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CPC technology class · H02

H02G - Installation Of Electric Cables Or Lines

Installation of electric cables or lines, or of combined optical and electric cables or lines. 11,084 US utility patents granted 2015–2025, with the leading assignees and year-by-year grant trajectory.

11,084
US patents granted
#5/9
in H02
6.9%
H02 class share
+6%
5-yr velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Installation Of Electric Cables Or Lines ranks #160 of 670 CPC technology areas - 11,084 US patents granted since 2015, with recorded grant volume up 6% over five years.

#160
of 670 CPC technology areas
11,084
US patents granted, 2015–2025
Sumitomo Wiring Systems
leading assignee (798)
+6%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

How H02G's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, H02G recorded 4,757 grants versus 4,503 in 2015–2019 (+6% equal-window velocity). Across complete years, output peaked in 2019 at 1,121 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 676 (+66% peak-over-trough). Lead assignee Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. holds 7.2% of the class ; the top three share 16.0%.

Leaderboard read

H02G concentration, lead at 7.2%

Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. leads this historical grant record at 7.2% of H02G - foreign corporation assignees hold 60% of class grants (4,338 of 7,213). Figures describe granted US utility patents in this CPC subclass, not current investment or legal strength.

Leader's share
7.2%

798 of 11,084 grants

Top three share
16.0%

of the class's recorded grants

Lead over #2
204

more grants than Yazaki Corporation

Where H02G sits inside H02

Among 9 subclasses in H02 (GENERATION; Conversion OR Distribution OF Electric Power), H02G ranks #5 and holds 6.9% of the parent class's 161,326 recorded grants. Sibling chips below are the other subclasses in the same parent class, not the nationwide volume/lead-share peers further down.

H02J 49,883 H02M 33,952 H02K 26,848 H02P 16,031 H02H 10,591 H02S 6,483 H02N 3,799 H02B 2,655

Rising assignees active in H02G

Company-wide grant multiples (2022–2024 vs 2019–2021) among assignees with ≥5 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide; class patent counts are subclass-specific.

  1. #1 Meta Platforms, Inc. 376x 2 → 751 company-wide · 8 in H02G
  2. #2 Hitachi Energy Ltd 120x 0 → 120 company-wide · 11 in H02G
  3. #3 TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH 68x 4 → 271 company-wide · 28 in H02G
  4. #4 Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC 46x 0 → 46 company-wide · 9 in H02G
  5. #5 Hartin Electric Stiftung & Co. KG 25x 0 → 25 company-wide · 5 in H02G

H02G grants by year, peak 2019 (1,121)

US utility-patent grants per year in H02G, 2015–2025 - recent five years are up 6% versus 2015–2019.

6008001,0001,200 20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025 665

Who leads H02G?

The 12 most active assignees in Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines - wider bars mean more grants

patents

What this shows Sumitomo Wiring… is the most active filer in H02G, holding 798 of the 11,084 patents in this class. Concentration at the top signals how contestable this technology area is for new entrants.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025 grant years
View data table
Top patent holders in CPC subclass H02G
Rank Company Patents in H02G
#1 Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. 798
#2 Yazaki Corporation 594
#3 Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. 386
#4 Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd. 363
#5 Hubbell Incorporated 305
#6 Commscope Technologies LLC 212
#7 Eaton Intelligent Power Limited 119
#8 CommScope Connectivity Belgium Bvba 82
#9 Southwire Company, LLC 82
#10 Igus GMBH 79
#11 Panduit Corp. 75
#12 Nexans 72
#13 Thomas & Betts International LLC 72
#14 Arlington Industries, Inc. 62
#15 Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. 58
#16 TE Connectivity Co. Ltd. 56
#17 Federal-Mogul Powertrain LLC 56
#18 Lutron Technology Company LLC 54
#19 Cooper Technologies Company 54
#20 Hilti Aktiengesellschaft 52

Footprint here vs. claim strategy

Each dot is a leading H02G assignee, placed by how many patents it holds in this class (horizontal) against its company-wide average claims per patent (vertical) - a read on whether the class is led by broad-but-shallow filers or focused deep-claim players.

Top 14 H02G assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in H02G. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes). Scatter plot of 14 data points (bubble-sized by third dimension). 510152025 02004006008001000 Patents in H02G Avg claims / patent (company-wide) Sumitomo Wiring…YazakiSumitomo Electric…AutonetworksHubbell IncorporatedCommscopeEaton Intelligent…Commscope Connectivity…SouthwireIgusPanduitNexansThomas & Betts…Arlington Industries
Top 14 H02G assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in H02G. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes).

Classes near H02G's 11,084-grant footprint

Nationwide nearest neighbors for H02G (#160 of 670 by volume ; lead share 7.2%) - not the H02 parent-class siblings above.

Nearest by grant volume

G09F 11,061 C09J 11,139 F02B 11,001 B29D 11,216

Nearest by lead-assignee share

F01M 7.2% B22C 7.2% C10J 7.3% B61L 7.3%

Questions about H02G

Which company holds the most patents in H02G?
Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. leads H02G with 798 patents (7.2% of the subclass). By PatentsView assignee type, foreign corporations account for 60% of class grants.
Which H02G assignees grew fastest recently?
Among assignees with ≥5 grants in H02G, Meta Platforms, Inc. shows the highest company-wide grant multiple (376x: 2 grants in 2019–2021 → 751 in 2022–2024) while holding 8 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide, not class-only.
How does H02G compare inside parent class H02?
Inside H02 (GENERATION; Conversion OR Distribution OF Electric Power), H02G ranks #5 of 9 subclasses by grant volume and holds 6.9% of the parent class total. The largest sibling is H02J (49,883 grants).

What to do with this data

H02G in context - here's where to go next.

  • Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. leads H02G with 798 grants in this class. See full portfolio
  • H02G ranks #160 of 670 by grant volume among all tracked CPC technology areas. See the ranking
  • Inside parent class H02, the largest sibling subclass is H02J with 49,883 grants. Explore H02J

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through 2026-05-15; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Methodology - H02G figures are USPTO PatentsView granted-utility totals for this subclass (11,084 grants in the tracked window).

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