Where does Aisin AW Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Aisin AW Co., Ltd. ranks #664 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 Aisin AW Co., Ltd. hold?

Aisin AW Co., Ltd. holds 674 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 110 technology areas.

What is Aisin AW Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Aisin AW Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 55.0 out of 100 (top 7% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Aisin AW Co., Ltd. focus on?

Aisin AW Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is F16H (Gearing) with 285 patents, ranking #13 of 1,603 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 110 CPC subclasses total.

Is Aisin AW Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Aisin AW Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -66% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Aisin AW Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Aisin AW Co., Ltd.'s patents average 11.6 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 Aisin AW Co., Ltd. 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

Aisin AW Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 674 granted patents across 110 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: F16H (Gearing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Aisin ranks #664 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 674 patents across 110 technology areas.

#664
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (55.0/100): 11.6
avg claims per patent: -66%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R664 · Foreign Corporation #664 · 674 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 674 grants
TOP-DECILE #664/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH KCI Licensing
CPC-WIDE F16H · 110 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -66% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: KCI Licensing, Inc. (±1 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 Aisin’s 55.0 Innovation Score adds up

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

Volume 22.5 pts (41%) Velocity 0.5 pts (1%) Breadth 25.0 pts (45%) Claim depth 7.0 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Korea Research… · near

55
Mimaki Engineering · near

55
Aisin AW · this assignee

55
Dorf Ketal Chemicals… · near

55
Omnitek Partners · near

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Aisin's Innovation Score is 55.0/100 (top 7% 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 Aisin?

Each dot is one of Aisin’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). Aisin’s own 11.6 claims/patent is at or below the 15.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Aisin's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Aisin AW Co., Ltd. received 172 grants versus 502 in 2015–2019 (-66% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 123 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 5. Lead class F16H accounts for 42.3% of the portfolio across 110 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Topcon Corporation (#660) and General Electric Technology GMBH (#668).

Aisin's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Aisin AW Co., Ltd. moved from 251 to 19 grants (0.08x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #3,199. See the growth leaderboard.

Topcon

680
Shinko Electric I…

678
Kone

677
Viasat

677
Aisin AW ◀

674
KCI Licensing

673
National Taiwan U…

671
Trane Internation…

671
General Electric…

670

What this shows Aisin holds 674 patents at rank #664, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Aisin

By rank, the assignees closest to #664 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16H (Gearing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Aisin, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F16H (Gearing), Aisin ranks #13 of 1,603 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).

Omnitek Partners LLC 55 Dorf Ketal Chemicals FZE 55 Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd. 55 Korea Research Institute OF Standards AND Science 55

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.6 here).

Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc. 11.6 avg Xencor, Inc. 11.6 avg Freni Brembo S.P.A. 11.6 avg Johnson Controls, Inc. 11.6 avg

Aisin's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 Top 7% higher than 93% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Aisin AW Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	123	18.2%
2016	73	10.8%
2017	111	16.5%
2018	97	14.4%
2019	98	14.5%
2020	87	12.9%
2021	66	9.8%
2022	14	2.1%
2023	5	0.7%

Which technologies does Aisin AW Co., Ltd. patent most?

F16H - Gearing 285

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 156

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 142

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 135

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 100

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 97

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 85

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 80

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 70

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 63

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 52

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 49

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 45

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 39

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 32

Top 15 of 110 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

Aisin AW Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Aisin AW Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is F16H (Gearing), 42.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16H
Ranked #664 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Aisin AW Co., Ltd. against Topcon Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 55.0/100 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.

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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