Where does Molex, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Molex, LLC ranks #394 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 Molex, LLC hold?

Molex, LLC holds 1,132 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 89 technology areas.

What is Molex, LLC's Innovation Score?

Molex, LLC has an Innovation Score of 60.0 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Molex, LLC'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 Molex, LLC's patents?

Molex, LLC's patents average 11.0 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 Molex, 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

Molex, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Molex, LLC focus on?

Molex, LLC's top technology area is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors) with 599 patents, ranking #6 of 2,265 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 89 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,132 granted patents across 89 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: H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Molex ranks #394 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,132 patents across 89 technology areas.

#394
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (60.0/100): 11.0
avg claims per patent: -6%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R394 · US Corporation #394 · 1,132 grants

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

GRANTS-LARGE 1.1K grants
TOP-DECILE #394/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Toshiba Medical…
CPC-WIDE H01R · 89 areas
INNOV-STRONG 60.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -6% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Toshiba Medical Systems 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 Molex’s 60.0 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 24.3 pts (41%) Velocity 4.1 pts (7%) Breadth 25.0 pts (42%) Claim depth 6.6 pts (11%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Wilus Institute OF… · near

60
ICE Thermal Harvesting · near

60
Molex · this assignee

60
Rosemount · near

60
THE Invention… · near

60
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Molex's Innovation Score is 60.0/100 (top 4% 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 Molex?

Each dot is one of Molex’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). Molex’s own 11.0 claims/patent is at or below the 14.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Molex's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Molex, LLC received 519 grants versus 551 in 2015–2019 (-6% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2021 at 143 grants and bottomed in 2022 at 78. Lead class H01R accounts for 52.9% of the portfolio across 89 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Korea Institute OF Science AND Technology (#390) and Cornell University (#398).

Molex's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Molex, LLC moved from 397 to 246 grants (0.62x 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 #2,389. See the growth leaderboard.

Korea Institute O…

1,136
Kimberly-clark Wo…

1,135
Taiyo Yuden

1,135
Orange

1,134
Toshiba Medical S…

1,132
Molex ◀

1,132
Bytedance

1,130
Cree

1,127
Cornell University

1,126

What this shows Molex holds 1,132 patents at rank #394, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Molex

By rank, the assignees closest to #394 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01R (Electrically-conductive Connections)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Molex, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01R (Electrically-conductive Connections), Molex ranks #6 of 2,265 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

Rosemount Inc. 60 THE Invention Science Fund I, LLC 60 ICE Thermal Harvesting, LLC 60 Wilus Institute OF Standards AND Technology Inc. 60

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.0 here).

Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd. 11.0 avg Ajou University Industry-academic Cooperation 11.0 avg Qing Ding Precision Electronics (HUAIAN) Co., Ltd 11.0 avg Kyushu Institute OF Technology 11.0 avg

Molex's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

60 Top 4% higher than 96% 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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Molex, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	89	7.9%
2016	99	8.7%
2017	127	11.2%
2018	112	9.9%
2019	124	11.0%
2020	130	11.5%
2021	143	12.6%
2022	78	6.9%
2023	81	7.2%
2024	87	7.7%
2025partial year	62	5.5%

Which technologies does Molex, LLC patent most?

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 599

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 136

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 110

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 42

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 38

H04B - Transmission 37

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 36

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 36

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 31

F21K - Non-electric Light Sources Using LUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using Charges OF Combustible MATERIAL; Light Sources Using Semiconductor Devices AS Light-generating ELEMENTS; Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 24

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 19

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 17

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 17

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 16

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 15

Top 15 of 89 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

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

Molex, LLC's lead technology class is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors), 52.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01R
Ranked #394 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Molex, LLC against Korea Institute OF Science AND Technology, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 60.0/100 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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