Where does Rolex SA rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Rolex SA ranks #2,449 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 Rolex SA hold?

Rolex SA holds 160 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 61 technology areas.

What is Rolex SA's Innovation Score?

Rolex SA has an Innovation Score of 65.5 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%).

Is Rolex SA's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Rolex SA's recent grant velocity is +4% 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 Rolex SA's patents?

Rolex SA's patents average 21.4 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 Rolex SA 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

Rolex SA

Q: What technology areas does Rolex SA focus on?

Rolex SA's top technology area is G04B (Mechanically-driven Clocks OR WATCHES; Mechanical Parts OF Clocks OR Watches IN GENERAL; Time Pieces Using THE Position OF THE SUN, Moon OR Stars) with 131 patents, ranking #5 of 92 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 61 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 160 granted patents across 61 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: G04B (Mechanically-driven Clocks OR WATCHES; Mechanical Parts OF Clocks OR Watches IN GENERAL; Time Pieces Using THE Position OF THE SUN, Moon OR Stars).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Rolex ranks #2,449 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 160 patents across 61 technology areas.

#2,449
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (65.5/100): 21.4
avg claims per patent: +4%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2449 · Foreign Corporation #2,449 · 160 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 160 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,449/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Monolithic Power…
CPC-WIDE G04B · 61 areas
INNOV-STRONG 65.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +4% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Monolithic Power Systems, 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 Rolex’s 65.5 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 17.6 pts (27%) Velocity 10.1 pts (15%) Breadth 25.0 pts (38%) Claim depth 12.9 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cypress Semiconductor · near

66
Futurewei · near

66
Yungu (Gu'an)… · near

66
Rolex · this assignee

66
Hefei BOE Display… · near

65
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Rolex's Innovation Score is 65.5/100 (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 Rolex?

Each dot is one of Rolex’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). Rolex’s own 21.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Rolex's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Rolex SA received 76 grants versus 73 in 2015–2019 (+4% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2016 at 30 grants and bottomed in 2018 at 5. Lead class G04B accounts for 81.9% of the portfolio across 61 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (#2,445) and Veoneer US LLC (#2,453).

Rolex's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Rolex SA moved from 39 to 59 grants (1.51x 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 #443. See the growth leaderboard.

Monolithic Power…

160
Ningbo Geely Auto…

160
Nuvoton Technolog…

160
Qomplx

160
Sybase

160
Trumpf Werkzeugma…

160
Valentino S p A

160
Veoneer US

160
Rolex ◀

160

What this shows Rolex holds 160 patents at rank #2,449, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Rolex

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,449 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G04B (Mechanically-driven Clocks OR Watches)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Rolex, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G04B (Mechanically-driven Clocks OR Watches), Rolex ranks #5 of 92 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (66 here).

Yungu (Gu'an) Technology Co., Ltd. 66 Hefei BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd. 65 Cypress Semiconductor Corporation 66 Futurewei Technologies, Inc. 66

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (21.4 here).

InvenSense, Inc. 21.4 avg STMicroelectronics International N.V. 21.4 avg Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. 21.4 avg Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP 21.4 avg

Rolex's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

66 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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Rolex SA patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	10	6.3%
2016	30	18.8%
2017	6	3.8%
2018	5	3.1%
2019	22	13.8%
2020	10	6.3%
2021	7	4.4%
2022	18	11.3%
2023	14	8.8%
2024	27	16.9%
2025partial year	11	6.9%

Which technologies does Rolex SA patent most?

G04B - Mechanically-driven Clocks OR WATCHES; Mechanical Parts OF Clocks OR Watches IN GENERAL; Time Pieces Using THE Position OF THE SUN, Moon OR Stars 131

A44C - Personal Adornments, e.g. JEWELLERY; Coins 24

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 19

G04D - Apparatus OR Tools Specially Designed FOR Making OR Maintaining Clocks OR Watches 18

G04F - Time-interval Measuring 11

B81C - Processes OR Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OR Treatment OF Microstructural Devices OR Systems 10

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 8

B81B - Microstructural Devices OR Systems, e.g. Micromechanical Devices 7

C22C - Alloys 7

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 7

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 6

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 4

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 4

C25D - Processes FOR THE Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Production OF COATINGS; ELECTROFORMING; Apparatus Therefor 4

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 4

Top 15 of 61 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

Rolex SA's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Rolex SA's lead technology class is G04B (Mechanically-driven Clocks OR WATCHES; Mechanical Parts OF Clocks OR Watches IN GENERAL; Time Pieces Using THE Position OF THE SUN, Moon OR Stars), 81.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G04B
Ranked #2,449 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Rolex SA against Monolithic Power Systems, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 65.5/100 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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