Where does Swatch Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Swatch Ltd. ranks #7,782 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 Swatch Ltd. hold?

Swatch Ltd. holds 42 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Swatch Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Swatch Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 36.2 out of 100 (top 47% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Swatch Ltd. focus on?

Swatch Ltd.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 4 patents, ranking #7,209 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is Swatch Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Swatch Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -81% 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 Swatch Ltd.'s patents?

Swatch Ltd.'s patents average 2.7 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 Swatch Ltd. 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

Swatch Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 42 granted patents across 14 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Swatch ranks #7,782 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 42 patents across 14 technology areas.

#7,782
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 47%
by Innovation Score (36.2/100): 2.7
avg claims per patent: -81%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7782 · Foreign Corporation #7,782 · 42 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 42 grants
UPPER-Q #7,782/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sensia
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.2/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 2.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -81% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sensia LLC (±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 Swatch’s 36.2 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 13.0 pts (36%) Velocity 8.3 pts (23%) Breadth 13.2 pts (37%) Claim depth 1.6 pts (4%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hiwin Mikrosystem · near

36
Express Scripts · near

36
Swatch · this assignee

36
Cardioxyl Pharmaceut… · near

36
I C Medical · near

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Swatch's Innovation Score is 36.2/100 (top 47% 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 Swatch?

Each dot is one of Swatch’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). Swatch’s own 2.7 claims/patent is at or below the 11.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Swatch's grants concentrate

Swatch Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 9.5% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (10 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Swatch sits between Sensia LLC and Tudor Watch U.S.A., LLC.

Swatch's three-year grant acceleration

Swatch Ltd. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Sensia

42
Senvion

42
Shenzhen Mindray…

42
Sugarcrm

42
Tanita

42
Tovis

42
Trinity Rail Group

42
Tudor Watch U

42
Swatch ◀

42

What this shows Swatch holds 42 patents at rank #7,781, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Swatch

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,781 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Swatch, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Swatch ranks #7,209 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (36 here).

Express Scripts, Inc. 36 I.C. Medical, Inc. 36 Hiwin Mikrosystem Corp. 36 Cardioxyl Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 36

Swatch's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 47% higher than 53% 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.

View data table

Swatch Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	10	23.8%
2016	6	14.3%
2017	9	21.4%
2018	3	7.1%
2019	3	7.1%
2020	1	2.4%
2024	5	11.9%
2025partial year	5	11.9%

Which technologies does Swatch Ltd. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 1

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 1

G02C - SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 1

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 1

H04B - Transmission 1

A44C - Personal Adornments, e.g. JEWELLERY; Coins 1

G04B - Mechanically-driven Clocks OR WATCHES; Mechanical Parts OF Clocks OR Watches IN GENERAL; Time Pieces Using THE Position OF THE SUN, Moon OR Stars 1

Top 14 of 14 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Swatch Ltd.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 9.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #7,782 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Swatch Ltd. against Sensia LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.2/100 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.