Where does IEE International Electronics & Engineering S.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), IEE International Electronics & Engineering S.A. ranks #2,725 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 IEE International Electronics & Engineering S.A. hold?

IEE International Electronics & Engineering S.A. holds 142 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 57 technology areas.

What is IEE International Electronics & Engineering S.A.'s Innovation Score?

IEE International Electronics & Engineering S.A. has an Innovation Score of 55.4 out of 100 (top 7% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does IEE International Electronics & Engineering S.A. focus on?

IEE International Electronics & Engineering S.A.'s top technology area is B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 58 patents, ranking #81 of 1,969 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 57 CPC subclasses total.

Is IEE International Electronics & Engineering S.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

IEE International Electronics & Engineering S.A.'s recent grant velocity is -18% 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 IEE International Electronics & Engineering S.A.'s patents?

IEE International Electronics & Engineering S.A.'s patents average 13.8 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

IEE International Electronics & Engineering S.A.

Q: How is the IEE International Electronics & Engineering S.A. 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 PatentsView assignee record - 142 granted patents across 57 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: B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, IEE ranks #2,725 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 142 patents across 57 technology areas.

#2,725
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (55.4/100): 13.8
avg claims per patent: -18%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2725 · Foreign Corporation #2,725 · 142 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 142 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,725/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH DTS
CPC-WIDE B60R · 57 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -18% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: DTS, 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 IEE’s 55.4 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 17.1 pts (31%) Velocity 5.0 pts (9%) Breadth 25.0 pts (45%) Claim depth 8.3 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
B&R Industrial… · near

55
IEE International &… · this assignee

55
Medicaroid · near

55
Thermo Finnigan · near

55
Arcam AB · near

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows IEE's Innovation Score is 55.4/100 (top 7% 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 IEE?

Each dot is one of IEE’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). IEE’s own 13.8 claims/patent is at or below the 15.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How IEE's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, IEE International Electronics & Engineering S.A. received 61 grants versus 74 in 2015–2019 (-18% equal-window velocity, at median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2017 at 22 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 10. Lead class B60R accounts for 40.8% of the portfolio across 57 subclasses. Volume neighbours: DTS, Inc. (#2,721) and Ofinno Technologies, LLC (#2,729).

IEE's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, IEE International Electronics & Engineering S.A. moved from 44 to 33 grants (0.75x 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 #1,983. See the growth leaderboard.

DTS

142
Fondazione Istitu…

142
Harting Electric…

142
Holtec Internatio…

142
Kyungdong Navien

142
Lucasfilm Enterta…

142
Owen Mumford

142
Ofinno

142
IEE International… ◀

142

What this shows IEE holds 142 patents at rank #2,725, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near IEE

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,725 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60R (Vehicles)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for IEE, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B60R (Vehicles), IEE ranks #81 of 1,969 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).

B&R Industrial Automation GmbH 55 Thermo Finnigan LLC 55 Medicaroid Corporation 55 Arcam AB 55

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.8 here).

Thomas Jefferson University 13.8 avg Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GMBH & Co. Betriebs KG 13.8 avg Inventio AG 13.8 avg Electricite DE France 13.8 avg

IEE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 Top 7% higher than 93% 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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IEE International Electronics & Engineering S.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	10	7.0%
2016	14	9.9%
2017	22	15.5%
2018	12	8.5%
2019	16	11.3%
2020	13	9.2%
2021	15	10.6%
2022	12	8.5%
2023	10	7.0%
2024	11	7.7%
2025partial year	7	4.9%

Which technologies does IEE International Electronics & Engineering S.A. patent most?

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 58

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 55

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 40

H03K - Pulse Technique 33

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 24

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 23

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 21

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 14

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 13

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 9

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 8

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 7

G01G - Weighing 6

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 6

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 6

Top 15 of 57 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

IEE International Electronics & Engineering S.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

IEE International Electronics & Engineering S.A.'s lead technology class is B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 40.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60R
Ranked #2,725 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare IEE International Electronics & Engineering S.A. against DTS, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 55.4/100 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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