Acps Automotive GmbH
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2024. 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: B60D (Vehicle Connections).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Acps ranks #17,404 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 3 technology areas.
- #17,404
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- Top 32%
- by Innovation Score (42.0/100)
- 34.6
- avg claims per patent
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R17404 · Foreign Corporation #17,404 · 16 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH
- GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
- MID-PACK #17,404/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH Access TO Advanced…
- CPC-NARROW B60D · 3 areas
- INNOV-PAR 42.0/100
- CLAIMS-DENSE 34.6 claims/avg
- TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
- SPAN-YRS 2020–2024 · 5y
- BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: Access TO Advanced Health Institute (±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 Acps’s 42.0 Innovation Score adds up
The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around Acps
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- Acps Automotive · this assignee
Acps Automotive · this assignee
42 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Acps's Innovation Score is 42.0/100 (top 32% 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 Acps?
Each dot is one of Acps’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). Acps’s own 34.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.
Where Acps's grants concentrate
Acps Automotive GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 93.8% of grants classified under B60D (Vehicle Connections). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Acps sits between Access TO Advanced Health Institute and Advanced Orthodontics AND Education Association, LLC.
Acps's three-year grant acceleration
Acps Automotive GmbH shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.
Who files at Acps's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- Access TO Advance…
Access TO Advanced Health Institute
16 patents
- Accuragen Holdings
Accuragen Holdings Limited
16 patents
- ACO Sevrin Ahlman…
ACO Sevrin Ahlmann GMBH & Co KG
16 patents
- Acon Optics Commu…
Acon Optics Communications Inc.
16 patents
- Action Streamer
Action Streamer
16 patents
- Adco Proucts
Adco Proucts, LLC
16 patents
- ADS Services
ADS Services, LLC
16 patents
- Advanced Orthodon…
Advanced Orthodontics AND Education Association, LLC
16 patents
- Acps Automotive ◀
Acps Automotive GmbH
16 patents
What this shows Acps holds 16 patents at rank #17,402, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
Companies ranked near Acps
By rank, the assignees closest to #17,402 in granted patent volume.
- Access TO Advanced Health Institute #17,398 · 16 patents
- Accuragen Holdings Limited #17,399 · 16 patents
- ACO Sevrin Ahlmann GMBH & Co KG #17,400 · 16 patents
- Acon Optics Communications Inc. #17,401 · 16 patents
- Action Streamer #17,403 · 16 patents
- Adco Proucts, LLC #17,404 · 16 patents
- ADS Services, LLC #17,405 · 16 patents
- Advanced Orthodontics AND Education Association, LLC #17,406 · 16 patents
Leaders in B60D (Vehicle Connections)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Acps's primary technology class.
Acps's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
42 Top 32% higher than 68% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Grants by year
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2020–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | 18.8% |
| 2021 | 3 | 18.8% |
| 2022 | 2 | 12.5% |
| 2023 | 7 | 43.8% |
| 2024 | 1 | 6.3% |
Which technologies does Acps Automotive GmbH patent most?
Top 3 of 3 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
Acps Automotive GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- Acps Automotive GmbH's lead technology class is B60D (Vehicle Connections), 93.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60D
- Ranked #17,404 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare Acps Automotive GmbH against Access TO Advanced Health Institute, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 42.0/100 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.
Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.