Where does Continental Powertrain USA, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Continental Powertrain USA, LLC ranks #20,956 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 Powertrain USA, LLC hold?

Continental Powertrain USA, LLC holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2021, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is Continental Powertrain USA, LLC's Innovation Score?

Continental Powertrain USA, LLC has an Innovation Score of 34.0 out of 100 (46th 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 Powertrain USA, LLC focus on?

Continental Powertrain USA, LLC's top technology area is Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation) with 8 patents, ranking #639 of 2,877 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

Is Continental Powertrain USA, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Continental Powertrain USA, LLC's recent grant velocity is -37% 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 Continental Powertrain USA, LLC's patents?

Continental Powertrain USA, LLC's patents average 15.1 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 Powertrain USA, LLC 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 Powertrain USA, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 20 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2021. 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: Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Continental ranks #20,956 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 20 technology areas.

#20,956
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 46th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.0/100): 15.1
avg claims per patent: -37%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20956 · US Corporation #20,956 · 13 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #20,956/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cloudcar
CPC-FOCUS Y02T · 20 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -37% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cloudcar, 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 34.0 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 9.1 pts (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 15.8 pts (47%) Claim depth 9.0 pts (27%)

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What this shows Continental's Innovation Score is 34.0/100 (46th 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 15.1 claims/patent is at or below the 17.6 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 Powertrain USA, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 61.5% of grants classified under Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (8 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2021. By volume, Continental sits between Cloudcar, Inc. and Cosmo Artificial INTELLIGENCE—AI Limited.

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What this shows Continental holds 13 patents at rank #20,916, 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 #20,916 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transpo…)

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)

34 46th percentile higher than 46% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2021

Grants by year

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

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Continental Powertrain USA, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	8	61.5%
2020	3	23.1%
2021	2	15.4%

Which technologies does Continental Powertrain USA, LLC patent most?

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 8

F02M - Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof 6

F01N - Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Internal-combustion Engines 4

F02D - Controlling Combustion Engines 3

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

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 1

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 1

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 1

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 1

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 1

B01D - Separation 1

F04F - Pumping OF Fluid BY Direct Contact OF Another Fluid OR BY Using Inertia OF Fluid TO BE Pumped ; Siphons 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 1

Top 15 of 20 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 Powertrain USA, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Continental Powertrain USA, LLC's lead technology class is Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation), 61.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02T
Ranked #20,956 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Continental Powertrain USA, LLC against Cloudcar, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.0/100 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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