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Rockwell Automation Germany GmbH & Co. KG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Rockwell ranks #21,702 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 4 technology areas.

#21,702
of 49,997 US assignees by volume
35th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.6/100)
18.4
avg claims per patent
-70%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21702 · Foreign Corporation #21,702 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

  • GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
  • MID-PACK #21,702/49,997
  • PHOTO-FINISH Richards Mfg
  • CPC-NARROW G05B · 4 areas
  • INNOV-THIN 30.6/100
  • CLAIMS-RICH 18.4 claims/avg
  • TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
  • VEL-DROP -70% vel
  • BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Richards Mfg. Co. (±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 Rockwell’s 30.6 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Innovation-score neighbourhood around Rockwell

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows Rockwell's Innovation Score is 30.6/100 (35th percentile 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.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Rockwell?

Each dot is one of Rockwell’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). Rockwell’s own 18.4 claims/patent is at or below the 18.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

Rockwell vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Granted patents (volume) (X) and Avg claims / patent (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Volume + depthSelective & thoroughVolume over depthLean filer 12.912.91313.1 10152025 Granted patents (volume) Avg claims / patent Richards Mfg. Co. - 13, 23.54Richards MfgRobArt GmbH - 13, 21.69RobartRoboDiagnostics LLC - 13, 19.46RobodiagnosticsRobroy Industries—Texas, LLC - 13, 11.62Robroy Industries…Rogers Communications Inc. - 13, 19.46Rogers Communicat…Roke Manor Research Limited - 13, 17.08Roke Manor Resear…Rotoliptic Technologies Incorporated - 13, 18.77Rotoliptic Incorp…RowBot Systems LLC - 13, 18.92Rowbot SystemsRockwell Automation Germany GmbH & Co. KG - 13, 18.38Rockwell Automati…
Rockwell vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Rockwell's grants concentrate

Rockwell Automation Germany GmbH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 92.3% of grants classified under G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Rockwell sits between Richards Mfg. Co. and RowBot Systems LLC.

Rockwell's three-year grant acceleration

Rockwell Automation Germany GmbH & Co. KG shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Who files at Rockwell's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows Rockwell holds 13 patents at rank #21,704, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near Rockwell

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,704 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN General)

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

Rockwell's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 35th percentile higher than 35% of 49,997 US assignees

This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Rockwell Automation Germany GmbH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2015 1 7.7%
2016 1 7.7%
2017 1 7.7%
2018 4 30.8%
2019 3 23.1%
2021 1 7.7%
2022 2 15.4%

Which technologies does Rockwell Automation Germany GmbH & Co. KG patent most?

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Rockwell Automation Germany GmbH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

  • Rockwell Automation Germany GmbH & Co. KG's lead technology class is G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements), 92.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G05B
  • Ranked #21,702 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
  • Compare Rockwell Automation Germany GmbH & Co. KG against Richards Mfg. Co., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
  • Innovation Score of 30.6/100 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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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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.