Where does TE Connectivity Germany GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), TE Connectivity Germany GmbH ranks #1,129 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 TE Connectivity Germany GmbH hold?

TE Connectivity Germany GmbH holds 375 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 81 technology areas.

What is TE Connectivity Germany GmbH's Innovation Score?

TE Connectivity Germany GmbH has an Innovation Score of 63.7 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%).

Is TE Connectivity Germany GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

TE Connectivity Germany GmbH's recent grant velocity is +52% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for TE Connectivity Germany GmbH's patents?

TE Connectivity Germany GmbH's patents average 17.6 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 TE Connectivity Germany GmbH 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

TE Connectivity Germany GmbH

Q: What technology areas does TE Connectivity Germany GmbH focus on?

TE Connectivity Germany GmbH'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 284 patents. Grants appear in 81 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 375 granted patents across 81 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, TE ranks #1,129 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 375 patents across 81 technology areas.

#1,129
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.7/100): 17.6
avg claims per patent: +52%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1129 · Foreign Corporation #1,129 · 375 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 375 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,129/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH JSR
CPC-WIDE H01R · 81 areas
INNOV-STRONG 63.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +52% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: JSR Corporation (±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
National Technology… · near

64
Rohde & Schwarz & KG · near

64
TE Connectivity… · this assignee

64
United Parcel… · near

64
Eastman Chemical · near

64
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows TE's Innovation Score is 63.7/100 (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.

How TE's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, TE Connectivity Germany GmbH received 213 grants versus 140 in 2015–2019 (+52% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 55 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 2. Lead class H01R accounts for 75.7% of the portfolio across 81 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Sakai Display Products Corporation (#1,125) and Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd. (#1,133).

TE's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, TE Connectivity Germany GmbH moved from 115 to 133 grants (1.16x 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 #856. See the growth leaderboard.

Sakai Display Pro…

377
Tyco

376
JSR

375
Mercedes-benz Gro…

375
TE Connectivity G… ◀

375
Anthura B V

374
Mako Surgical

374
10x Genomics

373
Huawei Digital Po…

373

What this shows TE holds 375 patents at rank #1,129, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near TE

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,129 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01R (Electrically-conductive Connections)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (64 here).

United Parcel Service OF America, Inc. 64 Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG 64 National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC 64 Eastman Chemical Company 64

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.6 here).

Delta Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. 17.6 avg The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body Corporate 17.6 avg Smith & Nephew, Inc. 17.6 avg GAF Energy LLC 17.6 avg

TE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

64 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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TE Connectivity Germany GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	0.5%
2016	31	8.3%
2017	40	10.7%
2018	32	8.5%
2019	35	9.3%
2020	39	10.4%
2021	41	10.9%
2022	38	10.1%
2023	40	10.7%
2024	55	14.7%
2025partial year	22	5.9%

Which technologies does TE Connectivity Germany GmbH patent most?

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 284

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 32

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 31

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 25

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 24

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 24

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 21

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 20

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 15

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 13

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 11

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 11

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 11

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 11

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 9

Top 15 of 81 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,129

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

63.7 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

TE Connectivity Germany GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

TE Connectivity Germany GmbH's lead technology class is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors), 75.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01R
Ranked #1,129 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare TE Connectivity Germany GmbH against Sakai Display Products Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 63.7/100 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

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