Where does Ruag Schweiz AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ruag Schweiz AG ranks #29,980 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 Ruag Schweiz AG hold?

Ruag Schweiz AG holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Ruag Schweiz AG's Innovation Score?

Ruag Schweiz AG has an Innovation Score of 34.5 out of 100 (48th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Ruag Schweiz AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ruag Schweiz AG's recent grant velocity is -71% 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 Ruag Schweiz AG's patents?

Ruag Schweiz AG's patents average 15.1 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 Ruag Schweiz AG 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

Ruag Schweiz AG

Q: What technology areas does Ruag Schweiz AG focus on?

Ruag Schweiz AG's top technology area is F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing) with 2 patents, ranking #657 of 2,095 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 16 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: F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ruag ranks #29,980 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 16 technology areas.

#29,980
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 48th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.5/100): 15.1
avg claims per patent: -71%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R29980 · Foreign Corporation #29,980 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #29,980/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Racbaki
CPC-FOCUS F16B · 16 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -71% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Racbaki, 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 Ruag’s 34.5 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 8.0 pts (23%) Velocity 3.3 pts (10%) Breadth 14.1 pts (41%) Claim depth 9.1 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ruag Schweiz · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ruag's Innovation Score is 34.5/100 (48th 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Ruag?

Each dot is one of Ruag’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). Ruag’s own 15.1 claims/patent is at or below the 16.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Ruag's grants concentrate

Ruag Schweiz AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 22.2% of grants classified under F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Ruag sits between Rote Mate Industry Co., Ltd. and Raed M. Ali, M.D., Inc..

Ruag's three-year grant acceleration

Ruag Schweiz AG shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Rote Mate Industry

9
Rpost Communicati…

9
RSR

9
RTX BBN

9
Ruhr-universitÄT…

9
Racbaki

9
Radom

9
Raed M Ali M D

9
Ruag Schweiz ◀

9

What this shows Ruag holds 9 patents at rank #29,899, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ruag

By rank, the assignees closest to #29,899 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements…)

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

Ruag's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 48th percentile higher than 48% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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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Ruag Schweiz AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	44.4%
2017	1	11.1%
2018	1	11.1%
2019	1	11.1%
2021	1	11.1%
2022	1	11.1%

Which technologies does Ruag Schweiz AG patent most?

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 2

H04B - Transmission 2

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 2

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 2

F41H - ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

B27C - Planing, Drilling, Milling, Turning OR Universal Machines FOR Wood OR Similar Material 1

B27M - Working OF Wood NOT Provided FOR IN Subclasses B27b - B27L; Manufacture OF Specific Wooden Articles 1

B27F - Dovetailed WORK; TENONS; Slotting Machines FOR Wood OR Similar MATERIAL; Nailing OR Stapling Machines 1

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 1

G10K - Sound-producing DEVICES; Methods OR Devices FOR Protecting Against, OR FOR Damping, Noise OR Other Acoustic Waves IN GENERAL; Acoustics NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 1

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 1

B64G - COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor 1

C12M - Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters 1

Top 15 of 16 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

Ruag Schweiz AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ruag Schweiz AG's lead technology class is F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing), 22.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16B
Ranked #29,980 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ruag Schweiz AG against Rote Mate Industry Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.5/100 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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