Where does Dana TM4 Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Dana TM4 Inc. ranks #11,983 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 Dana TM4 Inc. hold?

Dana TM4 Inc. holds 25 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Dana TM4 Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Dana TM4 Inc. has an Innovation Score of 55.8 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 Dana TM4 Inc. focus on?

Dana TM4 Inc.'s top technology area is H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines) with 13 patents, ranking #214 of 1,724 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

Is Dana TM4 Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Dana TM4 Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Dana TM4 Inc.'s patents?

Dana TM4 Inc.'s patents average 17.3 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 Dana TM4 Inc. 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

Dana TM4 Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 25 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Dana ranks #11,983 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 25 patents across 16 technology areas.

#11,983
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (55.8/100): 17.3
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11983 · Foreign Corporation #11,983 · 25 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 25 grants
UPPER-Q #11,983/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Continental…
CPC-FOCUS H02K · 16 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Continental Advanced Lidar Solutions US, 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 Dana’s 55.8 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 11.3 pts (20%) Velocity 20.0 pts (36%) Breadth 14.1 pts (25%) Claim depth 10.4 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Dana TM4 · this assignee

56
Salomon S · near

56
Semtech · near

56
Swagelok · near

56
Thrive Bioscience · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Dana's Innovation Score is 55.8/100 (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 Dana?

Each dot is one of Dana’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). Dana’s own 17.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Dana's grants concentrate

Dana TM4 Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 52% of grants classified under H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (6 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2020. By volume, Dana sits between Continental Advanced Lidar Solutions US, Inc. and DY Auto Corporation.

Dana's three-year grant acceleration

Dana TM4 Inc. shows 14 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Continental Advan…

25
Cree Fayetteville

25
Croda

25
Cytosorbents

25
DEB IP

25
Deep Render

25
Dong-a University…

25
DY Auto

25
Dana TM4 ◀

25

What this shows Dana holds 25 patents at rank #11,983, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Dana

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,983 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Dana, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines), Dana ranks #214 of 1,724 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

Swagelok Company 56 Salomon S.A.S. 56 Semtech Corporation 56 Thrive Bioscience, Inc. 56

Dana's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 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 · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Dana TM4 Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	2	8.0%
2021	2	8.0%
2022	4	16.0%
2023	6	24.0%
2024	4	16.0%
2025partial year	7	28.0%

Which technologies does Dana TM4 Inc. patent most?

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 13

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 7

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 5

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 4

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 4

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 3

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 2

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 2

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 1

F04C - Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps 1

F01P - Cooling OF Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Cooling OF Internal-combustion Engines 1

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

Top 15 of 16 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

Dana TM4 Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Dana TM4 Inc.'s lead technology class is H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines), 52% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H02K
Ranked #11,983 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Dana TM4 Inc. against Continental Advanced Lidar Solutions US, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 55.8/100 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.