Where does Richards Mfg. Co. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Richards Mfg. Co. ranks #21,695 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 Richards Mfg. Co. hold?

Richards Mfg. Co. holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Richards Mfg. Co.'s Innovation Score?

Richards Mfg. Co. has an Innovation Score of 38.8 out of 100 (top 40% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Richards Mfg. Co. focus on?

Richards Mfg. Co.'s top technology area is H02G (Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines) with 7 patents, ranking #135 of 985 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Richards Mfg. Co.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Richards Mfg. Co.'s recent grant velocity is +60% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Richards Mfg. Co.'s patents?

Richards Mfg. Co.'s patents average 23.5 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 Richards Mfg. 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

Richards Mfg. Co.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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, Richards ranks #21,695 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 11 technology areas.

#21,695
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 40%
by Innovation Score (38.8/100): 23.5
avg claims per patent: +60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21695 · US Corporation #21,695 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,695/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Renovia
CPC-FOCUS H02G · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +60% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Renovia 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 Richards’s 38.8 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 9.1 pts (24%) Velocity 3.8 pts (10%) Breadth 11.7 pts (30%) Claim depth 14.1 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Richards Mfg · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Richards's Innovation Score is 38.8/100 (top 40% 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 Richards?

Each dot is one of Richards’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). Richards’s own 23.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 18.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Richards's grants concentrate

Richards Mfg. Co. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 53.8% 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 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Richards sits between Renovia Inc. and Rockwell Automation Germany GmbH & Co. KG.

Richards's three-year grant acceleration

Richards Mfg. Co. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Renovia

13
Respiratory Motion

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Retailnext

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Rhode Island Boar…

13
Robart

13
Robodiagnostics

13
Robroy Industries…

13
Rockwell Automati…

13
Richards Mfg ◀

13

What this shows Richards holds 13 patents at rank #21,700, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Richards

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,700 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H02G (Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines)

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

Richards's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 40% higher than 60% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Richards Mfg. Co. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	7.7%
2016	1	7.7%
2019	3	23.1%
2020	3	23.1%
2021	1	7.7%
2023	2	15.4%
2024	2	15.4%

Which technologies does Richards Mfg. Co. patent most?

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 7

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 7

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 4

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 4

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 4

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 4

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 4

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 4

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

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 2

Top 11 of 11 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

Richards Mfg. Co.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Richards Mfg. Co.'s lead technology class is H02G (Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines), 53.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H02G
Ranked #21,695 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Richards Mfg. Co. against Renovia Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.8/100 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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