Where does Daimler AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Daimler AG ranks #519 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 Daimler AG hold?

Daimler AG holds 866 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 151 technology areas.

What is Daimler AG's Innovation Score?

Daimler AG has an Innovation Score of 55.1 out of 100 (top 7% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Daimler AG focus on?

Daimler AG's top technology area is Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation) with 140 patents, ranking #78 of 2,877 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 151 CPC subclasses total.

Is Daimler AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Daimler AG's recent grant velocity is -55% 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 Daimler AG's patents?

Daimler AG's patents average 6.5 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 Daimler AG 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

Daimler AG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 866 granted patents across 151 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: Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Daimler ranks #519 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 866 patents across 151 technology areas.

#519
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (55.1/100): 6.5
avg claims per patent: -55%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R519 · Foreign Corporation #519 · 866 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 866 grants
TOP-DECILE #519/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Avago International…
CPC-WIDE Y02T · 151 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.1/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -55% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited (±2 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 Daimler’s 55.1 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 23.4 pts (42%) Velocity 2.8 pts (5%) Breadth 25.0 pts (45%) Claim depth 3.9 pts (7%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Brandeis University · near

55
Daimler · this assignee

55
Doosan Heavy… · near

55
Monosol · near

55
TTP · near

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Daimler's Innovation Score is 55.1/100 (top 7% 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 Daimler?

Each dot is one of Daimler’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). Daimler’s own 6.5 claims/patent is at or below the 17.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Daimler's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Daimler AG received 267 grants versus 596 in 2015–2019 (-55% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 160 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 17. Lead class Y02T accounts for 16.2% of the portfolio across 151 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Amgen Inc. (#515) and Coretronic Corporation (#523).

Daimler's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Daimler AG moved from 256 to 107 grants (0.42x 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 #2,845. See the growth leaderboard.

Amgen

875
Georgia Tech Rese…

870
IFP Energies Nouv…

870
Rolls-royce North…

868
Daimler ◀

866
Avago Internation…

864
Zebra

863
Sharkninja Operat…

862
Coretronic

858

What this shows Daimler holds 866 patents at rank #519, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Daimler

By rank, the assignees closest to #519 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Daimler, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transpo…), Daimler ranks #78 of 2,877 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).

Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co., Ltd. 55 Brandeis University 55 Monosol, LLC 55 TTP Plc 55

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (6.5 here).

Yazaki Corporation 6.5 avg China University of Mining and Technology 6.5 avg Chapin Manufacturing, Inc. 6.5 avg Seasonal Specialties, LLC 6.6 avg

Daimler's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 Top 7% higher than 93% 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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Daimler AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	160	18.5%
2016	150	17.3%
2017	93	10.7%
2018	97	11.2%
2019	96	11.1%
2020	84	9.7%
2021	76	8.8%
2022	69	8.0%
2023	21	2.4%
2024	17	2.0%
2025partial year	3	0.3%

Which technologies does Daimler AG patent most?

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 140

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 93

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 87

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 77

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 60

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 58

F01N - Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Internal-combustion Engines 57

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 40

F02D - Controlling Combustion Engines 39

F16H - Gearing 39

F02B - Internal-combustion Piston ENGINES; Combustion Engines IN General 39

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 38

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 33

F01L - Cyclically Operating Valves FOR Machines OR Engines 32

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 32

Top 15 of 151 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

Daimler AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Daimler AG's lead technology class is Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation), 16.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02T
Ranked #519 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Daimler AG against Amgen Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 55.1/100 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

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