Where does Phoenix Contact Development and Manufacturing, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Phoenix Contact Development and Manufacturing, Inc. ranks #7,176 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 Phoenix Contact Development and Manufacturing, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Phoenix Contact Development and Manufacturing, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 42.4 out of 100 (top 31% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Phoenix Contact Development and Manufacturing, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Phoenix Contact Development and Manufacturing, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -52% 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 Phoenix Contact Development and Manufacturing, Inc.'s patents?

Phoenix Contact Development and Manufacturing, Inc.'s patents average 14.8 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

Phoenix Contact Development and Manufacturing, Inc.

Q: How many patents does Phoenix Contact Development and Manufacturing, Inc. hold?

Phoenix Contact Development and Manufacturing, Inc. holds 46 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 22 technology areas.

Q: What technology areas does Phoenix Contact Development and Manufacturing, Inc. focus on?

Phoenix Contact Development and Manufacturing, Inc.'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 17 patents, ranking #191 of 2,265 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Phoenix Contact Development and Manufacturing, Inc. 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 - 46 granted patents across 22 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, Phoenix ranks #7,176 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 46 patents across 22 technology areas.

#7,176
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 31%
by Innovation Score (42.4/100): 14.8
avg claims per patent: -52%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7176 · US Corporation #7,176 · 46 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 46 grants
UPPER-Q #7,176/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nortek Air Solutions…
CPC-FOCUS H01R · 22 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -52% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nortek Air Solutions Canada, 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 Phoenix’s 42.4 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 13.3 pts (31%) Velocity 3.6 pts (8%) Breadth 16.6 pts (39%) Claim depth 8.9 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
tooz · near

42
Baldwin Filters · near

42
Fondation B-com · near

42
Freezio · near

42
Phoenix Contact… · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Phoenix's Innovation Score is 42.4/100 (top 31% 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 Phoenix?

Each dot is one of Phoenix’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). Phoenix’s own 14.8 claims/patent is at or below the 16.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Phoenix's grants concentrate

Phoenix Contact Development and Manufacturing, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 37% of grants classified under H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (9 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2023. By volume, Phoenix sits between Nortek Air Solutions Canada, Inc. and Pretty Star Store LLC.

Phoenix's three-year grant acceleration

Phoenix Contact Development and Manufacturing, Inc. shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 13 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.

Nortek Air Soluti…

46
Oblong Industries

46
Particle Measurin…

46
Peri SE

46
Ping Identity

46
Pitney Bowes

46
Precitec & KG

46
Pretty Star Store

46
Phoenix Contact D… ◀

46

What this shows Phoenix holds 46 patents at rank #7,175, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Phoenix

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,175 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01R (Electrically-conductive Connections)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Phoenix, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01R (Electrically-conductive Connections), Phoenix ranks #191 of 2,265 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Fondation B-com 42 Baldwin Filters, Inc. 42 Freezio AG 42 tooz technologies GmbH 42

Phoenix's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 31% higher than 69% 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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Phoenix Contact Development and Manufacturing, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	9	19.6%
2016	4	8.7%
2017	4	8.7%
2018	6	13.0%
2019	6	13.0%
2020	4	8.7%
2021	3	6.5%
2022	3	6.5%
2023	2	4.3%
2024	2	4.3%
2025partial year	3	6.5%

Which technologies does Phoenix Contact Development and Manufacturing, Inc. patent most?

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 17

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 17

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 9

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 7

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 7

H01T - Spark GAPS; Overvoltage Arresters Using Spark GAPS; Sparking PLUGS; Corona DEVICES; Generating Ions TO BE Introduced Into Non-enclosed Gases 4

H02B - Boards, Substations OR Switching Arrangements FOR THE Supply OR Distribution OF Electric Power 3

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 3

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 2

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 2

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 2

A47F - Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters 2

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 2

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 1

Top 15 of 22 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

Phoenix Contact Development and Manufacturing, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Phoenix Contact Development and Manufacturing, Inc.'s lead technology class is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors), 37% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01R
Ranked #7,176 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Phoenix Contact Development and Manufacturing, Inc. against Nortek Air Solutions Canada, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.4/100 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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