Where does Steelcase Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Steelcase Inc. ranks #720 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 Steelcase Inc. hold?

Steelcase Inc. holds 632 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 79 technology areas.

What is Steelcase Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Steelcase Inc. has an Innovation Score of 62.3 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Steelcase Inc. focus on?

Steelcase Inc.'s top technology area is A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds) with 142 patents, ranking #2 of 728 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 79 CPC subclasses total.

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

Steelcase Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -14% 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 Steelcase Inc.'s patents?

Steelcase Inc.'s patents average 16.7 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 Steelcase 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

Steelcase Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 632 granted patents across 79 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: A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Steelcase ranks #720 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 632 patents across 79 technology areas.

#720
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (62.3/100): 16.7
avg claims per patent: -14%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R720 · US Corporation #720 · 632 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 632 grants
TOP-DECILE #720/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Continental Teves &…
CPC-WIDE A47C · 79 areas
INNOV-STRONG 62.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -14% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG (±1 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 Steelcase’s 62.3 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 22.3 pts (36%) Velocity 5.0 pts (8%) Breadth 25.0 pts (40%) Claim depth 10.0 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Naver Labs · near

62
Steelcase · this assignee

62
Autel Intelligent… · near

62
Avago General IP… · near

62
Zephyros · near

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Steelcase's Innovation Score is 62.3/100 (top 2% 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 Steelcase?

Each dot is one of Steelcase’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). Steelcase’s own 16.7 claims/patent is at or below the 16.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Steelcase's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Steelcase Inc. received 281 grants versus 325 in 2015–2019 (-14% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2018 at 72 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 42. Lead class A47C accounts for 22.5% of the portfolio across 79 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Schlage Lock Company LLC (#716) and Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (#724).

Steelcase's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Steelcase Inc. moved from 202 to 150 grants (0.74x 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 #2,007. See the growth leaderboard.

Schlage Lock

637
Oath

635
Taylor Made Golf

635
The Regents of th…

634
Steelcase ◀

632
Continental Teves…

631
Covestro Deutschl…

631
Sikorsky Aircraft

631
Maxim Integrated…

630

What this shows Steelcase holds 632 patents at rank #720, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Steelcase

By rank, the assignees closest to #720 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47C (Chairs)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Steelcase, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A47C (Chairs), Steelcase ranks #2 of 728 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

Naver Labs Corporation 62 Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 62 Autel Intelligent Technology Corp., Ltd. 62 Zephyros, Inc. 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.7 here).

Freeescale Semiconductor, Inc. 16.7 avg Optum, Inc. 16.7 avg Go Daddy Operating Company, LLC 16.7 avg Acacia Communications, Inc. 16.7 avg

Steelcase's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

62 Top 2% higher than 98% 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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Steelcase Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	66	10.4%
2016	59	9.3%
2017	57	9.0%
2018	72	11.4%
2019	71	11.2%
2020	66	10.4%
2021	65	10.3%
2022	56	8.9%
2023	52	8.2%
2024	42	6.6%
2025partial year	26	4.1%

Which technologies does Steelcase Inc. patent most?

A47C - CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds 142

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 133

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 87

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 70

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 51

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 48

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 45

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 33

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 33

B68G - Methods, Equipment, OR Machines FOR USE IN UPHOLSTERING; Upholstery NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 32

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 30

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 25

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 17

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 16

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 16

Top 15 of 79 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

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

Steelcase Inc.'s lead technology class is A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds), 22.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47C
Ranked #720 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Steelcase Inc. against Schlage Lock Company LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 62.3/100 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

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