Where does CTS Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), CTS Corporation ranks #3,698 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 CTS Corporation hold?

CTS Corporation holds 98 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 54 technology areas.

What is CTS Corporation's Innovation Score?

CTS Corporation has an Innovation Score of 50.4 out of 100 (top 13% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does CTS Corporation focus on?

CTS Corporation's top technology area is H01P (WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type) with 28 patents, ranking #18 of 507 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 54 CPC subclasses total.

Is CTS Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

CTS Corporation's recent grant velocity is -51% 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 CTS Corporation's patents?

CTS Corporation's patents average 10.8 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 CTS Corporation 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

CTS Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 98 granted patents across 54 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: H01P (WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, CTS ranks #3,698 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 98 patents across 54 technology areas.

#3,698
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.4/100): 10.8
avg claims per patent: -51%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3698 · US Corporation #3,698 · 98 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 98 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,698/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Adient Luxembourg…
CPC-WIDE H01P · 54 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.4/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -51% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Adient Luxembourg Holding S.a.r.l. (±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 CTS’s 50.4 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 15.9 pts (32%) Velocity 3.0 pts (6%) Breadth 25.0 pts (50%) Claim depth 6.5 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
CTS · this assignee

50
University of Macau · near

50
Zhongshan Broad-ocea… · near

50
Abb Vie Deutschland… · near

50
Bemis Associates · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows CTS's Innovation Score is 50.4/100 (top 13% 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 CTS?

Each dot is one of CTS’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). CTS’s own 10.8 claims/patent is at or below the 12.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How CTS's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, CTS Corporation received 30 grants versus 61 in 2015–2019 (-51% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 18 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 3. Lead class H01P accounts for 28.6% of the portfolio across 54 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Wheel Group Holdings, LLC (#3,694) and Hirata Corporation (#3,702).

CTS's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, CTS Corporation moved from 33 to 15 grants (0.46x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Wheel Group Holdi…

99
Aichi Steel

98
Adient Luxembourg…

98
Biosense Webster

98
Curevac

98
Delta T

98
Flir Systems AB

98
Hirata

98
CTS ◀

98

What this shows CTS holds 98 patents at rank #3,698, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near CTS

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,698 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01P (Waveguides)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in CTS's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for CTS, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01P (Waveguides), CTS ranks #18 of 507 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

Zhongshan Broad-ocean Motor Co., Ltd. 50 University of Macau 50 Abb Vie Deutschland Gmbh & Co. KG 50 Bemis Associates, Inc. 50

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (10.8 here).

Arlo Technologies, Inc. 10.8 avg Eneos Corporation 10.8 avg Avary Holding (Shenzhen) Co., Limited. 10.8 avg Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute OF Science AND Technology 10.8 avg

CTS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 13% higher than 87% 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.

View data table

CTS Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	11	11.2%
2016	16	16.3%
2017	7	7.1%
2018	9	9.2%
2019	18	18.4%
2020	8	8.2%
2021	7	7.1%
2022	6	6.1%
2023	3	3.1%
2024	6	6.1%
2025partial year	7	7.1%

Which technologies does CTS Corporation patent most?

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 28

G05G - Control Devices OR Systems Insofar AS Characterised BY Mechanical Features Only 23

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 16

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 15

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 12

F01N - Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Internal-combustion Engines 11

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 11

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 11

B01D - Separation 8

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 7

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 7

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 6

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 6

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 6

Top 15 of 54 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

CTS Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

CTS Corporation's lead technology class is H01P (WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type), 28.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01P
Ranked #3,698 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare CTS Corporation against Wheel Group Holdings, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.4/100 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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