Where does Tyco Electronics Co., Ltd rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Tyco Electronics Co., Ltd ranks #1,126 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 Tyco Electronics Co., Ltd hold?

Tyco Electronics Co., Ltd holds 376 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 85 technology areas.

What is Tyco Electronics Co., Ltd's Innovation Score?

Tyco Electronics Co., Ltd has an Innovation Score of 56.6 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Tyco Electronics Co., Ltd's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Tyco Electronics Co., Ltd's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Tyco Electronics Co., Ltd's patents?

Tyco Electronics Co., Ltd's patents average 18.5 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 Tyco Electronics Co., 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

Tyco Electronics Co., Ltd

Q: What technology areas does Tyco Electronics Co., Ltd focus on?

Tyco Electronics Co., Ltd'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 245 patents. Grants appear in 85 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 376 granted patents across 85 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, Tyco ranks #1,126 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 376 patents across 85 technology areas.

#1,126
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.6/100): 18.5
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1126 · Foreign Corporation #1,126 · 376 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 376 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,126/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Airbus (S )
CPC-WIDE H01R · 85 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Airbus (S.A.S.) (±1 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
Grabango · near

57
Kulicke and Soffa… · near

57
Tyco · this assignee

57
Uacj · near

57
Converse · near

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Tyco's Innovation Score is 56.6/100 (top 6% 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 Tyco's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Tyco Electronics Co., Ltd received 1 grants versus 374 in 2015–2019 (-100% equal-window velocity, bottom decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2016 at 178 grants and bottomed in 2019 at 1. Lead class H01R accounts for 65.2% of the portfolio across 85 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Airbus (S.A.S.) (#1,122) and Anthura B.V. (#1,130).

Airbus (S )

377
Chiun Mai Communi…

377
Drexel University

377
Sakai Display Pro…

377
Tyco ◀

376
JSR

375
Mercedes-benz Gro…

375
TE Connectivity G…

375
Anthura B V

374

What this shows Tyco holds 376 patents at rank #1,126, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Tyco

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,126 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01R (Electrically-conductive Connections)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

Uacj Corporation 57 Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. 57 Grabango Co. 57 Converse Inc. 57

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.5 here).

KPN Innovations LLC 18.5 avg Baylor University 18.5 avg The Western Union Company 18.5 avg Zimmer Biomet Spine, Inc. 18.5 avg

Tyco's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 6% higher than 94% 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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Tyco Electronics Co., Ltd patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	163	43.4%
2016	178	47.3%
2017	32	8.5%
2019	1	0.3%
2020	1	0.3%
2025partial year	1	0.3%

Which technologies does Tyco Electronics Co., Ltd patent most?

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 245

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 59

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 46

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 46

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 22

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 17

H04Q - Selecting 11

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 11

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 10

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 8

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

H04B - Transmission 6

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 5

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 5

Top 15 of 85 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,126

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

56.6 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

Tyco Electronics Co., Ltd's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Tyco Electronics Co., Ltd's lead technology class is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors), 65.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01R
Ranked #1,126 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Tyco Electronics Co., Ltd against Airbus (S.A.S.), an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.6/100 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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