Where does DAF Trucks N.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), DAF Trucks N.V. ranks #8,567 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 DAF Trucks N.V. hold?

DAF Trucks N.V. holds 37 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 45 technology areas.

What is DAF Trucks N.V.'s Innovation Score?

DAF Trucks N.V. has an Innovation Score of 57.0 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does DAF Trucks N.V. focus on?

DAF Trucks N.V.'s top technology area is F02D (Controlling Combustion Engines) with 15 patents, ranking #98 of 518 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 45 CPC subclasses total.

Is DAF Trucks N.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

DAF Trucks N.V.'s recent grant velocity is +91% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for DAF Trucks N.V.'s patents?

DAF Trucks N.V.'s patents average 13.7 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 DAF Trucks N.V. 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

DAF Trucks N.V.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 37 granted patents across 45 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: F02D (Controlling Combustion Engines).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, DAF ranks #8,567 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 37 patents across 45 technology areas.

#8,567
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (57.0/100): 13.7
avg claims per patent: +91%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8567 · Foreign Corporation #8,567 · 37 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 37 grants
UPPER-Q #8,567/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Core Scientific
CPC-WIDE F02D · 45 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +91% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Core Scientific, 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 DAF’s 57.0 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 12.6 pts (22%) Velocity 12.5 pts (22%) Breadth 23.7 pts (42%) Claim depth 8.2 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Shanghai Bright… · near

57
Axonics · near

57
DAF Trucks · this assignee

57
Delphi IP · near

57
Grob-werke & KG · near

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows DAF's Innovation Score is 57.0/100 (top 6% 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 DAF?

Each dot is one of DAF’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). DAF’s own 13.7 claims/patent is at or below the 17.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where DAF's grants concentrate

DAF Trucks N.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 45 CPC subclasses with 40.5% of grants classified under F02D (Controlling Combustion Engines). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, DAF sits between Core Scientific, Inc. and Doosan Fuel Cell America, Inc..

DAF's three-year grant acceleration

DAF Trucks N.V. shows 15 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Core Scientific

37
Cornellcookson

37
Cummins Generator

37
Cybernet Systems

37
Danfoss (Tianjin)

37
Deca

37
Diveplane

37
Doosan Fuel Cell…

37
DAF Trucks ◀

37

What this shows DAF holds 37 patents at rank #8,567, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near DAF

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,567 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F02D (Controlling Combustion Engines)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for DAF, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F02D (Controlling Combustion Engines), DAF ranks #98 of 518 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

Axonics, Inc. 57 Delphi Technologies IP Limited 57 Shanghai Bright Power Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 57 Grob-werke GmbH & Co. KG 57

DAF's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 6% higher than 94% 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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DAF Trucks N.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	10.8%
2016	1	2.7%
2017	3	8.1%
2018	1	2.7%
2019	2	5.4%
2020	3	8.1%
2021	3	8.1%
2022	8	21.6%
2023	3	8.1%
2024	4	10.8%
2025partial year	5	13.5%

Which technologies does DAF Trucks N.V. patent most?

F02D - Controlling Combustion Engines 15

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 12

F02B - Internal-combustion Piston ENGINES; Combustion Engines IN General 8

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 6

F02M - Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof 5

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements 5

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

F01N - Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Internal-combustion Engines 5

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

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 3

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

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 2

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

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 2

Top 15 of 45 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

DAF Trucks N.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

DAF Trucks N.V.'s lead technology class is F02D (Controlling Combustion Engines), 40.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F02D
Ranked #8,567 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare DAF Trucks N.V. against Core Scientific, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.0/100 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

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.