Where does Snap-on Incorporated rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Snap-on Incorporated ranks #950 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 Snap-on Incorporated hold?

Snap-on Incorporated holds 465 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 124 technology areas.

What is Snap-on Incorporated's Innovation Score?

Snap-on Incorporated has an Innovation Score of 65.2 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 Snap-on Incorporated's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Snap-on Incorporated's recent grant velocity is +77% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Snap-on Incorporated's patents?

Snap-on Incorporated's patents average 17.4 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 Snap-on Incorporated 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

Snap-on Incorporated

Q: What technology areas does Snap-on Incorporated focus on?

Snap-on Incorporated's top technology area is G07C (Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere) with 129 patents. Grants appear in 124 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 465 granted patents across 124 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: G07C (Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FO).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Snap-on ranks #950 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 465 patents across 124 technology areas.

#950
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (65.2/100): 17.4
avg claims per patent: +77%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R950 · US Corporation #950 · 465 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 465 grants
TOP-DECILE #950/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Syngenta Crop…
CPC-WIDE G07C · 124 areas
INNOV-STRONG 65.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +77% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Syngenta Crop Protection 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Jiangsu University · near

65
Snap-on Incorporated · this assignee

65
University of Idaho · near

65
Shure Acquisition… · near

65
Motorola Solutions · near

65
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Snap-on's Innovation Score is 65.2/100 (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 Snap-on's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Snap-on Incorporated received 278 grants versus 157 in 2015–2019 (+77% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2023 at 66 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 20. Lead class G07C accounts for 27.7% of the portfolio across 124 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd. (#946) and Netflix, Inc. (#954).

Snap-on's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Snap-on Incorporated moved from 143 to 182 grants (1.27x 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 #679. See the growth leaderboard.

Ramot at Tel-aviv…

468
Ibiden

467
Phison

466
Siemens Healthine…

466
Syngenta Crop Pro…

465
Snap-on Incorpora… ◀

465
National Universi…

464
Rohm and Haas Mat…

464
Netflix

463

What this shows Snap-on holds 465 patents at rank #950, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Snap-on

By rank, the assignees closest to #950 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G07C (Time OR Attendance Registers)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Snap-on's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (65 here).

Jiangsu University 65 University of Idaho 65 Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc. 65 Motorola Solutions, Inc. 65

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.4 here).

Triad National Security, LLC 17.4 avg ABB Research Ltd. 17.4 avg Newracom, Inc. 17.4 avg Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 17.4 avg

Snap-on'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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Snap-on Incorporated patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	24	5.2%
2016	20	4.3%
2017	32	6.9%
2018	34	7.3%
2019	47	10.1%
2020	56	12.0%
2021	40	8.6%
2022	56	12.0%
2023	66	14.2%
2024	60	12.9%
2025partial year	30	6.5%

Which technologies does Snap-on Incorporated patent most?

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 129

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 120

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 112

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 105

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 40

B25H - Workshop Equipment, e.g. FOR Marking-out WORK; Storage Means FOR Workshops 38

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 37

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 33

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 30

B25F - Combination OR Multi-purpose Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Details OR Components OF Portable Power-driven Tools NOT Particularly Related TO THE Operations Performed AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 30

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 26

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 23

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 19

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 18

B60S - Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 12

Top 15 of 124 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#950

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

65.2 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

Snap-on Incorporated's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Snap-on Incorporated's lead technology class is G07C (Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FO), 27.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G07C
Ranked #950 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Snap-on Incorporated against Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 65.2/100 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.