Where does Johnson Controls-SAFT Advanced Power Solutions LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Johnson Controls-SAFT Advanced Power Solutions LLC ranks #22,840 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

What is Johnson Controls-SAFT Advanced Power Solutions LLC's Innovation Score?

Johnson Controls-SAFT Advanced Power Solutions LLC has an Innovation Score of 32.8 out of 100 (42nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Johnson Controls-SAFT Advanced Power Solutions LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Johnson Controls-SAFT Advanced Power Solutions LLC'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 Johnson Controls-SAFT Advanced Power Solutions LLC's patents?

Johnson Controls-SAFT Advanced Power Solutions LLC's patents average 23.3 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 US Corporation

Johnson Controls-SAFT Advanced Power Solutions LLC

Q: How many patents does Johnson Controls-SAFT Advanced Power Solutions LLC hold?

Johnson Controls-SAFT Advanced Power Solutions LLC holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 8 technology areas.

Q: What technology areas does Johnson Controls-SAFT Advanced Power Solutions LLC focus on?

Johnson Controls-SAFT Advanced Power Solutions LLC's top technology area is H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy) with 11 patents, ranking #489 of 2,332 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Johnson Controls-SAFT Advanced Power Solutions 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 PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 8 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: H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Johnson ranks #22,840 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 8 technology areas.

#22,840
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 42nd percentile
by Innovation Score (32.8/100): 23.3
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22840 · US Corporation #22,840 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,840/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH JetCool
CPC-NARROW H01M · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: JetCool Technologies 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 Johnson’s 32.8 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 8.9 pts (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (30%) Claim depth 14.0 pts (43%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Deinove · near

33
Celloptic · near

33
Johnson Controls-SAF… · this assignee

33
Pasona Knowledge… · near

33
Chunghwa Precision… · near

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Johnson's Innovation Score is 32.8/100 (42nd 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 Johnson?

Each dot is one of Johnson’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). Johnson’s own 23.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Johnson's grants concentrate

Johnson Controls-SAFT Advanced Power Solutions LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 91.7% of grants classified under H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Johnson sits between JetCool Technologies Inc. and Kabushiki Kaisha Somic Ishikawa.

Jetcool

12
Jiangxi EQI Indus…

12
Job

12
Johnson & Johnson…

12
Jointvue

12
Jozef Stefan Inst…

12
K/S Himpp

12
Somic Ishikawa

12
Johnson Controls-… ◀

12

What this shows Johnson holds 12 patents at rank #22,839, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Johnson

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,839 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01M (Processes OR Means)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Johnson, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01M (Processes OR Means), Johnson ranks #489 of 2,332 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (33 here).

Celloptic, Inc. 33 Pasona Knowledge Partner Inc. 33 Deinove 33 Chunghwa Precision Test Tech. Co., Ltd. 33

Johnson's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 42nd percentile higher than 42% of 49,997 US assignees

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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.

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Johnson Controls-SAFT Advanced Power Solutions LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	41.7%
2016	5	41.7%
2017	1	8.3%
2018	1	8.3%

Which technologies does Johnson Controls-SAFT Advanced Power Solutions LLC patent most?

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 11

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 11

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 5

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 4

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Johnson Controls-SAFT Advanced Power Solutions LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Johnson Controls-SAFT Advanced Power Solutions LLC's lead technology class is H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy), 91.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01M
Ranked #22,840 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Johnson Controls-SAFT Advanced Power Solutions LLC against JetCool Technologies Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.8/100 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

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