Where does Textron Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Textron Inc. ranks #6,961 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 Textron Inc. hold?

Textron Inc. holds 48 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 29 technology areas.

What is Textron Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Textron Inc. has an Innovation Score of 46.1 out of 100 (top 22% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Textron Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +39% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Textron Inc.'s patents?

Textron Inc.'s patents average 13.9 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 Textron 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

Textron Inc.

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

Textron Inc.'s top technology area is B60K (Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply ) with 17 patents, ranking #197 of 1,448 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 29 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 48 granted patents across 29 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: B60K (Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashb).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Textron ranks #6,961 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 48 patents across 29 technology areas.

#6,961
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 22%
by Innovation Score (46.1/100): 13.9
avg claims per patent: +39%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6961 · US Corporation #6,961 · 48 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 48 grants
UPPER-Q #6,961/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sonus Networks
CPC-FOCUS B60K · 29 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +39% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sonus Networks, 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 Textron’s 46.1 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 13.4 pts (29%) Velocity 5.2 pts (11%) Breadth 19.0 pts (41%) Claim depth 8.4 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ambrx · near

46
J SCHMALZ · near

46
Kba-notasys · near

46
StubHub · near

46
Textron · this assignee

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Textron's Innovation Score is 46.1/100 (top 22% 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 Textron?

Each dot is one of Textron’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). Textron’s own 13.9 claims/patent is at or below the 14.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Textron's grants concentrate

Textron Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 29 CPC subclasses with 35.4% of grants classified under B60K (Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashb). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Textron sits between Sonus Networks, Inc. and Tusker Medical, Inc..

Textron's three-year grant acceleration

Textron Inc. shows 11 grants in 2022–2024 against only 14 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.

Sonus Networks

48
Sunmodo

48
Temper Axle Produ…

48
Terex USA

48
The John Hopkins…

48
Toyota Motor

48
Trico Products

48
Tusker Medical

48
Textron ◀

48

What this shows Textron holds 48 patents at rank #6,960, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Textron

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,960 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60K (Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmi…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Textron, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B60K (Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmi…), Textron ranks #197 of 1,448 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

StubHub, Inc. 46 J.SCHMALZ GMBH 46 Ambrx, Inc. 46 Kba-notasys SA 46

Textron's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 22% higher than 78% 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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Textron Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	12.5%
2016	6	12.5%
2017	5	10.4%
2018	1	2.1%
2020	7	14.6%
2021	7	14.6%
2022	2	4.2%
2023	4	8.3%
2024	5	10.4%
2025partial year	5	10.4%

Which technologies does Textron Inc. patent most?

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 17

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 13

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 10

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 9

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 9

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 6

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 5

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 5

F16H - Gearing 5

A01B - Soil Working IN Agriculture OR FORESTRY; Parts, Details, OR Accessories OF Agricultural Machines OR Implements, IN General 4

A01D - HARVESTING; Mowing 4

F02D - Controlling Combustion Engines 4

B60B - Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion 3

F02N - Starting OF Combustion ENGINES; Starting Aids FOR Such Engines, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 2

Top 15 of 29 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

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

Textron Inc.'s lead technology class is B60K (Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashb), 35.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60K
Ranked #6,961 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Textron Inc. against Sonus Networks, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.1/100 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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