Where does Socomec rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Socomec ranks #10,762 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 Socomec hold?

Socomec holds 29 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is Socomec's Innovation Score?

Socomec has an Innovation Score of 41.4 out of 100 (top 33% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Socomec focus on?

Socomec's top technology area is H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices) with 10 patents, ranking #138 of 1,006 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

Is Socomec's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Socomec's recent grant velocity is +157% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Socomec's patents?

Socomec's patents average 15.6 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 Socomec 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

Socomec

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 29 granted patents across 20 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Socomec ranks #10,762 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 29 patents across 20 technology areas.

#10,762
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 33%
by Innovation Score (41.4/100): 15.6
avg claims per patent: +157%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10762 · Foreign Corporation #10,762 · 29 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 29 grants
UPPER-Q #10,762/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Short Brothers
CPC-FOCUS H01H · 20 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +157% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Short Brothers PLC (±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 Socomec’s 41.4 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 11.7 pts (28%) Velocity 4.4 pts (11%) Breadth 15.8 pts (38%) Claim depth 9.4 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Fisher & Incorporated · near

41
Headwater Partners II · near

41
Laboratoires… · near

41
Socomec · this assignee

41
ZixCorp Systems · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Socomec's Innovation Score is 41.4/100 (top 33% 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 Socomec?

Each dot is one of Socomec’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). Socomec’s own 15.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Socomec's grants concentrate

Socomec is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 34.5% of grants classified under H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Socomec sits between Short Brothers PLC and Stichting Katholieke Universiteit.

Socomec's three-year grant acceleration

Socomec shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Short Brothers

29
Sidel S P A CON S…

29
Silego Technology

29
Sistema Plastics

29
Software USA

29
SOS LAB

29
STC

29
Stichting Katholi…

29
Socomec ◀

29

What this shows Socomec holds 29 patents at rank #10,748, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Socomec

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,748 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01H (Electric Switches)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Socomec, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01H (Electric Switches), Socomec ranks #138 of 1,006 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

ZixCorp Systems, Inc. 41 Laboratoires Expanscience 41 Fisher & Company, Incorporated 41 Headwater Partners II LLC 41

Socomec's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 33% higher than 67% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

Socomec patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	5	17.2%
2019	2	6.9%
2020	6	20.7%
2021	4	13.8%
2022	1	3.4%
2023	3	10.3%
2024	4	13.8%
2025partial year	4	13.8%

Which technologies does Socomec patent most?

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 10

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 9

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 7

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 6

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 5

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 4

H02S - Generation OF Electric Power BY Conversion OF Infrared Radiation, Visible Light OR Ultraviolet Light, e.g. Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules 4

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 2

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 1

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 1

E21F - Safety Devices, Transport, Filling-up, Rescue, Ventilation, OR Draining IN OR OF Mines OR Tunnels 1

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 1

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 1

Top 15 of 20 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Socomec's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Socomec's lead technology class is H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices), 34.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01H
Ranked #10,762 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Socomec against Short Brothers PLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.4/100 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.