Where does Eaton Electrical IP GMBH & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Eaton Electrical IP GMBH & Co. KG ranks #9,488 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 Eaton Electrical IP GMBH & Co. KG hold?

Eaton Electrical IP GMBH & Co. KG holds 33 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Eaton Electrical IP GMBH & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

Eaton Electrical IP GMBH & Co. KG 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 Eaton Electrical IP GMBH & Co. KG focus on?

Eaton Electrical IP GMBH & Co. KG's top technology area is H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices) with 22 patents, ranking #60 of 1,006 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is Eaton Electrical IP GMBH & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Eaton Electrical IP GMBH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Eaton Electrical IP GMBH & Co. KG's patents?

Eaton Electrical IP GMBH & Co. KG's patents average 13.1 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 Eaton Electrical IP GMBH & Co. KG 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

Eaton Electrical IP GMBH & Co. KG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 33 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

RSS updates for this company

Explore the portfolio See the ranking

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Eaton ranks #9,488 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 33 patents across 14 technology areas.

#9,488
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 44th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.3/100): 13.1
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9488 · Foreign Corporation #9,488 · 33 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 33 grants
UPPER-Q #9,488/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH DPG USA
CPC-FOCUS H01H · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: DPG USA 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 Eaton’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 12.2 pts (37%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 13.2 pts (40%) Claim depth 7.9 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Eaton Electrical IP… · this assignee

33
Guala Dispensing S P A · near

33
Mitsui Chemicals Agro · near

33
Shazam Entertainment · near

33
Vonage Network · near

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Eaton'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 Eaton?

Each dot is one of Eaton’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). Eaton’s own 13.1 claims/patent is at or below the 20.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Eaton's grants concentrate

Eaton Electrical IP GMBH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (14 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2018. By volume, Eaton sits between DPG USA Inc. and Emerson Process Management Power & Water Solutions, Inc..

DPG USA

33
Drum Workshop

33
E-lead

33
East China Jiaoto…

33
Ecole DE Superieu…

33
Eddy Current Part…

33
Electric Mirror

33
Emerson Process M…

33
Eaton Electrical… ◀

33

What this shows Eaton holds 33 patents at rank #9,488, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Eaton

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,488 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01H (Electric Switches)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Eaton, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01H (Electric Switches), Eaton ranks #60 of 1,006 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (33 here).

Vonage Network, LLC 33 Guala Dispensing S.P.A. 33 Mitsui Chemicals Agro, Inc. 33 Shazam Entertainment Limited 33

Eaton'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

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

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

View data table

Eaton Electrical IP GMBH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	12	36.4%
2016	5	15.2%
2017	14	42.4%
2018	2	6.1%

Which technologies does Eaton Electrical IP GMBH & Co. KG patent most?

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 22

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 5

H02B - Boards, Substations OR Switching Arrangements FOR THE Supply OR Distribution OF Electric Power 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 2

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 2

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 2

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

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 1

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

H04B - Transmission 1

H03F - Amplifiers 1

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

Top 14 of 14 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Eaton Electrical IP GMBH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Eaton Electrical IP GMBH & Co. KG's lead technology class is H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01H
Ranked #9,488 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Eaton Electrical IP GMBH & Co. KG against DPG USA Inc., 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.