Where does Brose Schließsysteme GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Brose Schließsysteme GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft ranks #8,755 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

What is Brose Schließsysteme GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft's Innovation Score?

Brose Schließsysteme GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft has an Innovation Score of 50.3 out of 100 (top 13% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Brose Schließsysteme GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Brose Schließsysteme GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft's recent grant velocity is +130% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Brose Schließsysteme GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft's patents?

Brose Schließsysteme GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft's patents average 18.5 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Brose Schließsysteme GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft

Q: How many patents does Brose Schließsysteme GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft hold?

Brose Schließsysteme GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft holds 36 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

Q: What technology areas does Brose Schließsysteme GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft focus on?

Brose Schließsysteme GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft's top technology area is E05B (LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs) with 35 patents, ranking #22 of 815 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Brose Schließsysteme GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft 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 PatentsView assignee record - 36 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: E05B (LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Brose ranks #8,755 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 36 patents across 11 technology areas.

#8,755
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.3/100): 18.5
avg claims per patent: +130%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8755 · Foreign Corporation #8,755 · 36 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 36 grants
UPPER-Q #8,755/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Beijing Sogou…
CPC-FOCUS E05B · 11 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +130% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Beijing Sogou Technology Development 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 Brose’s 50.3 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 12.5 pts (25%) Velocity 15.0 pts (30%) Breadth 11.7 pts (23%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Braskem America · near

50
Brose Schließsysteme… · this assignee

50
Orbbec · near

50
Single Buoy Moorings · near

50
The University of… · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Brose's Innovation Score is 50.3/100 (top 13% 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 18.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.9 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 Schließsysteme GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 97.2% of grants classified under E05B (LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Brose sits between Beijing Sogou Technology Development Co., Ltd. and Chong KUN Dang Pharmaceutical Corp..

Brose's three-year grant acceleration

Brose Schließsysteme GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft shows 18 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Beijing Sogou Tec…

36
Betek & KG

36
Biofire

36
Boomcloud 360

36
C2cnt

36
Chandler Systems

36
Chenbro Micom

36
Chong KUN Dang Ph…

36
Brose Schließsyst… ◀

36

What this shows Brose holds 36 patents at rank #8,755, 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 #8,755 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E05B (Locks)

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 E05B (Locks), Brose ranks #22 of 815 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

The University of Tulsa 50 Orbbec Inc. 50 Braskem America, Inc. 50 Single Buoy Moorings Inc. 50

Brose's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 13% higher than 87% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Brose Schließsysteme GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	2.8%
2018	6	16.7%
2019	3	8.3%
2020	3	8.3%
2021	2	5.6%
2022	4	11.1%
2023	7	19.4%
2024	7	19.4%
2025partial year	3	8.3%

Which technologies does Brose Schließsysteme GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft patent most?

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 35

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 11

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 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 6

B60J - Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles 5

E05C - Bolts OR Fastening Devices FOR Wings, Specially FOR Doors OR Windows 5

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 4

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

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 2

F16H - Gearing 1

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 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

Brose Schließsysteme GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Brose Schließsysteme GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft's lead technology class is E05B (LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs), 97.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E05B
Ranked #8,755 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Brose Schließsysteme GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft against Beijing Sogou Technology Development Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.3/100 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.