Where does Schneider Electric Automation GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Schneider Electric Automation GmbH ranks #20,373 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 Schneider Electric Automation GmbH hold?

Schneider Electric Automation GmbH holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Schneider Electric Automation GmbH's Innovation Score?

Schneider Electric Automation GmbH has an Innovation Score of 30.3 out of 100 (34th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Schneider Electric Automation GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Schneider Electric Automation GmbH's recent grant velocity is -73% 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 Schneider Electric Automation GmbH's patents?

Schneider Electric Automation GmbH's patents average 17.3 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 Schneider Electric Automation GmbH 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

Schneider Electric Automation GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Schneider Electric Automation GmbH focus on?

Schneider Electric Automation GmbH's top technology area is G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements) with 7 patents, ranking #618 of 3,455 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Schneider ranks #20,373 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 9 technology areas.

#20,373
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 34th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.3/100): 17.3
avg claims per patent: -73%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20373 · Foreign Corporation #20,373 · 14 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,373/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Saurer Intelligent…
CPC-NARROW G05B · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -73% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Saurer Intelligent Technology AG (±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 Schneider’s 30.3 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 9.4 pts (31%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.6 pts (35%) Claim depth 10.4 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Schneider Electric… · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Schneider's Innovation Score is 30.3/100 (34th 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 Schneider?

Each dot is one of Schneider’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). Schneider’s own 17.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Schneider's grants concentrate

Schneider Electric Automation GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Schneider sits between Saurer Intelligent Technology AG and Securboration, Inc..

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14

What this shows Schneider holds 14 patents at rank #20,424, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Schneider

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,424 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN General)

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

Schneider's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 34th percentile higher than 34% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Schneider Electric Automation GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	28.6%
2016	2	14.3%
2017	4	28.6%
2018	1	7.1%
2020	3	21.4%

Which technologies does Schneider Electric Automation GmbH patent most?

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 7

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 6

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 5

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

B67B - Applying Closure Members TO Bottles Jars, OR Similar CONTAINERS; Opening Closed Containers 1

H04J - Multiplex Communication 1

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 1

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Schneider Electric Automation GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Schneider Electric Automation GmbH's lead technology class is G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G05B
Ranked #20,373 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Schneider Electric Automation GmbH against Saurer Intelligent Technology AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.3/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.