Where does Rittal GMBH & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Rittal GMBH & Co. KG ranks #3,405 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 Rittal GMBH & Co. KG hold?

Rittal GMBH & Co. KG holds 109 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 52 technology areas.

What is Rittal GMBH & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

Rittal GMBH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 52.4 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Rittal GMBH & Co. KG focus on?

Rittal GMBH & Co. KG's top technology area is H02B (Boards, Substations OR Switching Arrangements FOR THE Supply OR Distribution OF Electric Power) with 53 patents, ranking #6 of 237 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 52 CPC subclasses total.

Is Rittal GMBH & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Rittal GMBH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is +0% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Rittal GMBH & Co. KG's patents?

Rittal GMBH & Co. KG's patents average 10.4 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 Rittal GMBH & Co. KG 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

Rittal GMBH & Co. KG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 109 granted patents across 52 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: H02B (Boards, Substations OR Switching Arrangements FOR THE Supply OR Distribution OF Electric Power).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Rittal ranks #3,405 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 109 patents across 52 technology areas.

#3,405
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.4/100): 10.4
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3405 · Foreign Corporation #3,405 · 109 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 109 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,405/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mr Bar-B-Q Products
CPC-WIDE H02B · 52 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.4/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mr. Bar-B-Q Products 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 Rittal’s 52.4 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 16.2 pts (31%) Velocity 4.9 pts (9%) Breadth 25.0 pts (48%) Claim depth 6.3 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Biofire Defense · near

52
National University… · near

52
Board OF Trustees… · near

52
Nuvasive Specialized… · near

52
Rittal & KG · this assignee

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Rittal's Innovation Score is 52.4/100 (top 10% 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 Rittal?

Each dot is one of Rittal’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). Rittal’s own 10.4 claims/patent is at or below the 13.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Rittal's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Rittal GMBH & Co. KG received 52 grants versus 52 in 2015–2019 (+0% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 19 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 3. Lead class H02B accounts for 48.6% of the portfolio across 52 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Mr. Bar-B-Q Products LLC (#3,401) and Silgan Dispensing Systems Corporation (#3,409).

Rittal's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Rittal GMBH & Co. KG moved from 41 to 30 grants (0.73x 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 #2,045. See the growth leaderboard.

Mr Bar-b-q Produc…

109
Neuravi

109
Nucor

109
Progressive Inter…

109
Shanghai Institut…

109
Siemens Product L…

109
SIG Technology

109
Silgan Dispensing…

109
Rittal & KG ◀

109

What this shows Rittal holds 109 patents at rank #3,405, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Rittal

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,405 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H02B (Boards)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Rittal, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H02B (Boards), Rittal ranks #6 of 237 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. 52 Board OF Trustees OF THE University OF Illinois 52 National University Corporation Tokyo Medical and Dental University 52 Biofire Defense, LLC 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (10.4 here).

Safran Landing Systems 10.4 avg Sungwoo Hitech Co., Ltd. 10.4 avg IPS Group Inc. 10.4 avg THE Japan Steel Works, Ltd. 10.4 avg

Rittal's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 10% higher than 90% 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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Rittal GMBH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	2.8%
2016	9	8.3%
2017	7	6.4%
2018	14	12.8%
2019	19	17.4%
2020	14	12.8%
2021	8	7.3%
2022	10	9.2%
2023	7	6.4%
2024	13	11.9%
2025partial year	5	4.6%

Which technologies does Rittal GMBH & Co. KG patent most?

H02B - Boards, Substations OR Switching Arrangements FOR THE Supply OR Distribution OF Electric Power 53

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 38

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 9

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 9

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 8

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 7

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 6

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 6

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 5

E05C - Bolts OR Fastening Devices FOR Wings, Specially FOR Doors OR Windows 5

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 3

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

E05D - Hinges OR Suspension Devices FOR Doors, Windows OR Wings 3

Top 15 of 52 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

Rittal GMBH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Rittal GMBH & Co. KG's lead technology class is H02B (Boards, Substations OR Switching Arrangements FOR THE Supply OR Distribution OF Electric Power), 48.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H02B
Ranked #3,405 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Rittal GMBH & Co. KG against Mr. Bar-B-Q Products LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.4/100 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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