Where does Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH ranks #1,501 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 Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH hold?

Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH holds 277 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 101 technology areas.

What is Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH's Innovation Score?

Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH has an Innovation Score of 56.4 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH focus on?

Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH's top technology area is G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding) with 76 patents, ranking #162 of 5,108 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 101 CPC subclasses total.

Is Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH's recent grant velocity is -21% 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 Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH's patents?

Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH's patents average 14.5 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.

How is the Conti Temic microelectronic 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

Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 277 granted patents across 101 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: G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Conti ranks #1,501 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 277 patents across 101 technology areas.

#1,501
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.4/100): 14.5
avg claims per patent: -21%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1501 · Foreign Corporation #1,501 · 277 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 277 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,501/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nippon Shokubai
CPC-WIDE G06V · 101 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -21% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nippon Shokubai 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 Conti’s 56.4 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 19.4 pts (34%) Velocity 3.2 pts (6%) Breadth 25.0 pts (44%) Claim depth 8.7 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Washington State… · near

56
Conti Temic… · this assignee

56
Continental… · near

56
Illinois Institute… · near

56
Niantic · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Conti's Innovation Score is 56.4/100 (top 6% 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 Conti?

Each dot is one of Conti’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). Conti’s own 14.5 claims/patent is at or below the 17.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Conti's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH received 116 grants versus 147 in 2015–2019 (-21% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 41 grants and bottomed in 2022 at 14. Lead class G06V accounts for 27.4% of the portfolio across 101 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engine & Turbocharger, Ltd. (#1,497) and Lotes Co., Ltd (#1,505).

Conti's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH moved from 104 to 50 grants (0.48x 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 #2,738. See the growth leaderboard.

Mitsubishi Heavy…

278
Rapid7

278
Tableau Software

278
Vega Grieshaber KG

278
Nippon Shokubai

277
Ringcentral

277
Triad National Se…

277
Conti Temic micro… ◀

277
Lotes

276

What this shows Conti holds 277 patents at rank #1,501, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Conti

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,501 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Conti, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding), Conti ranks #162 of 5,108 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

Continental Automotive France 56 Niantic, Inc. 56 Illinois Institute of Technology 56 Washington State University 56

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.5 here).

Tyco Electronics Japan G.K. 14.5 avg Astellas Pharma Inc. 14.5 avg Rhode Island Hospital 14.5 avg BD Kiestra B.V. 14.5 avg

Conti's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 6% higher than 94% 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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Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	19	6.9%
2016	24	8.7%
2017	38	13.7%
2018	28	10.1%
2019	38	13.7%
2020	41	14.8%
2021	25	9.0%
2022	14	5.1%
2023	15	5.4%
2024	21	7.6%
2025partial year	14	5.1%

Which technologies does Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH patent most?

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 76

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 48

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 45

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 41

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 38

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 35

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 31

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 27

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 20

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 19

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 16

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 15

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 13

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 11

B60S - Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 11

Top 15 of 101 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

Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH's lead technology class is G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding), 27.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06V
Ranked #1,501 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH against Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engine & Turbocharger, Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.4/100 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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