Where does Auburn Gear, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Auburn Gear, LLC ranks #38,941 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 Auburn Gear, LLC hold?

Auburn Gear, LLC holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Auburn Gear, LLC's Innovation Score?

Auburn Gear, LLC has an Innovation Score of 30.8 out of 100 (35th 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 Auburn Gear, LLC focus on?

Auburn Gear, LLC's top technology area is F16H (Gearing) with 5 patents, ranking #431 of 1,603 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Auburn Gear, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Auburn Gear, LLC's recent grant velocity is -50% 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 Auburn Gear, LLC's patents?

Auburn Gear, LLC's patents average 17.8 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 Auburn Gear, 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

Auburn Gear, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: F16H (Gearing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Auburn ranks #38,941 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 8 technology areas.

#38,941
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 35th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.8/100): 17.8
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R38941 · US Corporation #38,941 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #38,941/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Atlas Devices
CPC-NARROW F16H · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Atlas Devices LLC (±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 Auburn’s 30.8 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 6.7 pts (22%) Velocity 3.3 pts (11%) Breadth 10.0 pts (33%) Claim depth 10.7 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Auburn Gear · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Auburn's Innovation Score is 30.8/100 (35th 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 Auburn?

Each dot is one of Auburn’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). Auburn’s own 17.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Auburn's grants concentrate

Auburn Gear, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under F16H (Gearing). By volume, Auburn sits between Atlas Devices LLC and Auransa Inc..

Auburn's three-year grant acceleration

Auburn Gear, LLC shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Atlas Devices

6
Atlas Gaming Pty

6
Attollo Engineeri…

6
Attributor

6
Aumund Fördertech…

6
Aura Intelligent…

6
Auralex Acoustics

6
Auransa

6
Auburn Gear ◀

6

What this shows Auburn holds 6 patents at rank #38,967, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Auburn

By rank, the assignees closest to #38,967 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16H (Gearing)

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

Auburn's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 35th percentile higher than 35% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Auburn Gear, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	16.7%
2017	1	16.7%
2018	1	16.7%
2019	1	16.7%
2020	1	16.7%
2024	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Auburn Gear, LLC patent most?

F16H - Gearing 5

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 4

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 1

B60B - Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion 1

B60T - Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted Movement OF VEHICLES; Vehicle Modifications TO Facilitate Cooling OF Brakes 1

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 1

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 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

Auburn Gear, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Auburn Gear, LLC's lead technology class is F16H (Gearing), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16H
Ranked #38,941 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Auburn Gear, LLC against Atlas Devices LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.8/100 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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