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CPC technology class · H05

H05C - Electric Circuits Or Apparatus Specially Designed For Use…

Electric circuits or apparatus specially designed for use in equipment for killing, stunning, or guiding living beings. 59 US utility patents granted 2015–2025, with the leading assignees and year-by-year grant trajectory.

59
US patents granted
#6/6
in H05
0.1%
H05 class share
-19%
5-yr velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Electric Circuits Or Apparatus Specially Designed For Use… ranks #637 of 670 CPC technology areas - 59 US patents granted since 2015, with recorded grant volume down 19% over five years.

#637
of 670 CPC technology areas
59
US patents granted, 2015–2025
Axon Enterprise
leading assignee (19)
-19%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

How tightly H05C concentrates

Axon Enterprise, Inc. holds 32.2% of H05C's recorded grants (19 of 59) - 9 more than Taser International, Inc.. Across complete PatentsView years, the class peaked in 2019 at 8 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 3 (+167% peak-over-trough). Equal-window velocity 2020–2024 vs 2015–2019: -19% (25 vs 31 grants).

Leaderboard read

H05C concentration, lead at 32.2%

Axon Enterprise, Inc. leads this historical grant record at 32.2% of H05C - us corporation assignees hold 92% of class grants (36 of 39). Figures describe granted US utility patents in this CPC subclass, not current investment or legal strength.

Leader's share
32.2%

19 of 59 grants

Top three share
55.9%

of the class's recorded grants

Lead over #2
9

more grants than Taser International, Inc.

Where H05C sits inside H05

Among 6 subclasses in H05 (Electric Techniques NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), H05C ranks #6 and holds 0.1% of the parent class's 102,507 recorded grants. Sibling chips below are the other subclasses in the same parent class, not the nationwide volume/lead-share peers further down.

H05K 62,449 H05B 33,418 H05H 3,951 H05G 2,073 H05F 557

Rising assignees active in H05C

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 Axon Enterprise, Inc. 1.10x 90 → 99 company-wide · 19 in H05C

H05C grants by year, peak 2019 (8)

US utility-patent grants per year in H05C, 2015–2025 - recent five years are down 19% versus 2015–2019.

0246810 20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025 2

Who leads H05C?

The 12 most active assignees in Electric Circuits OR Apparatus Specially Designed FOR USE IN Equipment FOR Killing, Stunning, OR Guiding Living Beings - wider bars mean more grants

patents

What this shows Axon Enterprise is the most active filer in H05C, holding 19 of the 59 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 H05C
Rank Company Patents in H05C
#1 Axon Enterprise, Inc. 19
#2 Taser International, Inc. 10
#3 Bird-B-Gone, Inc. 4
#4 Leonidas IP, LLC 3
#5 Fjord, Inc. 1
#6 Aegis Industries, Inc. 1
#7 Leeb Innovations, LLC 1

Footprint here vs. claim strategy

Each dot is a leading H05C 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 7 H05C assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in H05C. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes). Scatter plot of 7 data points (bubble-sized by third dimension). 05101520 05101520 Patents in H05C Avg claims / patent (company-wide) Axon EnterpriseTaser InternationalBird-b-goneLeonidas IpFjordAegis IndustriesLeeb Innovations
Top 7 H05C assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in H05C. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes).

Questions about H05C

Which company holds the most patents in H05C?
Axon Enterprise, Inc. leads H05C with 19 patents (32.2% of the subclass). By PatentsView assignee type, us corporations account for 92% of class grants.
Which H05C assignees grew fastest recently?
Among assignees with ≥5 grants in H05C, Axon Enterprise, Inc. shows the highest company-wide grant multiple (1.10x: 90 grants in 2019–2021 → 99 in 2022–2024) while holding 19 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide, not class-only.
How does H05C compare inside parent class H05?
Inside H05 (Electric Techniques NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), H05C ranks #6 of 6 subclasses by grant volume and holds 0.1% of the parent class total. The largest sibling is H05K (62,449 grants).

What to do with this data

H05C in context - here's where to go next.

  • Axon Enterprise, Inc. leads H05C with 19 grants in this class. See full portfolio
  • H05C ranks #637 of 670 by grant volume among all tracked CPC technology areas. See the ranking
  • Inside parent class H05, the largest sibling subclass is H05K with 62,449 grants. Explore H05K

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

Methodology - H05C figures are USPTO PatentsView granted-utility totals for this subclass (59 grants in the tracked window).

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