Where does Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH ranks #13,927 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 Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH hold?

Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH holds 21 US utility patents granted between 2023 and 2025, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH's Innovation Score?

Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH has an Innovation Score of 53.3 out of 100 (top 9% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH.

What does claim depth mean for Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH's patents?

Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH's patents average 13.5 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 US Corporation

Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH focus on?

Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH's top technology area is 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) with 9 patents, ranking #259 of 1,122 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany 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 PatentsView assignee record - 21 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2023–2025. 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Continental ranks #13,927 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 21 patents across 17 technology areas.

#13,927
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (53.3/100): 13.5
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13927 · US Corporation #13,927 · 21 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 21 grants
MID-PACK #13,927/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ciari Guitars
CPC-FOCUS B60W · 17 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2023–2025 · 3y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ciari Guitars, Inc. (±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 Continental’s 53.3 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 10.7 pts (20%) Velocity 20.0 pts (37%) Breadth 14.6 pts (27%) Claim depth 8.1 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Continental… · this assignee

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Continental's Innovation Score is 53.3/100 (top 9% 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 Continental?

Each dot is one of Continental’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). Continental’s own 13.5 claims/patent is at or below the 14.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Continental's grants concentrate

Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 42.9% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (5 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2023. By volume, Continental sits between Ciari Guitars, Inc. and Crystalvue Medical Corporation.

Continental's three-year grant acceleration

Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Ciari Guitars

21
Cisco

21
Classiq

21
Clearvue

21
Control Module

21
Cornell Pump

21
Cosmed Pharmaceut…

21
Crystalvue Medical

21
Continental Auton… ◀

21

What this shows Continental holds 21 patents at rank #13,930, 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 #13,930 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60W (Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type O…)

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, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

53 Top 9% higher than 91% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2023–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2023–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2023	3	14.3%
2024	5	23.8%
2025partial year	13	61.9%

Which technologies does Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH patent most?

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 9

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 7

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 5

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 5

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 5

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 2

B60D - Vehicle Connections 2

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 1

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 1

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 1

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 1

Top 15 of 17 technology areas

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What to do with this data

Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH's lead technology class is 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), 42.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60W
Ranked #13,927 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH against Ciari Guitars, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.3/100 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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