Where does Thomas & Betts International LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Thomas & Betts International LLC ranks #2,416 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 Thomas & Betts International LLC hold?

Thomas & Betts International LLC holds 162 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 52 technology areas.

What is Thomas & Betts International LLC's Innovation Score?

Thomas & Betts International LLC has an Innovation Score of 52.9 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Thomas & Betts International LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Thomas & Betts International LLC's recent grant velocity is -91% 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 Thomas & Betts International LLC's patents?

Thomas & Betts International LLC's patents average 17.1 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 Thomas & Betts International LLC 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

Thomas & Betts International LLC

Q: What technology areas does Thomas & Betts International LLC focus on?

Thomas & Betts International LLC's top technology area is H02G (Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines) with 72 patents, ranking #12 of 985 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 52 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 162 granted patents across 52 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: H02G (Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Thomas ranks #2,416 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 162 patents across 52 technology areas.

#2,416
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.9/100): 17.1
avg claims per patent: -91%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2416 · US Corporation #2,416 · 162 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 162 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,416/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Medipal Holdings
CPC-WIDE H02G · 52 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -91% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Medipal Holdings 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.

How Thomas’s 52.9 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 17.6 pts (33%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 25.0 pts (47%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Amotech · near

53
Asia Optical · near

53
Bostik · near

53
EBERSPÄCHER Climate… · near

53
Thomas & Betts… · this assignee

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Thomas's Innovation Score is 52.9/100 (top 10% 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 Thomas?

Each dot is one of Thomas’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). Thomas’s own 17.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Thomas's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Thomas & Betts International LLC received 13 grants versus 149 in 2015–2019 (-91% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 53 grants and bottomed in 2021 at 1. Lead class H02G accounts for 44.4% of the portfolio across 52 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Medipal Holdings Corporation (#2,412) and Equinix, Inc. (#2,420).

Medipal Holdings

162
Shiroki

162
Spin Master

162
Sambanova Systems

162
Thomas & Betts In… ◀

162
Aol

161
Astellas Pharma

161
Elenion

161
Equinix

161

What this shows Thomas holds 162 patents at rank #2,416, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Thomas

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,416 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H02G (Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Thomas, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H02G (Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines), Thomas ranks #12 of 985 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

Asia Optical Co., Inc. 53 Amotech Co., Ltd. 53 EBERSPÄCHER Climate Control Systems GMBH 53 Bostik, Inc. 53

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.1 here).

Materion Corporation 17.1 avg GE Avio S.R.L. 17.1 avg The Curators of the University of Missouri 17.1 avg Videojet Technologies Inc. 17.1 avg

Thomas's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 10% higher than 90% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Thomas & Betts International LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	53	32.7%
2016	29	17.9%
2017	33	20.4%
2018	19	11.7%
2019	15	9.3%
2020	12	7.4%
2021	1	0.6%

Which technologies does Thomas & Betts International LLC patent most?

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 72

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 46

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 41

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 18

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 16

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 15

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 15

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 12

H02B - Boards, Substations OR Switching Arrangements FOR THE Supply OR Distribution OF Electric Power 10

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 9

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 7

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 6

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 5

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 5

Top 15 of 52 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

Thomas & Betts International LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Thomas & Betts International LLC's lead technology class is H02G (Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines), 44.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H02G
Ranked #2,416 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Thomas & Betts International LLC against Medipal Holdings Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.9/100 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.

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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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