Where does Continental Motors, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Continental Motors, Inc. ranks #34,842 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 Motors, Inc. hold?

Continental Motors, Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Continental Motors, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Continental Motors, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 24.1 out of 100 (14th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Continental Motors, Inc. focus on?

Continental Motors, Inc.'s top technology area is F02D (Controlling Combustion Engines) with 6 patents, ranking #164 of 518 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Continental Motors, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Continental Motors, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +33% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Continental Motors, Inc.'s patents?

Continental Motors, Inc.'s patents average 12.6 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 Continental Motors, Inc. 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 US Corporation

Continental Motors, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: F02D (Controlling Combustion Engines).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Continental ranks #34,842 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 7 technology areas.

#34,842
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 14th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.1/100): 12.6
avg claims per patent: +33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R34842 · US Corporation #34,842 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #34,842/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Consumo Em Verde…
CPC-NARROW F02D · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Consumo Em Verde Biotecnologia Das Plantas, S.A. (±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 24.1 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 7.2 pts (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (39%) Claim depth 7.5 pts (31%)

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What this shows Continental's Innovation Score is 24.1/100 (14th percentile 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 12.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 5.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Continental's grants concentrate

Continental Motors, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 85.7% of grants classified under F02D (Controlling Combustion Engines). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Continental sits between Consumo Em Verde Biotecnologia Das Plantas, S.A. and CookingPal Limited.

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What this shows Continental holds 7 patents at rank #34,880, 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 #34,880 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, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

24 14th percentile higher than 14% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

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 Motors, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	14.3%
2016	1	14.3%
2019	1	14.3%
2020	1	14.3%
2021	3	42.9%

Which technologies does Continental Motors, Inc. patent most?

F02D - Controlling Combustion Engines 6

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 6

F02P - Ignition, Other Than Compression Ignition, FOR Internal-combustion ENGINES; Testing OF Ignition Timing IN Compression-ignition Engines 4

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 4

F28F - Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application 2

F02B - Internal-combustion Piston ENGINES; Combustion Engines IN General 2

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Continental Motors, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Continental Motors, Inc.'s lead technology class is F02D (Controlling Combustion Engines), 85.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F02D
Ranked #34,842 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Continental Motors, Inc. against Consumo Em Verde Biotecnologia Das Plantas, S.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.1/100 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

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.