Where does Daimler Truck AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Daimler Truck AG ranks #5,068 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 Truck AG hold?

Daimler Truck AG holds 68 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2025, spanning 35 technology areas.

What is Daimler Truck AG's Innovation Score?

Daimler Truck AG has an Innovation Score of 59.6 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 Daimler Truck AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Daimler Truck AG.

What does claim depth mean for Daimler Truck AG's patents?

Daimler Truck AG's patents average 6.7 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 Daimler Truck 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 Truck AG

Q: What technology areas does Daimler Truck AG focus on?

Daimler Truck AG's top technology area is 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 ) with 22 patents, ranking #157 of 1,448 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 35 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 68 granted patents across 35 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2025. 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: 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 Dashb).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Daimler ranks #5,068 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 68 patents across 35 technology areas.

#5,068
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.6/100): 6.7
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5068 · Foreign Corporation #5,068 · 68 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 68 grants
UPPER-Q #5,068/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Calix
CPC-FOCUS B60K · 35 areas
INNOV-PAR 59.6/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2022–2025 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Calix, 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 Daimler’s 59.6 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 14.6 pts (25%) Velocity 20.0 pts (34%) Breadth 20.9 pts (35%) Claim depth 4.0 pts (7%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Daimler Truck · this assignee

60
Kaneka · near

60
SL · near

60
The Goodyear Tire &… · near

60
Valmet Oy · near

60
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Daimler's Innovation Score is 59.6/100 (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 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 6.7 claims/patent is at or below the 15.9 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.

Where Daimler's grants concentrate

Daimler Truck AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 35 CPC subclasses with 32.4% of grants classified under 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 Dashb). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (24 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2022. By volume, Daimler sits between Calix, Inc. and Fluence Bioengineering, Inc..

Daimler's three-year grant acceleration

Daimler Truck AG shows 46 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Calix

68
Carefusion German…

68
China University…

68
Crossroads Extrem…

68
Electro Scientifi…

68
Extrahop Networks

68
F Hoffmann-la Roc…

68
Fluence Bioengine…

68
Daimler Truck ◀

68

What this shows Daimler holds 68 patents at rank #5,068, 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 #5,068 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60K (Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmi…)

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 B60K (Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmi…), Daimler ranks #157 of 1,448 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

Valmet Technologies Oy 60 SL Corporation 60 Kaneka Corporation 60 The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company 60

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (6.7 here).

Fiskars Brands, Inc. 6.7 avg GN Audio A/S 6.7 avg Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd 6.7 avg Tadano Ltd. 6.7 avg

Daimler'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 · 2022–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Daimler Truck AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	3	4.4%
2023	24	35.3%
2024	19	27.9%
2025partial year	22	32.4%

Which technologies does Daimler Truck AG patent most?

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 22

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 18

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 13

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 10

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 10

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 7

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 6

F16H - Gearing 6

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements 5

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 5

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 4

F02M - Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof 4

F01L - Cyclically Operating Valves FOR Machines OR Engines 4

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 3

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

Top 15 of 35 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 Truck AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Daimler Truck AG's lead technology class is 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 Dashb), 32.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60K
Ranked #5,068 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Daimler Truck AG against Calix, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 59.6/100 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

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