Where does Samsonite IP Holdings S.a r.l. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Samsonite IP Holdings S.a r.l. ranks #2,667 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 Samsonite IP Holdings S.a r.l. hold?

Samsonite IP Holdings S.a r.l. holds 146 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is Samsonite IP Holdings S.a r.l.'s Innovation Score?

Samsonite IP Holdings S.a r.l. has an Innovation Score of 44.6 out of 100 (top 25% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Samsonite IP Holdings S.a r.l. focus on?

Samsonite IP Holdings S.a r.l.'s top technology area is A45C (PURSES; LUGGAGE; Hand Carried Bags) with 64 patents, ranking #2 of 494 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

Is Samsonite IP Holdings S.a r.l.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Samsonite IP Holdings S.a r.l.'s recent grant velocity is -46% 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 Samsonite IP Holdings S.a r.l.'s patents?

Samsonite IP Holdings S.a r.l.'s patents average 11.1 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 Samsonite IP Holdings S.a r.l. 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

Samsonite IP Holdings S.a r.l.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 146 granted patents across 24 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: A45C (PURSES; LUGGAGE; Hand Carried Bags).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Samsonite ranks #2,667 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 146 patents across 24 technology areas.

#2,667
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 25%
by Innovation Score (44.6/100): 11.1
avg claims per patent: -46%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2667 · Foreign Corporation #2,667 · 146 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 146 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,667/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Roquette Freres
CPC-FOCUS A45C · 24 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -46% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Roquette Freres (±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 Samsonite’s 44.6 Innovation Score adds up

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

Volume 17.2 pts (39%) Velocity 3.4 pts (8%) Breadth 17.3 pts (39%) Claim depth 6.7 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Avinger · near

45
Chia Tai Tianqing… · near

45
Educational Testing… · near

45
Samsonite IP… · this assignee

45
Telia AB · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Samsonite's Innovation Score is 44.6/100 (top 25% 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 Samsonite?

Each dot is one of Samsonite’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). Samsonite’s own 11.1 claims/patent is at or below the 12.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Samsonite's grants concentrate

Samsonite IP Holdings S.a r.l. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 43.8% of grants classified under A45C (PURSES; LUGGAGE; Hand Carried Bags). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (25 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2021. By volume, Samsonite sits between Roquette Freres and Analogic Corporation.

Samsonite's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Samsonite IP Holdings S.a r.l. moved from 45 to 23 grants (0.51x 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 #2,667. See the growth leaderboard.

Roquette Freres

146
Safran Transmissi…

146
Shenzhen Royole

146
Spin Memory

146
Sangamo Therapeut…

146
Scienbizip Consul…

146
Samsonite IP Hold… ◀

146
Abbott Point of C…

145
Analogic

145

What this shows Samsonite holds 146 patents at rank #2,669, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Samsonite

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,669 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A45C (Purses)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Samsonite, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A45C (Purses), Samsonite ranks #2 of 494 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd. 45 Educational Testing Service 45 Telia Company AB 45 Avinger, Inc. 45

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.1 here).

GlaxoSmithKline LLC 11.1 avg Nippon Steel Chemical & Material Co., Ltd. 11.1 avg Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd. 11.1 avg Virtual Hold Technology Solutions, LLC 11.1 avg

Samsonite's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 25% higher than 75% 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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Samsonite IP Holdings S.a r.l. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	16	11.0%
2016	25	17.1%
2017	13	8.9%
2018	12	8.2%
2019	21	14.4%
2020	21	14.4%
2021	3	2.1%
2022	6	4.1%
2023	6	4.1%
2024	11	7.5%
2025partial year	12	8.2%

Which technologies does Samsonite IP Holdings S.a r.l. patent most?

A45C - PURSES; LUGGAGE; Hand Carried Bags 64

H04M - Telephonic Communication 12

A45F - Travelling OR Camp EQUIPMENT: Sacks OR Packs Carried ON THE Body 10

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 8

H04B - Transmission 7

B60B - Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion 7

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 6

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

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 4

A44B - Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, OR THE Like 3

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 3

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 2

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 2

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 2

Top 15 of 24 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

Samsonite IP Holdings S.a r.l.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Samsonite IP Holdings S.a r.l.'s lead technology class is A45C (PURSES; LUGGAGE; Hand Carried Bags), 43.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A45C
Ranked #2,667 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Samsonite IP Holdings S.a r.l. against Roquette Freres, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.6/100 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

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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