USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Continental Automotive Technologies Gmbh

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 124 granted patents across 80 technology areas, active 2022–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: B60T (VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL ; ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MO).

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

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124

Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

12.7

Avg claims per patent

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Continental holds 124 US patents across 80 technology areas, rank #3,064 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#3,064
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (69.3/100): 12.7
avg claims per patent

Portfolio overview

Continental Automotive Technologies Gmbh has been granted 124 US utility patents between 2022 and 2025, placing Continental Automotive Technologies Gmbh at rank #3,064 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 80 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 12.7 claims per patent with primary concentration in B60T (VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL ; ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MO). As a Foreign Corporation, Continental Automotive Technologies Gmbh is one of the broader-portfolio assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Continental sits between BFLY Operations, Inc. (124 patents, rank #3,060) and GC Corporation (124 patents, rank #3,068) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 69.3/100 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. Historical data spans 2022 through 2025, with 124 total grants over that period. Velocity comparisons require five years of historical filings to calibrate. 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 Technologies Gmbh's 12.7 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while a multi-domain presence across 80 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Continental Automotive Technologies Gmbh against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

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What this shows Continental holds 124 patents at rank #3,064, 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 #3,064 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60T (Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof)

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)

69 Top 1% higher than 99% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2022–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Continental Automotive Technologies Gmbh patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	2	1.6%
2023	7	5.6%
2024	45	36.3%
2025	70	56.5%

Which technologies does Continental Automotive Technologies Gmbh patent most?

B60T - VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL ; ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES 25

B60R - VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 16

H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION 15

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 12

H04B - TRANSMISSION 11

F16D - COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES 11

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 10

H04W - WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS 10

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 9

B60C - VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES 8

G02F - OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS 7

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 7

G01R - MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES 6

F16H - GEARING 6

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 5

Top 15 of 80 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Moderate

Tech Breadth Multi-domain

Claim Depth Standard

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,064

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

69.3 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 Technologies Gmbh hold?

Continental Automotive Technologies Gmbh holds 124 US granted patents filed between 2022 and 2025, spanning 80 technology areas.

What is Continental Automotive Technologies Gmbh's Innovation Score?

Continental Automotive Technologies Gmbh has an Innovation Score of 69.3 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 Technologies Gmbh focus on?

Continental Automotive Technologies Gmbh's top technology area is B60T (VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL ; ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES) with 25 patents. The company has filed patents in 80 CPC subclasses total.

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

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Continental Automotive Technologies Gmbh.

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

Continental Automotive Technologies Gmbh's patents average 12.7 claims each. This falls within the standard range, providing solid legal coverage.

How is the Continental Automotive Technologies 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.

How to use this portfolio

Continental's 124 grants land it in the top 1% 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 #3,064 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in B60T - see who else leads that technology area. B60T 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.