ranks #1,481 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 280 patents across 72 technology areas.

#1,481
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.1/100): 14.7
avg claims per patent: +11%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1481 · Foreign Corporation #1,481 · 280 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 280 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,481/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH AeroVironment
CPC-WIDE F25B · 72 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +11% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AeroVironment, 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 Danfoss’s 61.1 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 19.5 pts (32%) Velocity 7.8 pts (13%) Breadth 25.0 pts (41%) Claim depth 8.8 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Danfoss A/S · this assignee

61
Nordson · near

61
Wipro · near

61
Nanyang Technologica… · near

61
Tula eTechnology · near

61
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Danfoss's Innovation Score is 61.1/100 (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 Danfoss?

Each dot is one of Danfoss’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). Danfoss’s own 14.7 claims/patent is at or below the 16.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Danfoss's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Danfoss A/S received 138 grants versus 124 in 2015–2019 (+11% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 48 grants and bottomed in 2022 at 14. Lead class F25B accounts for 40.7% of the portfolio across 72 subclasses. Volume neighbours: TC1 LLC (#1,477) and Senko Advanced Components, Inc. (#1,485).

Danfoss's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Danfoss A/S moved from 78 to 91 grants (1.17x 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 #843. See the growth leaderboard.

TC1

281
Aerovironment

280
Anritsu

280
Board OF Regents…

280
Government of the…

280
Nova Chemicals (I…

280
Philip Morris USA

280
Senko Advanced Co…

280
Danfoss A/S ◀

280

What this shows Danfoss holds 280 patents at rank #1,481, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Danfoss

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,481 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F25B (Refrigeration Machines)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Danfoss, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F25B (Refrigeration Machines), Danfoss ranks #13 of 704 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

Nordson Corporation 61 Wipro Limited 61 Nanyang Technological University 61 Tula eTechnology, Inc. 61

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.7 here).

Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc. 14.7 avg Becton, Dickinson and Company 14.7 avg ASM Technology Singapore PTE Ltd 14.7 avg Beckman Coulter, Inc. 14.7 avg

Danfoss'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 · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

View data table

Danfoss A/S patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	20	7.1%
2016	31	11.1%
2017	16	5.7%
2018	26	9.3%
2019	31	11.1%
2020	25	8.9%
2021	22	7.9%
2022	14	5.0%
2023	29	10.4%
2024	48	17.1%
2025partial year	18	6.4%

Which technologies does Danfoss A/S patent most?

F25B - Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems 114

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 41

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 41

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 38

F28F - Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application 32

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 32

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 26

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 26

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 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

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 12

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 11

B01D - Separation 11

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 9

F04F - Pumping OF Fluid BY Direct Contact OF Another Fluid OR BY Using Inertia OF Fluid TO BE Pumped ; Siphons 9

Top 15 of 72 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

Danfoss A/S's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Danfoss A/S's lead technology class is F25B (Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems), 40.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F25B
Ranked #1,481 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Danfoss A/S against TC1 LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.1/100 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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