Where does Aurora Innovation, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Aurora Innovation, Inc. ranks #15,839 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 Aurora Innovation, Inc. hold?

Aurora Innovation, Inc. holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2024, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Aurora Innovation, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Aurora Innovation, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 38.7 out of 100 (top 40% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Aurora Innovation, Inc. focus on?

Aurora Innovation, Inc.'s top technology area is G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables) with 14 patents, ranking #248 of 2,515 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is Aurora Innovation, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Aurora Innovation, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +400% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Aurora Innovation, Inc.'s patents?

Aurora Innovation, Inc.'s patents average 24.2 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 Aurora Innovation, Inc. 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

Aurora Innovation, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2024. 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: G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Aurora ranks #15,839 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 14 technology areas.

#15,839
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 40%
by Innovation Score (38.7/100): 24.2
avg claims per patent: +400%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15839 · US Corporation #15,839 · 18 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #15,839/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Abide Therapeutics
CPC-FOCUS G05D · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +400% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Abide Therapeutics, Inc. (±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 Aurora’s 38.7 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 10.2 pts (26%) Velocity 0.8 pts (2%) Breadth 13.2 pts (34%) Claim depth 14.5 pts (37%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Aurora Innovation · this assignee

39
Cambria County… · near

39
MacKay Memorial… · near

39
Magna Powertrain… · near

39
Under the Weather · near

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Aurora's Innovation Score is 38.7/100 (top 40% 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 Aurora?

Each dot is one of Aurora’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). Aurora’s own 24.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Aurora's grants concentrate

Aurora Innovation, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 77.8% of grants classified under G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (8 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2024. By volume, Aurora sits between Askey Computer Corp. and Academisch Ziekenhuis Groningen.

Aurora's three-year grant acceleration

Aurora Innovation, Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 16 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.

Askey Computer

18
Asymchem Life Sci…

18
Atheromed

18
Audio Pixels

18
Axiomatics AB

18
Axts

18
Abide Therapeutics

18
Academisch Zieken…

18
Aurora Innovation ◀

18

What this shows Aurora holds 18 patents at rank #15,808, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Aurora

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,808 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Aurora, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables), Aurora ranks #248 of 2,515 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

Under the Weather, LLC 39 Magna Powertrain BAD Homburg GMBH 39 MacKay Memorial Hospital 39 Cambria County Association FOR THE Blind AND Handicapped 39

Aurora's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 40% higher than 60% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2024

Grants by year

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

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Aurora Innovation, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	3	16.7%
2020	5	27.8%
2021	8	44.4%
2024	2	11.1%

Which technologies does Aurora Innovation, Inc. patent most?

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 14

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 13

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 7

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 5

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 5

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 4

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 4

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 3

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

Top 14 of 14 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

Aurora Innovation, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Aurora Innovation, Inc.'s lead technology class is G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables), 77.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G05D
Ranked #15,839 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Aurora Innovation, Inc. against Askey Computer Corp., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.7/100 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

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.