Where does Johnson Electric S.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Johnson Electric S.A. ranks #1,612 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 Electric S.A. hold?

Johnson Electric S.A. holds 256 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 77 technology areas.

What is Johnson Electric S.A.'s Innovation Score?

Johnson Electric S.A. has an Innovation Score of 52.5 out of 100 (top 10% 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 Electric S.A. focus on?

Johnson Electric S.A.'s top technology area is H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines) with 108 patents, ranking #25 of 1,724 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 77 CPC subclasses total.

Is Johnson Electric S.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Johnson Electric S.A.'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 Electric S.A.'s patents?

Johnson Electric S.A.'s patents average 13.9 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 Electric 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 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Johnson Electric S.A.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 256 granted patents across 77 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Johnson ranks #1,612 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 256 patents across 77 technology areas.

#1,612
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.5/100): 13.9
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1612 · Foreign Corporation #1,612 · 256 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 256 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,612/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Asahi Kasei…
CPC-WIDE H02K · 77 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation (±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 52.5 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 19.2 pts (37%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 25.0 pts (48%) Claim depth 8.4 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Dowa Materials · near

53
Drnc Holdings · near

53
GE Global Sourcing · near

53
Johnson Electric · this assignee

53
MultiDimension… · near

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Johnson's Innovation Score is 52.5/100 (top 10% 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 13.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.6 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 Electric S.A. received 0 grants versus 256 in 2015–2019 (-100% equal-window velocity, bottom decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2017 at 74 grants and bottomed in 2019 at 5. Lead class H02K accounts for 42.2% of the portfolio across 77 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Horiba, Ltd. (#1,608) and STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd (#1,616).

Horiba

257
SMS group

257
Asahi Kasei Micro…

256
Bull SAS

256
Kitty Hawk

256
Nexans

256
SEB

256
Stmicroelectronic…

256
Johnson Electric ◀

256

What this shows Johnson holds 256 patents at rank #1,612, 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 #1,612 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines)

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 H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines), Johnson ranks #25 of 1,724 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

Dowa Electronics Materials Co., Ltd. 53 GE Global Sourcing LLC 53 MultiDimension Technology Co., Ltd. 53 Drnc Holdings, Inc. 53

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.9 here).

Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd. 13.9 avg Hisense Electric Co., Ltd. 13.9 avg McLaren Automotive Limited 13.9 avg Galvani Bioelectronics Limited 13.9 avg

Johnson's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 10% higher than 90% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

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 Electric S.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	65	25.4%
2016	53	20.7%
2017	74	28.9%
2018	59	23.0%
2019	5	2.0%

Which technologies does Johnson Electric S.A. patent most?

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 108

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 34

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 29

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 23

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 20

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 20

F16H - Gearing 19

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 16

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 10

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 9

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 8

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 7

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 7

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 6

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 6

Top 15 of 77 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 Electric S.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Johnson Electric S.A.'s lead technology class is H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines), 42.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H02K
Ranked #1,612 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Johnson Electric S.A. against Horiba, Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.5/100 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.

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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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