Connected and smart power tool patents: who owns the claim space and where it is still open
74.3% of records sit with five assignees. 78 of 105 records in scope belong to the top five filers, a concentration that leaves little room for a new entrant to file broad claims in the same space. Filings ran from 6 in 2017 to a peak of 14 in 2018, then rebuilt to 11 by 2024 (an 8-to-11 rise, +38%, across 2021-2024). The 2025 and 2026 counts are partial: publication lags filing by roughly 18 months, so recent years will fill in as later publications post.
- 1MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORP42
- 2AURIS HEALTH INC10
- 3TRAK SURGICAL10
- 4BOARD OF RGT UNIV OF NEBRASKA9
- 5PROJECT MORAY INC7
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Common questions on connected power tool patents
Who holds the most patents on connected and smart power tools?
The assignee ranking in this dataset covers 31 companies, and it is heavily top-weighted: the leading filer holds 42 of the 105 records in scope, versus 7 at fifth place and 3 at tenth. The top five assignees combined account for 74.3% of all records, and the top ten reach 95.2%. This means most of the field's claim space sits with a small number of filers rather than being spread evenly across the ranking.
Is patent filing in this space growing or slowing down?
Filing volume climbed from 8 records in 2021 to 11 in 2024, a 38% rise over that three-year window, following an earlier peak of 14 records in 2018. The apparent decline shown for 2025 and 2026 is not a genuine slowdown — publication typically lags filing by around 18 months, so the most recent one to two years in any patent trend will always look under-filled until later publications catch up.
What technology areas dominate connected power tool patent claims?
Wireless communication (IPC class H04W) appears in 44.8% of the 105 records in scope, making it the single largest technology component, ahead of business and administrative data processing (G06Q) at 30.5%. By contrast, the core power hand-tool class (B25F) appears in only 8.6% of records. This indicates that patent competition in this field centres on the connectivity and data-management layer wrapped around a tool, rather than on the tool's mechanical design itself.
Disclaimer. This analysis is based on Patsnap Eureka data drawn from a limited snapshot of global patent records and is provided for general information and reference only. Patent data carries inherent limitations — recent filings are under-counted because of publication lag, counts may be on a record or family basis, classification and applicant-name data may contain errors or duplicates, and the underlying search query defines the scope shown — so the analysis may be incomplete or inaccurate and may not reflect the full technology landscape.
Nothing here is an exhaustive prior-art, novelty, freedom-to-operate or validity search, nor does it constitute legal, financial or professional advice, and it should not be relied upon as such. Verify independently and review with qualified patent and legal professionals before acting on it.
Method: Filing trend and technology composition. Derived from a Patsnap search on Connected and Smart Power Tools covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-07-31. Counts reflect published records only and shift as new filings publish. Every share divides by all records in scope. Data: Patsnap Eureka. See the full landscape report.