Where does Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. ranks #2,426 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 Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. hold?

Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. holds 161 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 71 technology areas.

What is Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 59.4 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%).

What technology areas does Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. focus on?

Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables) with 50 patents, ranking #83 of 2,515 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 71 CPC subclasses total.

Is Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +211% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.'s patents average 15.2 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 Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. 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

Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 161 granted patents across 71 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: G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Positec ranks #2,426 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 161 patents across 71 technology areas.

#2,426
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.4/100): 15.2
avg claims per patent: +211%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2426 · Foreign Corporation #2,426 · 161 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 161 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,426/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH HCL
CPC-WIDE G05D · 71 areas
INNOV-PAR 59.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +211% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: HCL Technologies Limited (±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 Positec’s 59.4 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 17.6 pts (30%) Velocity 7.7 pts (13%) Breadth 25.0 pts (42%) Claim depth 9.1 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Pensando Systems · near

59
Circlesx · near

59
Positec Power Tools… · this assignee

59
Nouryon Chemicals… · near

59
SMS group · near

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Positec's Innovation Score is 59.4/100 (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 Positec?

Each dot is one of Positec’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). Positec’s own 15.2 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.

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

How Positec's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. received 109 grants versus 35 in 2015–2019 (+211% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2021 at 27 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 4. Lead class G05D accounts for 31.1% of the portfolio across 71 subclasses. Volume neighbours: HCL Technologies Limited (#2,422) and Yantai Jereh Petroleum Equipment & Technologies Co., Ltd. (#2,430).

Positec's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. moved from 56 to 65 grants (1.16x 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 #849. See the growth leaderboard.

HCL

161
ISP Investments

161
Mitsubishi Heavy…

161
Nivarox-far

161
Powerchip Semicon…

161
Staton Techiya

161
Thinkware

161
Yantai Jereh Petr…

161
Positec Power Too… ◀

161

What this shows Positec holds 161 patents at rank #2,426, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Positec

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,426 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Positec, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables), Positec ranks #83 of 2,515 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

Circlesx LLC 59 SMS group GmbH 59 Nouryon Chemicals International B.V. 59 Pensando Systems Inc. 59

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.2 here).

Nuovo Pignone SRL 15.2 avg Hydac Filtertechnik GMBH 15.2 avg Medtronic CryoCath LP 15.1 avg Cytec Industries, Inc. 15.2 avg

Positec's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

59 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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Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	2.5%
2016	5	3.1%
2017	6	3.7%
2018	8	5.0%
2019	12	7.5%
2020	17	10.6%
2021	27	16.8%
2022	26	16.1%
2023	20	12.4%
2024	19	11.8%
2025partial year	17	10.6%

Which technologies does Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. patent most?

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 50

A01D - HARVESTING; Mowing 48

B25F - Combination OR Multi-purpose Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Details OR Components OF Portable Power-driven Tools NOT Particularly Related TO THE Operations Performed AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 24

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 18

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 18

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 18

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 15

A47L - Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General 15

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 10

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 10

E01H - Street CLEANING; Cleaning OF Permanent WAYS; Cleaning BEACHES; Dispersing ; OR PREVENTING; FOG IN General ; Cleaning Street OR Railway Furniture OR Tunnel Walls 10

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 10

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 9

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 9

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 8

Top 15 of 71 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

Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables), 31.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G05D
Ranked #2,426 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. against HCL Technologies Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 59.4/100 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

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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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