Where does Samtec, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Samtec, Inc. ranks #2,186 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 Samtec, Inc. hold?

Samtec, Inc. holds 180 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is Samtec, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Samtec, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 54.0 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Samtec, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +118% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Samtec, Inc.'s patents?

Samtec, Inc.'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 Samtec, 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

Samtec, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Samtec, Inc. focus on?

Samtec, Inc.'s top technology area is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors) with 67 patents, ranking #53 of 2,265 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 180 granted patents across 19 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: H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Samtec ranks #2,186 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 180 patents across 19 technology areas.

#2,186
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.0/100): 15.1
avg claims per patent: +118%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2186 · US Corporation #2,186 · 180 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 180 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,186/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH GIESECKE+DEVRIENT…
CPC-FOCUS H01R · 19 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +118% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Currency Technology GMBH (±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 Samtec’s 54.0 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 18.0 pts (33%) Velocity 11.5 pts (21%) Breadth 15.4 pts (29%) Claim depth 9.1 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Flex · near

54
Industry-academic… · near

54
Q E D Environmental… · near

54
Samtec · this assignee

54
Shanxi University · near

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Samtec's Innovation Score is 54.0/100 (top 8% 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 Samtec?

Each dot is one of Samtec’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). Samtec’s own 15.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Samtec's grants concentrate

Samtec, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 37.2% of grants classified under H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (33 grants) versus a trough of 6 in 2016. By volume, Samtec sits between GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Currency Technology GMBH and Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc..

Samtec's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Samtec, Inc. moved from 44 to 76 grants (1.73x 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 #303. See the growth leaderboard.

Giesecke+Devrient…

180
Maplebear

180
Nipro

180
Olympus Medical S…

180
Stmicroelectronic…

180
Sumitomo Seika Ch…

180
Samtec ◀

180
Ansaldo Energia S…

179
Alcatel-lucent USA

179

What this shows Samtec holds 180 patents at rank #2,186, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Samtec

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,186 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01R (Electrically-conductive Connections)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Samtec, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01R (Electrically-conductive Connections), Samtec ranks #53 of 2,265 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (54 here).

Shanxi University 54 Q.E.D. Environmental Systems, Inc. 54 Flex Ltd. 54 Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation Gyeongsang National University 54

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.1 here).

Technip France 15.1 avg Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo 15.1 avg Academia Sinica 15.1 avg Rohr, Inc. 15.1 avg

Samtec's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 8% higher than 92% 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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Samtec, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	15	8.3%
2016	6	3.3%
2017	11	6.1%
2018	10	5.6%
2019	9	5.0%
2020	15	8.3%
2021	20	11.1%
2022	33	18.3%
2023	21	11.7%
2024	22	12.2%
2025partial year	18	10.0%

Which technologies does Samtec, Inc. patent most?

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 67

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 46

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 30

H04B - Transmission 20

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 18

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 7

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 5

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 5

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 4

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 4

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 3

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 3

C03C - Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other Materials 2

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 1

Top 15 of 19 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

Samtec, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Samtec, Inc.'s lead technology class is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors), 37.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01R
Ranked #2,186 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Samtec, Inc. against GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Currency Technology GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.0/100 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.

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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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