Where does Audi AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Audi AG ranks #139 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 Audi AG hold?

Audi AG holds 2,738 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 239 technology areas.

What is Audi AG's Innovation Score?

Audi AG has an Innovation Score of 64.8 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Audi AG focus on?

Audi AG's top technology area is Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation) with 546 patents, ranking #23 of 2,877 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 239 CPC subclasses total.

Is Audi AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Audi AG's recent grant velocity is -1% 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 Audi AG's patents?

Audi AG's patents average 12.1 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 Audi AG 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

Audi AG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 2,738 granted patents across 239 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: Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Audi ranks #139 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 2,738 patents across 239 technology areas.

#139
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (64.8/100): 12.1
avg claims per patent: -1%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R139 · Foreign Corporation #139 · 2,738 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · NEAR-PEER · CPC-BROAD · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 2.7K grants
TOP-DECILE #139/49,997
NEAR-PEER Rohm
CPC-BROAD Y02T · 239 areas
INNOV-STRONG 64.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT -1% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Rohm Co., Ltd. (±15 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 Audi’s 64.8 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 27.3 pts (42%) Velocity 5.2 pts (8%) Breadth 25.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 7.3 pts (11%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kunming University… · near

65
Audi · this assignee

65
North Carolina… · near

65
Saint-gobain Glass… · near

65
Siemens Medical… · near

65
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Audi's Innovation Score is 64.8/100 (top 1% 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 Audi?

Each dot is one of Audi’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). Audi’s own 12.1 claims/patent is at or below the 17.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Audi's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Audi AG received 1,302 grants versus 1,311 in 2015–2019 (-1% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 330 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 181. Lead class Y02T accounts for 19.9% of the portfolio across 239 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Salesforce.com, Inc. (#135) and Asml Netherlands B.V. (#143).

Audi's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Audi AG moved from 920 to 712 grants (0.77x 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 #1,920. See the growth leaderboard.

Salesforce com

2,773
Wells Fargo Bank…

2,773
Fraunhofer-gesell…

2,763
Rohm

2,753
Audi ◀

2,738
CNH Industrial Am…

2,690
NXP USA

2,671
Fuji Electric

2,654
Asml Netherlands…

2,645

What this shows Audi holds 2,738 patents at rank #139, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Audi

By rank, the assignees closest to #139 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transpo…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Audi, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transpo…), Audi ranks #23 of 2,877 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (65 here).

North Carolina State University 65 Kunming University of Science and Technology 65 Saint-gobain Glass France 65 Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. 65

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.1 here).

Inteplast Group Corporation 12.1 avg Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. 12.1 avg Intercontinental Great Brands LLC 12.1 avg Wago Verwaltungsgesellschaft MBH 12.1 avg

Audi's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

65 Top 1% higher than 99% 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.

View data table

Audi AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	181	6.6%
2016	264	9.6%
2017	301	11.0%
2018	235	8.6%
2019	330	12.1%
2020	321	11.7%
2021	269	9.8%
2022	270	9.9%
2023	228	8.3%
2024	214	7.8%
2025partial year	125	4.6%

Which technologies does Audi AG patent most?

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 546

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 511

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 400

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 387

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 380

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 332

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 290

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 259

F16H - Gearing 171

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 162

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 148

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 135

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 122

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 121

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 120

Top 15 of 239 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

Audi AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Audi AG's lead technology class is Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation), 19.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02T
Ranked #139 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Audi AG against Salesforce.com, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 64.8/100 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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