Where does Borgwarner Torqtransfer Systems AB rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Borgwarner Torqtransfer Systems AB ranks #22,303 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 Torqtransfer Systems AB hold?

Borgwarner Torqtransfer Systems AB holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Borgwarner Torqtransfer Systems AB's Innovation Score?

Borgwarner Torqtransfer Systems AB has an Innovation Score of 28.6 out of 100 (28th 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 Borgwarner Torqtransfer Systems AB focus on?

Borgwarner Torqtransfer Systems AB's top technology area is F16H (Gearing) with 10 patents, ranking #240 of 1,603 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Borgwarner Torqtransfer Systems AB's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Borgwarner Torqtransfer Systems AB's recent grant velocity is -80% 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 Torqtransfer Systems AB's patents?

Borgwarner Torqtransfer Systems AB's patents average 13.4 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 Torqtransfer Systems AB 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 Torqtransfer Systems AB

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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, Borgwarner ranks #22,303 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 11 technology areas.

#22,303
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 28th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.6/100): 13.4
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22303 · Foreign Corporation #22,303 · 12 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,303/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bodyfriend
CPC-FOCUS F16H · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bodyfriend Co., Ltd. (±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 Borgwarner’s 28.6 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 8.9 pts (31%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.7 pts (41%) Claim depth 8.1 pts (28%)

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Borgwarner's Innovation Score is 28.6/100 (28th 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 Borgwarner?

Each dot is one of Borgwarner’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). Borgwarner’s own 13.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Borgwarner's grants concentrate

Borgwarner Torqtransfer Systems AB is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under F16H (Gearing). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Borgwarner sits between Bodyfriend Co., Ltd. and Brainsoft Inc..

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What this shows Borgwarner holds 12 patents at rank #22,267, 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 #22,267 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16H (Gearing)

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

Borgwarner's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 28th percentile higher than 28% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

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 Torqtransfer Systems AB patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	8.3%
2016	4	33.3%
2017	2	16.7%
2018	3	25.0%
2020	2	16.7%

Which technologies does Borgwarner Torqtransfer Systems AB patent most?

F16H - Gearing 10

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 8

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 7

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 4

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 4

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 3

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 3

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 1

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

B60H - Arrangements OF Heating, Cooling, Ventilating OR Other Air-treating Devices Specially Adapted FOR Passenger OR Goods Spaces OF Vehicles 1

F02B - Internal-combustion Piston ENGINES; Combustion Engines IN General 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Borgwarner Torqtransfer Systems AB's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Borgwarner Torqtransfer Systems AB's lead technology class is F16H (Gearing), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16H
Ranked #22,303 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Borgwarner Torqtransfer Systems AB against Bodyfriend Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.6/100 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

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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

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