Where does Driv Automotive Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Driv Automotive Inc. ranks #4,327 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 Driv Automotive Inc. hold?

Driv Automotive Inc. holds 82 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 34 technology areas.

What is Driv Automotive Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Driv Automotive Inc. has an Innovation Score of 66.5 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Driv Automotive Inc. focus on?

Driv Automotive Inc.'s top technology area is B60G (Vehicle Suspension Arrangements) with 65 patents, ranking #14 of 428 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 34 CPC subclasses total.

Is Driv Automotive Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Driv Automotive Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Driv Automotive Inc.'s patents?

Driv Automotive Inc.'s patents average 17.7 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 Driv Automotive 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 US Corporation

Driv Automotive Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 82 granted patents across 34 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: B60G (Vehicle Suspension Arrangements).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Driv ranks #4,327 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 82 patents across 34 technology areas.

#4,327
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (66.5/100): 17.7
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4327 · US Corporation #4,327 · 82 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 82 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,327/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bedgear
CPC-FOCUS B60G · 34 areas
INNOV-STRONG 66.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bedgear, LLC (±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 Driv’s 66.5 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 15.3 pts (23%) Velocity 20.0 pts (30%) Breadth 20.6 pts (31%) Claim depth 10.6 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Advanced Neuromodula… · near

67
Driv Automotive · this assignee

67
Kepler Computing · near

67
Vitesco · near

67
UNM Rainforest… · near

66
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Driv's Innovation Score is 66.5/100 (top 1% 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 Driv?

Each dot is one of Driv’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). Driv’s own 17.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Driv's grants concentrate

Driv Automotive Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 34 CPC subclasses with 79.3% of grants classified under B60G (Vehicle Suspension Arrangements). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (29 grants) versus a trough of 6 in 2021. By volume, Driv sits between Byk-chemie GMBH and Frank's International, LLC.

Driv's three-year grant acceleration

Driv Automotive Inc. shows 62 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Byk-chemie

82
Bedgear

82
CBS Interactive

82
Citizen Machinery

82
Eisenmann SE

82
Element Six

82
Elringklinger

82
Frank's Internati…

82
Driv Automotive ◀

82

What this shows Driv holds 82 patents at rank #4,325, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Driv

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,325 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60G (Vehicle Suspension Arrangements)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Driv, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B60G (Vehicle Suspension Arrangements), Driv ranks #14 of 428 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (67 here).

Kepler Computing Inc. 67 Vitesco Technologies GMBH 67 UNM Rainforest Innovations 66 Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc. 67

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.7 here).

Autonomous Solutions, Inc. 17.7 avg Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC 17.7 avg BBY Solutions, Inc. 17.7 avg Children's Hospital & Research Center at Oakland 17.7 avg

Driv's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

67 Top 1% higher than 99% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Driv Automotive Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	6	7.3%
2022	14	17.1%
2023	19	23.2%
2024	29	35.4%
2025partial year	14	17.1%

Which technologies does Driv Automotive Inc. patent most?

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements 65

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 53

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 7

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 4

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 3

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 2

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 2

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

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 2

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 2

B60D - Vehicle Connections 2

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 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

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 1

Top 15 of 34 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

Driv Automotive Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Driv Automotive Inc.'s lead technology class is B60G (Vehicle Suspension Arrangements), 79.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60G
Ranked #4,327 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Driv Automotive Inc. against Byk-chemie GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 66.5/100 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.