Where does Compagnie Generale DES Etablissements Michelin rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Compagnie Generale DES Etablissements Michelin ranks #217 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 Compagnie Generale DES Etablissements Michelin hold?

Compagnie Generale DES Etablissements Michelin holds 1,844 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 173 technology areas.

What is Compagnie Generale DES Etablissements Michelin's Innovation Score?

Compagnie Generale DES Etablissements Michelin has an Innovation Score of 63.3 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Compagnie Generale DES Etablissements Michelin's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Compagnie Generale DES Etablissements Michelin's recent grant velocity is -23% 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 Compagnie Generale DES Etablissements Michelin's patents?

Compagnie Generale DES Etablissements Michelin's patents average 12.0 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

Compagnie Generale DES Etablissements Michelin

Q: What technology areas does Compagnie Generale DES Etablissements Michelin focus on?

Compagnie Generale DES Etablissements Michelin's top technology area is B60C (Vehicle TYRES; Tyre INFLATION; Tyre CHANGING; Connecting Valves TO Inflatable Elastic Bodies IN GENERAL; Devices OR Arrangements Related TO Tyres) with 929 patents, ranking #2 of 319 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 173 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Compagnie Generale DES Etablissements Michelin 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 - 1,844 granted patents across 173 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: B60C (Vehicle TYRES; Tyre INFLATION; Tyre CHANGING; Connecting Valves TO Inflatable Elastic Bodies IN GENERAL; Devices OR Arrangements Related TO Tyres).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Compagnie ranks #217 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,844 patents across 173 technology areas.

#217
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.3/100): 12.0
avg claims per patent: -23%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R217 · Foreign Corporation #217 · 1,844 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 1.8K grants
TOP-DECILE #217/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH The Nielsen (US)
CPC-WIDE B60C · 173 areas
INNOV-STRONG 63.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 12.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -23% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The Nielsen Company (US), 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 Compagnie’s 63.3 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 26.0 pts (41%) Velocity 5.2 pts (8%) Breadth 25.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 7.2 pts (11%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Rutgers the State… · near

63
CenturyLink… · near

63
Compagnie Generale… · this assignee

63
KCI Licensing · near

63
Stratasys · near

63
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Compagnie's Innovation Score is 63.3/100 (top 2% 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 Compagnie?

Each dot is one of Compagnie’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). Compagnie’s own 12.0 claims/patent is at or below the 16.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Compagnie's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Compagnie Generale DES Etablissements Michelin received 751 grants versus 977 in 2015–2019 (-23% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 232 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 119. Lead class B60C accounts for 50.4% of the portfolio across 173 subclasses. Volume neighbours: L'Oreal (#213) and Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. (#221).

Compagnie's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Compagnie Generale DES Etablissements Michelin moved from 536 to 417 grants (0.78x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,904. See the growth leaderboard.

L'oreal

1,890
Tsinghua Universi…

1,881
Microsoft

1,880
Splunk

1,859
The Nielsen (US)

1,844
Compagnie General… ◀

1,844
California Instit…

1,842
Dr Ing h c F Pors…

1,841
Haier US Applianc…

1,829

What this shows Compagnie holds 1,844 patents at rank #217, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Compagnie

By rank, the assignees closest to #217 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60C (Vehicle Tyres)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Compagnie, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B60C (Vehicle Tyres), Compagnie ranks #2 of 319 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (63 here).

CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC 63 KCI Licensing, Inc. 63 Stratasys Ltd. 63 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 63

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.0 here).

Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. 12.0 avg National Tsing HUA University 12.0 avg National Applied Research Laboratories 12.0 avg Hitachi Medical Corporation 12.0 avg

Compagnie's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

63 Top 2% higher than 98% 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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Compagnie Generale DES Etablissements Michelin patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	232	12.6%
2016	165	8.9%
2017	199	10.8%
2018	179	9.7%
2019	202	11.0%
2020	183	9.9%
2021	151	8.2%
2022	159	8.6%
2023	119	6.5%
2024	139	7.5%
2025partial year	116	6.3%

Which technologies does Compagnie Generale DES Etablissements Michelin patent most?

B60C - Vehicle TYRES; Tyre INFLATION; Tyre CHANGING; Connecting Valves TO Inflatable Elastic Bodies IN GENERAL; Devices OR Arrangements Related TO Tyres 929

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 374

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 243

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 225

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 213

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 124

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 100

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 95

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 85

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 83

B60B - Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion 80

C08C - Treatment OR Chemical Modification OF Rubbers 61

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 57

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 57

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 54

Top 15 of 173 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

Compagnie Generale DES Etablissements Michelin's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Compagnie Generale DES Etablissements Michelin's lead technology class is B60C (Vehicle TYRES; Tyre INFLATION; Tyre CHANGING; Connecting Valves TO Inflatable Elastic Bodies IN GENERAL; Devices OR Arrangements Related TO Tyres), 50.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60C
Ranked #217 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Compagnie Generale DES Etablissements Michelin against L'Oreal, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 63.3/100 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

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