Where does Brose Fahrzeugteile GMBH & Co. KG, Coburg rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Brose Fahrzeugteile GMBH & Co. KG, Coburg ranks #10,269 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 Brose Fahrzeugteile GMBH & Co. KG, Coburg hold?

Brose Fahrzeugteile GMBH & Co. KG, Coburg holds 30 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is Brose Fahrzeugteile GMBH & Co. KG, Coburg's Innovation Score?

Brose Fahrzeugteile GMBH & Co. KG, Coburg has an Innovation Score of 36.5 out of 100 (top 46% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Brose Fahrzeugteile GMBH & Co. KG, Coburg's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Brose Fahrzeugteile GMBH & Co. KG, Coburg's recent grant velocity is -93% 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 Brose Fahrzeugteile GMBH & Co. KG, Coburg's patents?

Brose Fahrzeugteile GMBH & Co. KG, Coburg's patents average 14.8 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 Brose Fahrzeugteile GMBH & Co. KG, Coburg 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

Brose Fahrzeugteile GMBH & Co. KG, Coburg

Q: What technology areas does Brose Fahrzeugteile GMBH & Co. KG, Coburg focus on?

Brose Fahrzeugteile GMBH & Co. KG, Coburg's top technology area is B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 23 patents, ranking #66 of 645 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 30 granted patents across 20 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: B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Brose ranks #10,269 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 30 patents across 20 technology areas.

#10,269
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 46%
by Innovation Score (36.5/100): 14.8
avg claims per patent: -93%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10269 · Foreign Corporation #10,269 · 30 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 30 grants
UPPER-Q #10,269/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Barebones Systems
CPC-FOCUS B60N · 20 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -93% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Barebones Systems, LLC (±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 Brose’s 36.5 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 11.9 pts (33%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 15.8 pts (43%) Claim depth 8.9 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Blue Belt · near

37
Brose Fahrzeugteile… · this assignee

37
Premier Coil Solutions · near

37
Universitaetskliniku… · near

37
Zound Industries… · near

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Brose's Innovation Score is 36.5/100 (top 46% 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 Brose?

Each dot is one of Brose’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). Brose’s own 14.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 2.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Brose's grants concentrate

Brose Fahrzeugteile GMBH & Co. KG, Coburg is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 76.7% of grants classified under B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (8 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2020. By volume, Brose sits between B&B Italia S.p.A. and Brandcore Limited.

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Bauer Spezialtief…

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Botrista Technolo…

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Bradshaw Home

30
Burckhardt Compre…

30
Barebones Systems

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30
Brandcore

30
Brose Fahrzeugtei… ◀

30

What this shows Brose holds 30 patents at rank #10,265, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Brose

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,265 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Brose, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles), Brose ranks #66 of 645 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (37 here).

Universitaetsklinikum Freiburg 37 Premier Coil Solutions, Inc. 37 Blue Belt Technologies, Inc. 37 Zound Industries International AB 37

Brose's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 46% higher than 54% 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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Brose Fahrzeugteile GMBH & Co. KG, Coburg patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	26.7%
2016	7	23.3%
2017	3	10.0%
2018	4	13.3%
2019	6	20.0%
2020	2	6.7%

Which technologies does Brose Fahrzeugteile GMBH & Co. KG, Coburg patent most?

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 23

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 8

F16H - Gearing 5

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

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 3

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 2

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 2

E05F - Devices FOR Moving Wings Into Open OR Closed POSITION; Checks FOR WINGS; Wing Fittings NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Concerned With THE Functioning OF THE Wing 2

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 2

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 1

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 1

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 1

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 1

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 1

Top 15 of 20 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

Brose Fahrzeugteile GMBH & Co. KG, Coburg's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Brose Fahrzeugteile GMBH & Co. KG, Coburg's lead technology class is B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 76.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60N
Ranked #10,269 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Brose Fahrzeugteile GMBH & Co. KG, Coburg against B&B Italia S.p.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.5/100 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.

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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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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