Where does Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG ranks #721 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 Teves AG & Co. OHG hold?

Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG holds 631 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 106 technology areas.

What is Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG's Innovation Score?

Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG has an Innovation Score of 59.7 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG's recent grant velocity is -30% 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 Teves AG & Co. OHG's patents?

Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG's patents average 13.4 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 Teves AG & Co. OHG 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 Foreign Corporation

Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG

Q: What technology areas does Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG focus on?

Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG'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 258 patents, ranking #3 of 539 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 106 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 631 granted patents across 106 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Continental ranks #721 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 631 patents across 106 technology areas.

#721
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.7/100): 13.4
avg claims per patent: -30%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R721 · Foreign Corporation #721 · 631 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 631 grants
TOP-DECILE #721/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Covestro Deutschland
CPC-WIDE B60T · 106 areas
INNOV-PAR 59.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -30% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Covestro Deutschland AG (±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 59.7 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 22.3 pts (37%) Velocity 4.4 pts (7%) Breadth 25.0 pts (42%) Claim depth 8.1 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Johnson Matthey Public · near

60
Continental Teves &… · this assignee

60
Extang · near

60
Government of the… · near

60
Ningbo Geely… · near

60
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Continental's Innovation Score is 59.7/100 (top 4% 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 13.4 claims/patent is at or below the 16.7 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.

How Continental's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG received 260 grants versus 369 in 2015–2019 (-30% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 84 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 23. Lead class B60T accounts for 40.9% of the portfolio across 106 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Oath Inc. (#717) and Nestec S.A. (#725).

Continental's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG moved from 202 to 132 grants (0.65x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,299. See the growth leaderboard.

Oath

635
Taylor Made Golf

635
The Regents of th…

634
Steelcase

632
Covestro Deutschl…

631
Sikorsky Aircraft

631
Continental Teves… ◀

631
Maxim Integrated…

630
Nestec

630

What this shows Continental holds 631 patents at rank #721, 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 #721 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.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Continental, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B60T (Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof), Continental ranks #3 of 539 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Development Co. Ltd. 60 Extang Corporation 60 Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force 60 Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company 60

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.4 here).

Nidec Corporation 13.4 avg Lite-on Electronics (GUANGZHOU) Limited 13.4 avg Archer-daniels-midland Company 13.4 avg Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd. 13.4 avg

Continental's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

60 Top 4% higher than 96% of 49,997 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 Teves AG & Co. OHG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	84	13.3%
2016	71	11.3%
2017	79	12.5%
2018	61	9.7%
2019	74	11.7%
2020	75	11.9%
2021	53	8.4%
2022	62	9.8%
2023	47	7.4%
2024	23	3.6%
2025partial year	2	0.3%

Which technologies does Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG 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 258

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 71

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 70

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 63

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 62

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 61

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 55

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 51

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 51

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 45

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements 34

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 29

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 27

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 24

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 22

Top 15 of 106 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 Teves AG & Co. OHG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG's lead technology class 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 MO), 40.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60T
Ranked #721 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG against Oath Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 59.7/100 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.

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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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