Where does AB Volvo Penta rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), AB Volvo Penta ranks #19,400 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 AB Volvo Penta hold?

AB Volvo Penta holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2023, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is AB Volvo Penta's Innovation Score?

AB Volvo Penta has an Innovation Score of 32.5 out of 100 (42nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does AB Volvo Penta focus on?

AB Volvo Penta's top technology area is B63H (Marine Propulsion OR Steering) with 13 patents, ranking #27 of 250 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is AB Volvo Penta's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

AB Volvo Penta's recent grant velocity is +267% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for AB Volvo Penta's patents?

AB Volvo Penta's patents average 15.8 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 AB Volvo Penta 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

AB Volvo Penta

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2023. 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: B63H (Marine Propulsion OR Steering).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, AB ranks #19,400 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 12 technology areas.

#19,400
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 42nd percentile
by Innovation Score (32.5/100): 15.8
avg claims per patent: +267%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19400 · Foreign Corporation #19,400 · 14 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #19,400/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH A Kayser Automotive…
CPC-FOCUS B63H · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +267% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: A. Kayser Automotive Systems GmbH (±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.

How AB’s 32.5 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 9.4 pts (29%) Velocity 1.5 pts (5%) Breadth 12.2 pts (37%) Claim depth 9.5 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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AB Volvo Penta · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows AB's Innovation Score is 32.5/100 (42nd 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for AB?

Each dot is one of AB’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). AB’s own 15.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

AB vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where AB's grants concentrate

AB Volvo Penta is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 92.9% of grants classified under B63H (Marine Propulsion OR Steering). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, AB sits between A. Kayser Automotive Systems GmbH and Advaced Vision Technology (A.V.T.) Ltd..

AB's three-year grant acceleration

AB Volvo Penta shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

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What this shows AB holds 14 patents at rank #19,399, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near AB

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,399 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B63H (Marine Propulsion OR Steering)

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

AB's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 42nd percentile higher than 42% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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AB Volvo Penta patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	14.3%
2018	1	7.1%
2020	5	35.7%
2021	4	28.6%
2023	2	14.3%

Which technologies does AB Volvo Penta patent most?

B63H - Marine Propulsion OR Steering 13

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 4

F02B - Internal-combustion Piston ENGINES; Combustion Engines IN General 3

F16H - Gearing 3

F01P - Cooling OF Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Cooling OF Internal-combustion Engines 2

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 2

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 1

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 1

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 1

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

Top 12 of 12 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

AB Volvo Penta's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

AB Volvo Penta's lead technology class is B63H (Marine Propulsion OR Steering), 92.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B63H
Ranked #19,400 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare AB Volvo Penta against A. Kayser Automotive Systems GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.5/100 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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