Where does Automotive Research & Test Center rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Automotive Research & Test Center ranks #14,476 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 Automotive Research & Test Center hold?

Automotive Research & Test Center holds 20 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Automotive Research & Test Center's Innovation Score?

Automotive Research & Test Center has an Innovation Score of 32.1 out of 100 (40th 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 Automotive Research & Test Center focus on?

Automotive Research & Test Center's top technology area is G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding) with 8 patents, ranking #1,106 of 5,108 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

Is Automotive Research & Test Center's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Automotive Research & Test Center's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Automotive Research & Test Center's patents?

Automotive Research & Test Center's patents average 11.7 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 Automotive Research & Test Center 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

Automotive Research & Test Center

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Automotive ranks #14,476 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 17 technology areas.

#14,476
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 40th percentile
by Innovation Score (32.1/100): 11.7
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14476 · Foreign Corporation #14,476 · 20 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 20 grants
MID-PACK #14,476/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ardagh MP Group…
CPC-FOCUS G06V · 17 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ardagh MP Group Netherlands B.V. (±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 Automotive’s 32.1 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 10.5 pts (33%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 14.6 pts (45%) Claim depth 7.0 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Automotive Research… · this assignee

32
Ergomotion · near

32
Myriad Genetics · near

32
Siga · near

32
Xiamen R&T Plumbing… · near

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Automotive's Innovation Score is 32.1/100 (40th 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 Automotive?

Each dot is one of Automotive’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). Automotive’s own 11.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Automotive's grants concentrate

Automotive Research & Test Center is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 40% of grants classified under G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Automotive sits between Ardagh MP Group Netherlands B.V. and Betapack, S.A.U..

Ardagh MP Group N…

20
Association Pour…

20
Audience Partners

20
Autel Digital Pow…

20
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20

What this shows Automotive holds 20 patents at rank #14,477, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Automotive

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,477 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Automotive, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding), Automotive ranks #1,106 of 5,108 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (32 here).

Ergomotion, Inc. 32 Myriad Genetics, Inc. 32 Siga Technologies, Inc. 32 Xiamen R&T Plumbing Technology Co., Ltd. 32

Automotive's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 40th percentile higher than 40% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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Automotive Research & Test Center patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	40.0%
2016	5	25.0%
2017	6	30.0%
2018	1	5.0%

Which technologies does Automotive Research & Test Center patent most?

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 8

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 8

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 4

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 1

F01N - Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Internal-combustion Engines 1

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 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

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 1

Top 15 of 17 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

Automotive Research & Test Center's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Automotive Research & Test Center's lead technology class is G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding), 40% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06V
Ranked #14,476 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Automotive Research & Test Center against Ardagh MP Group Netherlands B.V., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.1/100 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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