Where does BorgWarner Ludwigsburg GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), BorgWarner Ludwigsburg GmbH ranks #3,673 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 BorgWarner Ludwigsburg GmbH hold?

BorgWarner Ludwigsburg GmbH holds 99 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 45 technology areas.

What is BorgWarner Ludwigsburg GmbH's Innovation Score?

BorgWarner Ludwigsburg GmbH has an Innovation Score of 50.8 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is BorgWarner Ludwigsburg GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

BorgWarner Ludwigsburg GmbH's recent grant velocity is -55% 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 BorgWarner Ludwigsburg GmbH's patents?

BorgWarner Ludwigsburg GmbH's patents average 11.9 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 BorgWarner Ludwigsburg GmbH 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

BorgWarner Ludwigsburg GmbH

Q: What technology areas does BorgWarner Ludwigsburg GmbH focus on?

BorgWarner Ludwigsburg GmbH's top technology area is F02P (Ignition, Other Than Compression Ignition, FOR Internal-combustion ENGINES; Testing OF Ignition Timing IN Compression-ignition Engines) with 45 patents. Grants appear in 45 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 99 granted patents across 45 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: F02P (Ignition, Other Than Compression Ignition, FOR Internal-combustion ENGINES; Testing OF Ignition Timing IN Compression-ignition Engines).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Borgwarner ranks #3,673 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 99 patents across 45 technology areas.

#3,673
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (50.8/100): 11.9
avg claims per patent: -55%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3673 · Foreign Corporation #3,673 · 99 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 99 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,673/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH A O Smith
CPC-WIDE F02P · 45 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.8/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -55% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: A. O. Smith Corporation (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ASM Technology… · near

51
BorgWarner Ludwigsburg · this assignee

51
Chatsworth Products · near

51
Kurita Water… · near

51
Tamura · near

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Borgwarner's Innovation Score is 50.8/100 (top 12% 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.

Where Borgwarner's grants concentrate

BorgWarner Ludwigsburg GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 45 CPC subclasses with 45.5% of grants classified under F02P (Ignition, Other Than Compression Ignition, FOR Internal-combustion ENGINES; Testing OF Ignition Timing IN Compression-ignition Engines). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (23 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2024. By volume, Borgwarner sits between A. O. Smith Corporation and DR. Reddy's Laboratories Limited.

Borgwarner's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, BorgWarner Ludwigsburg GmbH moved from 25 to 15 grants (0.60x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

A O Smith

99
Air Distribution…

99
B&R Industrial Au…

99
Bolton Medical

99
Christie Digital…

99
Cooledge Lighting

99
Corteva Agriscien…

99
DR Reddy's Labora…

99
Borgwarner Ludwig… ◀

99

What this shows BorgWarner holds 99 patents at rank #3,674, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near BorgWarner

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,674 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F02P (Ignition)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for BorgWarner, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

ASM Technology Singapore PTE Ltd 51 Chatsworth Products, Inc. 51 Kurita Water Industries Ltd. 51 Tamura Corporation 51

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.9 here).

Bobst MEX SA 11.9 avg Korea Research Institute OF Standards AND Science 11.9 avg Mead Johnson Nutrition Company 11.9 avg LS Electric Co., Ltd. 11.9 avg

Borgwarner's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% 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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BorgWarner Ludwigsburg GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	6.1%
2016	23	23.2%
2017	18	18.2%
2018	10	10.1%
2019	10	10.1%
2020	8	8.1%
2021	7	7.1%
2022	6	6.1%
2023	6	6.1%
2024	3	3.0%
2025partial year	2	2.0%

Which technologies does BorgWarner Ludwigsburg GmbH patent most?

F02P - Ignition, Other Than Compression Ignition, FOR Internal-combustion ENGINES; Testing OF Ignition Timing IN Compression-ignition Engines 45

H01T - Spark GAPS; Overvoltage Arresters Using Spark GAPS; Sparking PLUGS; Corona DEVICES; Generating Ions TO BE Introduced Into Non-enclosed Gases 27

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 21

F24H - Fluid Heaters, e.g. Water OR AIR Heaters, Having Heat-generating Means, e.g. Heat Pumps, IN General 18

F23Q - Ignition ; Extinguishing-devices 16

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 11

F02D - Controlling Combustion Engines 8

B60H - Arrangements OF Heating, Cooling, Ventilating OR Other Air-treating Devices Specially Adapted FOR Passenger OR Goods Spaces OF Vehicles 8

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 7

F02M - Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof 4

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 4

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 4

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 3

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 3

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

Top 15 of 45 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,673

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

50.8 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

BorgWarner Ludwigsburg GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

BorgWarner Ludwigsburg GmbH's lead technology class is F02P (Ignition, Other Than Compression Ignition, FOR Internal-combustion ENGINES; Testing OF Ignition Timing IN Compression-ignition Engines), 45.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F02P
Ranked #3,673 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare BorgWarner Ludwigsburg GmbH against A. O. Smith Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.8/100 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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