Where does Switchlab Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Switchlab Inc. ranks #5,407 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 Switchlab Inc. hold?

Switchlab Inc. holds 64 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Switchlab Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Switchlab Inc. has an Innovation Score of 37.6 out of 100 (top 43% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Switchlab Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -59% 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 Switchlab Inc.'s patents?

Switchlab Inc.'s patents average 22.4 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 Switchlab 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 Foreign Corporation

Switchlab Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Switchlab Inc. focus on?

Switchlab Inc.'s top technology area is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors) with 37 patents, ranking #91 of 2,265 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 64 granted patents across 6 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: H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Switchlab ranks #5,407 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 64 patents across 6 technology areas.

#5,407
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 43%
by Innovation Score (37.6/100): 22.4
avg claims per patent: -59%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5407 · Foreign Corporation #5,407 · 64 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 64 grants
UPPER-Q #5,407/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Seagen
CPC-NARROW H01R · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -59% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Seagen Inc. (±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 Switchlab’s 37.6 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 14.4 pts (38%) Velocity 1.1 pts (3%) Breadth 8.7 pts (23%) Claim depth 13.4 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
BiTMICRO Networks · near

38
G T LINE—S R L · near

38
MAG Instrument · near

38
Switchlab · this assignee

38
Takeya USA · near

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Switchlab's Innovation Score is 37.6/100 (top 43% 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 Switchlab?

Each dot is one of Switchlab’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). Switchlab’s own 22.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Switchlab's grants concentrate

Switchlab Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 57.8% of grants classified under H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (13 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Switchlab sits between Seagen Inc. and The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services.

Switchlab's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Switchlab Inc. moved from 24 to 4 grants (0.17x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Seagen

64
Sensus Spectrum

64
Solo Brands

64
Supercell Oy

64
Taylor Made Group

64
Taegutec

64
The Hershey

64
The United States…

64
Switchlab ◀

64

What this shows Switchlab holds 64 patents at rank #5,406, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Switchlab

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,406 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01R (Electrically-conductive Connections)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Switchlab, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01R (Electrically-conductive Connections), Switchlab ranks #91 of 2,265 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (38 here).

MAG Instrument, Inc 38 G.T. LINE—S.R.L. 38 Takeya USA Corporation 38 BiTMICRO Networks, Inc. 38

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (22.4 here).

Purdue Pharmaceuticals L.P. 22.4 avg Marathon Petroleum Company LP 22.4 avg iBiquity Digital Corporation 22.4 avg Pelican Imaging Corporation 22.4 avg

Switchlab's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 43% higher than 57% 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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Switchlab Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	6.3%
2016	13	20.3%
2017	7	10.9%
2018	10	15.6%
2019	10	15.6%
2020	7	10.9%
2021	7	10.9%
2022	1	1.6%
2023	1	1.6%
2024	2	3.1%
2025partial year	2	3.1%

Which technologies does Switchlab Inc. patent most?

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

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 17

H02B - Boards, Substations OR Switching Arrangements FOR THE Supply OR Distribution OF Electric Power 2

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 1

G05G - Control Devices OR Systems Insofar AS Characterised BY Mechanical Features Only 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 6 of 6 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

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

Switchlab Inc.'s lead technology class is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors), 57.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01R
Ranked #5,407 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Switchlab Inc. against Seagen Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.6/100 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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