Where does AM General LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), AM General LLC ranks #34,206 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 AM General LLC hold?

AM General LLC holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is AM General LLC's Innovation Score?

AM General LLC has an Innovation Score of 52.2 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does AM General LLC focus on?

AM General LLC's top technology area is B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers) with 4 patents, ranking #465 of 1,368 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is AM General LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

AM General LLC's recent grant velocity is +0% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for AM General LLC's patents?

AM General LLC's patents average 31.7 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 AM General LLC 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 US Corporation

AM General LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, AM ranks #34,206 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 8 technology areas.

#34,206
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.2/100): 31.7
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R34206 · US Corporation #34,206 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #34,206/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Alps Electric Korea
CPC-NARROW B62D · 8 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 31.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Alps Electric Korea CO.,LTD. (±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 AM’s 52.2 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 7.2 pts (14%) Velocity 20.0 pts (38%) Breadth 10.0 pts (19%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AM General · this assignee

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows AM's Innovation Score is 52.2/100 (top 10% 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 AM?

Each dot is one of AM’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). AM’s own 31.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where AM's grants concentrate

AM General LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 57.1% of grants classified under B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, AM sits between Alps Electric Korea CO.,LTD. and AMF Medical SA.

AM's three-year grant acceleration

AM General LLC shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Alps Electric Kor…

7
Altera Digital He…

7
Altigreen Propuls…

7
Alydia Health

7
Amano

7
Ambo Innovations

7
American Express…

7
AMF Medical

7
AM General ◀

7

What this shows AM holds 7 patents at rank #34,128, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near AM

By rank, the assignees closest to #34,128 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B62D (Motor Vehicles)

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

AM's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 10% higher than 90% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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AM General LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	42.9%
2023	1	14.3%
2024	2	28.6%
2025partial year	1	14.3%

Which technologies does AM General LLC patent most?

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 4

F41H - ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General 2

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 1

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 1

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 1

A61G - Transport, Personal Conveyances, OR Accommodation Specially Adapted FOR Patients OR Disabled Persons ; Operating Tables OR CHAIRS; Chairs FOR DENTISTRY; Funeral Devices 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 8 of 8 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

AM General LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

AM General LLC's lead technology class is B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers), 57.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B62D
Ranked #34,206 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare AM General LLC against Alps Electric Korea CO.,LTD., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.2/100 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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