Where does Schneider Electric USA, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Schneider Electric USA, Inc. ranks #982 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 USA, Inc. hold?

Schneider Electric USA, Inc. holds 448 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 85 technology areas.

What is Schneider Electric USA, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Schneider Electric USA, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 65.0 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 Schneider Electric USA, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Schneider Electric USA, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -2% 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 USA, Inc.'s patents?

Schneider Electric USA, Inc.'s patents average 17.8 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 USA, 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

Schneider Electric USA, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Schneider Electric USA, Inc. focus on?

Schneider Electric USA, Inc.'s top technology area is G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables) with 115 patents. Grants appear in 85 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 448 granted patents across 85 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: G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Schneider ranks #982 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 448 patents across 85 technology areas.

#982
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (65.0/100): 17.8
avg claims per patent: -2%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R982 · US Corporation #982 · 448 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 448 grants
TOP-DECILE #982/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Richtek Technology
CPC-WIDE G01R · 85 areas
INNOV-STRONG 65.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -2% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Richtek Technology Corporation (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Baxter International · near

65
Lumileds · near

65
Ocado Innovation · near

65
Mazor Robotics · near

65
Schneider Electric USA · this assignee

65
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Schneider's Innovation Score is 65.0/100 (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.

How Schneider's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Schneider Electric USA, Inc. received 201 grants versus 206 in 2015–2019 (-2% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2017 at 52 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 29. Lead class G01R accounts for 25.7% of the portfolio across 85 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Hologic, Inc. (#978) and Ecole Polytechnique Federale DE Lausanne (EPFL) (#986).

Schneider's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Schneider Electric USA, Inc. moved from 107 to 133 grants (1.24x 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 #718. See the growth leaderboard.

Hologic

449
Rosemount Aerospa…

449
THE Coca-cola

449
Richtek Technology

448
Wacker Chemie

448
Yanmar Holdings

448
Schneider Electri… ◀

448
Universal City St…

447
Ecole Polytechniq…

446

What this shows Schneider holds 448 patents at rank #982, 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 #982 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01R (Measuring Electric Variables)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Schneider, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (65 here).

Mazor Robotics Ltd. 65 Baxter International Inc. 65 Lumileds LLC 65 Ocado Innovation Limited 65

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.8 here).

Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. 17.8 avg Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation 17.8 avg Rotation Medical, Inc. 17.8 avg NHN Corporation 17.8 avg

Schneider's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

65 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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Schneider Electric USA, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	29	6.5%
2016	40	8.9%
2017	52	11.6%
2018	46	10.3%
2019	39	8.7%
2020	36	8.0%
2021	32	7.1%
2022	39	8.7%
2023	46	10.3%
2024	48	10.7%
2025partial year	41	9.2%

Which technologies does Schneider Electric USA, Inc. patent most?

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 115

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 104

H02B - Boards, Substations OR Switching Arrangements FOR THE Supply OR Distribution OF Electric Power 81

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 69

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 69

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 68

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 57

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 49

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 46

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 39

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 37

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 30

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 30

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 23

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 20

Top 15 of 85 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#982

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

65.0 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Schneider Electric USA, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Schneider Electric USA, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables), 25.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01R
Ranked #982 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Schneider Electric USA, Inc. against Hologic, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 65.0/100 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.

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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