Where does Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. ranks #254 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 Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. hold?

Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. holds 1,672 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 141 technology areas.

What is Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 70.1 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -3% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.'s patents?

Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.'s patents average 18.6 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 Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. 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

Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. focus on?

Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.'s top technology area is G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements) with 837 patents, ranking #3 of 3,455 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 141 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,672 granted patents across 141 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: 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 #254 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,672 patents across 141 technology areas.

#254
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (70.1/100): 18.6
avg claims per patent: -3%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R254 · US Corporation #254 · 1,672 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · NEAR-PEER · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 1.7K grants
TOP-DECILE #254/49,997
NEAR-PEER THE Regents OF THE…
CPC-WIDE G05B · 141 areas
INNOV-STRONG 70.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -3% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: THE Regents OF THE University OF Michigan (±6 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 70.1 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 25.6 pts (37%) Velocity 8.3 pts (12%) Breadth 25.0 pts (36%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Honda Motor · near

70
Mitsubishi Electric · near

70
Deere & · near

70
Rockwell Automation · this assignee

70
Samsara · near

70
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Rockwell's Innovation Score is 70.1/100 (top 1% 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 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 18.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Rockwell's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. received 777 grants versus 799 in 2015–2019 (-3% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2017 at 185 grants and bottomed in 2021 at 124. Lead class G05B accounts for 50.1% of the portfolio across 141 subclasses. Volume neighbours: GoPro, Inc. (#250) and Infineon Technologies Austria AG (#258).

Rockwell's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. moved from 407 to 506 grants (1.24x 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 #717. See the growth leaderboard.

Gopro

1,698
Purdue Research F…

1,690
Intuit

1,684
Rockwell Collins

1,679
Rockwell Automati… ◀

1,672
THE Regents OF TH…

1,666
Wisconsin Alumni…

1,659
Pure Storage

1,652
Infineon Austria

1,650

What this shows Rockwell holds 1,672 patents at rank #254, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Rockwell

By rank, the assignees closest to #254 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.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Rockwell, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN General), Rockwell ranks #3 of 3,455 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (70 here).

Deere & Company 70 Samsara Inc. 70 Honda Motor Co., Ltd. 70 Mitsubishi Electric Corporation 70

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.6 here).

Mueller International, LLC 18.6 avg Katalyst Surgical, LLC 18.6 avg Early Warning Services, LLC 18.6 avg Hubei Yangtze Industrial Innovation Center Of Advanced Display Co., Ltd. 18.6 avg

Rockwell's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

70 Top 1% higher than 99% 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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Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	166	9.9%
2016	146	8.7%
2017	185	11.1%
2018	166	9.9%
2019	136	8.1%
2020	147	8.8%
2021	124	7.4%
2022	168	10.0%
2023	179	10.7%
2024	159	9.5%
2025partial year	96	5.7%

Which technologies does Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. patent most?

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 837

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 568

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 307

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 267

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 210

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 177

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 156

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 111

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 98

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 95

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 89

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 70

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 67

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 62

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 60

Top 15 of 141 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

Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.'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), 50.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G05B
Ranked #254 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. against GoPro, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 70.1/100 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

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