USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Continental Automotive France

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 453 granted patents across 115 technology areas, active 2015–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: F02D (CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES).

Compiled byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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453

Total patents granted

115

CPC technology areas

13.0

Avg claims per patent

+3%

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Continental holds 453 US patents across 115 technology areas, rank #970 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#970
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.4/100): 13.0
avg claims per patent: +3%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Continental Automotive France has been granted 453 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Continental Automotive France at rank #970 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 115 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 13.0 claims per patent with primary concentration in F02D (CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES). As a Foreign Corporation, Continental Automotive France is one of the broader-portfolio assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Continental sits between Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd. (454 patents, rank #966) and Commonwealth Scientific AND Industrial Research Organisation (450 patents, rank #974) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 56.4/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 230 grants, compared with 223 in the 2015–2019 window, a +3% shift in five-year velocity. Steady filing volume suggests sustained innovation without dramatic pivots. The Foreign Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.

Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Continental Automotive France's 13.0 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while a diversified footprint across 100+ CPC subclasses spreads risk across many technology fronts. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Continental Automotive France against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

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What this shows Continental holds 453 patents at rank #970, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Continental

By rank, the assignees closest to #970 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F02D (Controlling Combustion Engines)

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

Continental's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 6% higher than 94% of 50,000 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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Continental Automotive France patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	27	6.0%
2016	30	6.6%
2017	52	11.5%
2018	47	10.4%
2019	67	14.8%
2020	93	20.5%
2021	58	12.8%
2022	56	12.4%
2023	15	3.3%
2024	7	1.5%
2025	1	0.2%

Which technologies does Continental Automotive France patent most?

F02D - CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES 89

B60C - VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES 75

Y02T - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION 60

B60R - VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 58

G07C - TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE 55

G01D - MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED IN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 54

H04B - TRANSMISSION 51

H03K - PULSE TECHNIQUE 44

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 43

G01R - MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES 40

F02M - SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF 33

G01L - MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE 31

G01M - TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES; TESTING OF STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 28

G01P - MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION, OR SHOCK; INDICATING PRESENCE, ABSENCE, OR DIRECTION, OF MOVEMENT 26

H02J - CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY 26

Top 15 of 115 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Moderate

Tech Breadth Diversified

Claim Depth Standard

Velocity Growing

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#970

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

56.4 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

How many patents does Continental Automotive France hold?

Continental Automotive France holds 453 US granted patents filed between 2015 and 2025, spanning 115 technology areas.

What is Continental Automotive France's Innovation Score?

Continental Automotive France has an Innovation Score of 56.4 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Continental Automotive France focus on?

Continental Automotive France's top technology area is F02D (CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES) with 89 patents. The company has filed patents in 115 CPC subclasses total.

Is Continental Automotive France's patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?

Continental Automotive France's recent filing velocity is +3% compared to the prior five-year period. The company is maintaining or growing its patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Continental Automotive France's patents?

Continental Automotive France's patents average 13.0 claims each. This falls within the standard range, providing solid legal coverage.

How is the Continental Automotive France 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.

How to use this portfolio

Continental's 453 grants land it in the top 6% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Continental ranks #970 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in F02D - see who else leads that technology area. F02D leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent Editorial

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 byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · 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.