Where does Distech Controls Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Distech Controls Inc. ranks #6,235 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 Distech Controls Inc. hold?

Distech Controls Inc. holds 54 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is Distech Controls Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Distech Controls Inc. has an Innovation Score of 47.7 out of 100 (top 18% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Distech Controls Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Distech Controls Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +300% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Distech Controls Inc.'s patents?

Distech Controls Inc.'s patents average 18.0 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 Distech Controls Inc. 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

Distech Controls Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Distech Controls Inc. focus on?

Distech Controls Inc.'s top technology area is G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements) with 28 patents, ranking #157 of 3,455 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 54 granted patents across 24 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Distech ranks #6,235 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 54 patents across 24 technology areas.

#6,235
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.7/100): 18.0
avg claims per patent: +300%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6235 · Foreign Corporation #6,235 · 54 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 54 grants
UPPER-Q #6,235/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Constellation…
CPC-FOCUS G05B · 24 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +300% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Constellation Pharmaceuticals, 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 Distech’s 47.7 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 13.8 pts (29%) Velocity 5.8 pts (12%) Breadth 17.3 pts (36%) Claim depth 10.8 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Berlin Heart · near

48
Dionex Softron · near

48
Distech Controls · this assignee

48
Gunze · near

48
Unilumin Group · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Distech's Innovation Score is 47.7/100 (top 18% 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 Distech?

Each dot is one of Distech’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). Distech’s own 18.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Distech's grants concentrate

Distech Controls Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 51.9% of grants classified under G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (12 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2017. By volume, Distech sits between Constellation Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Entefy Inc..

Distech's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Distech Controls Inc. moved from 23 to 20 grants (0.87x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Constellation Pha…

54
Dai-ichi Kogyo Se…

54
DAS

54
Debiotech

54
Delta (Thailand)…

54
Easebon Services

54
Expro North SEA

54
Entefy

54
Distech Controls ◀

54

What this shows Distech holds 54 patents at rank #6,234, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Distech

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,234 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN General)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Distech, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN General), Distech ranks #157 of 3,455 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Dionex Softron GmbH 48 Unilumin Group Co., Ltd 48 Berlin Heart GmbH 48 Gunze Limited 48

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.0 here).

Storagecraft Technology Corporation 18.0 avg ETH ZËRICH 18.0 avg Adama Makhteshim Ltd. 18.0 avg CareFusion Germany 326 GmbH 18.0 avg

Distech's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 18% higher than 82% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Distech Controls Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	3	5.6%
2018	4	7.4%
2019	3	5.6%
2020	8	14.8%
2021	12	22.2%
2022	9	16.7%
2023	5	9.3%
2024	6	11.1%
2025partial year	4	7.4%

Which technologies does Distech Controls Inc. patent most?

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 28

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 25

F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening 22

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 19

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 14

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 11

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 10

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 7

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 5

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 5

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 4

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 3

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 3

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

Top 15 of 24 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

Distech Controls Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Distech Controls Inc.'s lead technology class is G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements), 51.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G05B
Ranked #6,235 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Distech Controls Inc. against Constellation Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.7/100 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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