Where does Volex PLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Volex PLC ranks #33,847 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 Volex PLC hold?

Volex PLC holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Volex PLC's Innovation Score?

Volex PLC has an Innovation Score of 27.1 out of 100 (22nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Volex PLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Volex PLC'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 Volex PLC's patents?

Volex PLC's patents average 18.0 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 Volex PLC 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

Volex PLC

Q: What technology areas does Volex PLC focus on?

Volex PLC'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 6 patents. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 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, Volex ranks #33,847 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 6 technology areas.

#33,847
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 22nd percentile
by Innovation Score (27.1/100): 18.0
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R33847 · Foreign Corporation #33,847 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #33,847/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Voalte
CPC-NARROW H01R · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Voalte, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Aspin Kemp &… · near

27
Jack Walters & Sons · near

27
Prothera Biologics · near

27
Volex · this assignee

27
University of Plymouth · near

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Volex's Innovation Score is 27.1/100 (22nd percentile 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.

Where Volex's grants concentrate

Volex PLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 75% 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 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Volex sits between Voalte, Inc. and Vutility, Inc..

Voalte

8
Vocalink Internat…

8
Vodafone Group Se…

8
Voestalpine Preci…

8
Volmary

8
Volpe and Koenig…

8
Volution Immuno P…

8
Vutility

8
Volex ◀

8

What this shows Volex holds 8 patents at rank #33,837, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Volex

By rank, the assignees closest to #33,837 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01R (Electrically-conductive Connections)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (27 here).

Prothera Biologics, Inc. 27 Jack Walters & Sons, Corp. 27 Aspin Kemp & Associates Holding Corp. 27 University of Plymouth 27

Volex's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 22nd percentile higher than 22% 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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Volex PLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	37.5%
2016	1	12.5%
2018	2	25.0%
2019	1	12.5%
2025partial year	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Volex PLC patent most?

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 6

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 2

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 1

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

H04B - Transmission 1

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 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#33,847

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

27.1 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

Volex PLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Volex PLC'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% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01R
Ranked #33,847 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Volex PLC against Voalte, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.1/100 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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