Where does Inductive Automation, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Inductive Automation, LLC ranks #12,983 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 Inductive Automation, LLC hold?

Inductive Automation, LLC holds 23 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Inductive Automation, LLC's Innovation Score?

Inductive Automation, LLC has an Innovation Score of 43.8 out of 100 (top 27% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Inductive Automation, LLC focus on?

Inductive Automation, LLC's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 14 patents, ranking #2,788 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Inductive Automation, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Inductive Automation, LLC's recent grant velocity is +1800% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Inductive Automation, LLC's patents?

Inductive Automation, LLC's patents average 19.6 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 Inductive Automation, LLC 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

Inductive Automation, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 23 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Inductive ranks #12,983 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 23 patents across 6 technology areas.

#12,983
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (43.8/100): 19.6
avg claims per patent: +1800%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12983 · US Corporation #12,983 · 23 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 23 grants
MID-PACK #12,983/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Imperative Care
CPC-NARROW G06F · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +1800% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Imperative Care, 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 Inductive’s 43.8 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 11.0 pts (25%) Velocity 12.4 pts (28%) Breadth 8.7 pts (20%) Claim depth 11.7 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Inductive Automation · this assignee

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Inductive's Innovation Score is 43.8/100 (top 27% 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 Inductive?

Each dot is one of Inductive’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). Inductive’s own 19.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Inductive's grants concentrate

Inductive Automation, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 60.9% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Inductive sits between ITC Inc. and Ionic Security Inc..

Inductive's three-year grant acceleration

Inductive Automation, LLC shows 13 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

ITC

23
ITM Semiconductor

23
Imperative Care

23
Indmar Products

23
Innovasis

23
Interstate

23
Intralinks

23
Ionic Security

23
Inductive Automat… ◀

23

What this shows Inductive holds 23 patents at rank #12,985, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Inductive

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,985 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Inductive's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 27% higher than 73% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Inductive Automation, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	4.3%
2020	4	17.4%
2021	2	8.7%
2022	2	8.7%
2023	3	13.0%
2024	8	34.8%
2025partial year	3	13.0%

Which technologies does Inductive Automation, LLC patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 14

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 13

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 13

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 7

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Inductive Automation, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Inductive Automation, LLC's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 60.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #12,983 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Inductive Automation, LLC against ITC Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.8/100 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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