Where does Ergotron, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ergotron, Inc. ranks #3,175 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 Ergotron, Inc. hold?

Ergotron, Inc. holds 118 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 39 technology areas.

What is Ergotron, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Ergotron, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 54.5 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Ergotron, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ergotron, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -31% 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 Ergotron, Inc.'s patents?

Ergotron, Inc.'s patents average 16.6 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 Ergotron, 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 US Corporation

Ergotron, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Ergotron, Inc. focus on?

Ergotron, Inc.'s top technology area is A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture) with 72 patents. Grants appear in 39 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 118 granted patents across 39 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: A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ergotron ranks #3,175 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 118 patents across 39 technology areas.

#3,175
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.5/100): 16.6
avg claims per patent: -31%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3175 · US Corporation #3,175 · 118 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 118 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,175/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Artilux
CPC-FOCUS A47B · 39 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -31% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Artilux, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Amphenol · near

55
Fondazione Istituto… · near

55
Auradine · near

55
Ergotron · this assignee

55
Nippon Light Metal · near

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ergotron's Innovation Score is 54.5/100 (top 8% 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.

Where Ergotron's grants concentrate

Ergotron, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 39 CPC subclasses with 61% of grants classified under A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (19 grants) versus a trough of 6 in 2018. By volume, Ergotron sits between Artilux, Inc. and Leadtrend Technology Corporation.

Ergotron's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Ergotron, Inc. moved from 30 to 27 grants (0.90x 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 #1,474. See the growth leaderboard.

Artilux

118
Avast Software s…

118
Certicom

118
Consumerinfo com

118
Federal-mogul Pow…

118
Holley Performanc…

118
Intrinsic Innovat…

118
Leadtrend Technol…

118
Ergotron ◀

118

What this shows Ergotron holds 118 patents at rank #3,175, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ergotron

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,175 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47B (Tables)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Ergotron, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).

Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd. 55 Auradine, Inc. 55 Fondazione Istituto Italiano DI Tecnologia 55 Amphenol Corporation 55

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.6 here).

Asia Optical Co., Inc. 16.6 avg Medtronic Vascular, Inc. 16.6 avg Rolls-Royce High Temperature Composites, Inc. 16.6 avg Arbor Networks, Inc. 16.6 avg

Ergotron's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 Top 8% higher than 92% 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.

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Ergotron, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	16	13.6%
2016	17	14.4%
2017	19	16.1%
2018	6	5.1%
2019	10	8.5%
2020	10	8.5%
2021	10	8.5%
2022	8	6.8%
2023	11	9.3%
2024	8	6.8%
2025partial year	3	2.5%

Which technologies does Ergotron, Inc. patent most?

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 72

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 62

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 25

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 20

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 18

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 18

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 9

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 6

E05D - Hinges OR Suspension Devices FOR Doors, Windows OR Wings 5

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 5

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 5

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 4

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 4

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 4

B62B - Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges 4

Top 15 of 39 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,175

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

54.5 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Ergotron, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ergotron, Inc.'s lead technology class is A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture), 61% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47B
Ranked #3,175 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ergotron, Inc. against Artilux, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.5/100 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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