Where does Johnson Controls Technology Company rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Johnson Controls Technology Company ranks #351 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 Johnson Controls Technology Company hold?

Johnson Controls Technology Company holds 1,231 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 165 technology areas.

What is Johnson Controls Technology Company's Innovation Score?

Johnson Controls Technology Company has an Innovation Score of 61.9 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Johnson Controls Technology Company focus on?

Johnson Controls Technology Company's top technology area is F24F (AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening) with 410 patents, ranking #4 of 885 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 165 CPC subclasses total.

Is Johnson Controls Technology Company's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Johnson Controls Technology Company's recent grant velocity is -6% 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 Technology Company's patents?

Johnson Controls Technology Company's patents average 18.1 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 Johnson Controls Technology Company 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

Johnson Controls Technology Company

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,231 granted patents across 165 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: F24F (AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Johnson ranks #351 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,231 patents across 165 technology areas.

#351
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.9/100): 18.1
avg claims per patent: -6%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R351 · US Corporation #351 · 1,231 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 1.2K grants
TOP-DECILE #351/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH HKC
CPC-WIDE F24F · 165 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -6% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: HKC Corporation Limited (±1 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 61.9 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 24.6 pts (40%) Velocity 1.4 pts (2%) Breadth 25.0 pts (40%) Claim depth 10.9 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
The United States… · near

62
Institute OF… · near

62
Johnson Controls… · this assignee

62
THE Toro · near

62
The Chinese… · near

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Johnson's Innovation Score is 61.9/100 (top 3% 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 18.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.0 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.

How Johnson's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Johnson Controls Technology Company received 589 grants versus 627 in 2015–2019 (-6% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 236 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 28. Lead class F24F accounts for 33.3% of the portfolio across 165 subclasses. Volume neighbours: FCA US LLC. (#347) and Beijing Baidu Netcom Science Technology Co., Ltd. (#355).

Johnson's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Johnson Controls Technology Company moved from 614 to 133 grants (0.22x 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 #3,075. See the growth leaderboard.

FCA US

1,243
Philip Morris Pro…

1,240
HKC

1,232
Warsaw Orthopedic

1,232
Johnson Controls… ◀

1,231
Lutron Technology

1,229
Mahle Internation…

1,224
Imagination

1,222
Beijing Baidu Net…

1,221

What this shows Johnson holds 1,231 patents at rank #351, 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 #351 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F24F (Air-conditioning)

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 F24F (Air-conditioning), Johnson ranks #4 of 885 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

THE Toro Company 62 Institute OF Semiconductors, Chinese Academy OF Sciences 62 The Chinese University of Hong Kong 62 The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.1 here).

Spotify AB 18.1 avg Intelligrated Headquarters, LLC 18.1 avg Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc. 18.1 avg Microfabrica Inc. 18.1 avg

Johnson's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

62 Top 3% higher than 97% 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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Johnson Controls Technology Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	109	8.9%
2016	120	9.7%
2017	116	9.4%
2018	124	10.1%
2019	158	12.8%
2020	236	19.2%
2021	220	17.9%
2022	69	5.6%
2023	36	2.9%
2024	28	2.3%
2025partial year	15	1.2%

Which technologies does Johnson Controls Technology Company patent most?

F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening 410

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 390

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 186

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 176

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 176

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 160

F25B - Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems 159

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 141

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 117

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 105

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 97

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 93

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 91

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 89

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 79

Top 15 of 165 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 Technology Company's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Johnson Controls Technology Company's lead technology class is F24F (AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening), 33.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F24F
Ranked #351 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Johnson Controls Technology Company against FCA US LLC., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.9/100 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.

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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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