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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Rockwell Collins, Inc. ranks #253 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 Collins, Inc. hold?

Rockwell Collins, Inc. holds 1,679 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 192 technology areas.

What is Rockwell Collins, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Rockwell Collins, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 66.5 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%).

What technology areas does Rockwell Collins, Inc. focus on?

Rockwell Collins, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 342 patents, ranking #200 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 192 CPC subclasses total.

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

Rockwell Collins, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +8% 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 Rockwell Collins, Inc.'s patents?

Rockwell Collins, Inc.'s patents average 16.3 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 Collins, 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 Collins, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,679 granted patents across 192 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Rockwell ranks #253 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,679 patents across 192 technology areas.

#253
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (66.5/100): 16.3
avg claims per patent: +8%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R253 · US Corporation #253 · 1,679 grants

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

GRANTS-LARGE 1.7K grants
TOP-DECILE #253/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Intuit
CPC-WIDE G06F · 192 areas
INNOV-STRONG 66.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +8% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Intuit Inc. (±5 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 66.5 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 25.7 pts (39%) Velocity 6.1 pts (9%) Breadth 25.0 pts (38%) Claim depth 9.8 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Lodestar Licensing… · near

67
Rockwell Collins · this assignee

67
Tmeic · near

67
Sanofi · near

67
Sony OF America · near

67
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Rockwell's Innovation Score is 66.5/100 (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 16.3 claims/patent is at or below the 16.9 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.

How Rockwell's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Rockwell Collins, Inc. received 827 grants versus 766 in 2015–2019 (+8% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2022 at 196 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 130. Lead class G06F accounts for 20.4% of the portfolio across 192 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (#249) and Pure Storage, Inc. (#257).

Rockwell's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Rockwell Collins, Inc. moved from 510 to 469 grants (0.92x 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 #1,410. See the growth leaderboard.

Kawasaki Jukogyo

1,705
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

What this shows Rockwell holds 1,679 patents at rank #253, 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 #253 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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 G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Rockwell ranks #200 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (67 here).

Tmeic Corporation 67 Sanofi 67 Sony Corporation OF America 67 Lodestar Licensing Group LLC 67

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.3 here).

Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH 16.3 avg Lite-on Opto Technology (CHANGZHOU) Co., Ltd. 16.3 avg Julius-Maximilians-Universitat Wurzburg 16.3 avg Alcatel Lucent 16.3 avg

Rockwell's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

67 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 Collins, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	149	8.9%
2016	137	8.2%
2017	179	10.7%
2018	149	8.9%
2019	152	9.1%
2020	168	10.0%
2021	190	11.3%
2022	196	11.7%
2023	143	8.5%
2024	130	7.7%
2025partial year	86	5.1%

Which technologies does Rockwell Collins, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 342

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 332

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 274

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 238

H04B - Transmission 229

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 195

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 186

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 180

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 157

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 153

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 141

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 91

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 87

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 85

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 84

Top 15 of 192 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 Collins, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Rockwell Collins, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 20.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #253 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Rockwell Collins, Inc. against Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 66.5/100 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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