Where does Preformed Line Products Co. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Preformed Line Products Co. ranks #5,972 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 Preformed Line Products Co. hold?

Preformed Line Products Co. holds 57 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 32 technology areas.

What is Preformed Line Products Co.'s Innovation Score?

Preformed Line Products Co. has an Innovation Score of 59.6 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 Preformed Line Products Co. focus on?

Preformed Line Products Co.'s top technology area is H02G (Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines) with 32 patents, ranking #28 of 985 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 32 CPC subclasses total.

Is Preformed Line Products Co.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Preformed Line Products Co.'s recent grant velocity is +106% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Preformed Line Products Co.'s patents?

Preformed Line Products Co.'s patents average 19.5 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 Preformed Line Products Co. 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

Preformed Line Products Co.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 57 granted patents across 32 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: H02G (Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Preformed ranks #5,972 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 57 patents across 32 technology areas.

#5,972
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.6/100): 19.5
avg claims per patent: +106%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5972 · US Corporation #5,972 · 57 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 57 grants
UPPER-Q #5,972/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH North Atlantic Imports
CPC-FOCUS H02G · 32 areas
INNOV-PAR 59.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +106% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: North Atlantic Imports, LLC (±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 Preformed’s 59.6 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 14.0 pts (24%) Velocity 13.8 pts (23%) Breadth 20.0 pts (34%) Claim depth 11.7 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Harman Becker… · near

60
Mianyang BOE… · near

60
Preformed Line… · this assignee

60
TPK Advanced Solutions · near

60
Viettel Group · near

60
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Preformed's Innovation Score is 59.6/100 (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 Preformed?

Each dot is one of Preformed’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). Preformed’s own 19.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Preformed's grants concentrate

Preformed Line Products Co. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 32 CPC subclasses with 56.1% of grants classified under H02G (Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (10 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Preformed sits between North Atlantic Imports, LLC and Quantenna Communications, Inc..

Preformed's three-year grant acceleration

Preformed Line Products Co. shows 27 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.

North Atlantic Im…

57
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57
Ovonyx Memory Tec…

57
Phytogen Seed

57
Pangu Biopharma

57
Poly-med

57
Production Resour…

57
Quantenna Communi…

57
Preformed Line Pr… ◀

57

What this shows Preformed holds 57 patents at rank #5,968, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Preformed

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,968 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H02G (Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Preformed, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H02G (Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines), Preformed ranks #28 of 985 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

Mianyang BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. 60 TPK Advanced Solutions Inc. 60 Viettel Group 60 Harman Becker Automotive Systems GMBH 60

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.5 here).

D.R. Systems, Inc. 19.5 avg Antares Pharma, Inc. 19.5 avg Hill Phoenix, Inc. 19.5 avg Tectus Corporation 19.5 avg

Preformed'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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Preformed Line Products Co. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	1.8%
2017	5	8.8%
2018	6	10.5%
2019	5	8.8%
2020	4	7.0%
2021	4	7.0%
2022	10	17.5%
2023	8	14.0%
2024	9	15.8%
2025partial year	5	8.8%

Which technologies does Preformed Line Products Co. patent most?

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 32

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 12

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 12

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 8

F24S - Solar Heat COLLECTORS; Solar Heat Systems 8

H02S - Generation OF Electric Power BY Conversion OF Infrared Radiation, Visible Light OR Ultraviolet Light, e.g. Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules 8

F16G - Belts, Cables, OR Ropes, Predominantly Used FOR Driving PURPOSES; CHAINS; Fittings Predominantly Used Therefor 7

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 7

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 5

B61B - Railway SYSTEMS; Equipment Therefor NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 4

B64U - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor 4

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 3

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

Top 15 of 32 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

Preformed Line Products Co.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Preformed Line Products Co.'s lead technology class is H02G (Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines), 56.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H02G
Ranked #5,972 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Preformed Line Products Co. against North Atlantic Imports, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 59.6/100 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

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