Where does Dura Automotive Holdings U.K., Ltd rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Dura Automotive Holdings U.K., Ltd ranks #31,460 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 Dura Automotive Holdings U.K., Ltd hold?

Dura Automotive Holdings U.K., Ltd holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2021, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Dura Automotive Holdings U.K., Ltd's Innovation Score?

Dura Automotive Holdings U.K., Ltd has an Innovation Score of 37.2 out of 100 (top 44% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Dura Automotive Holdings U.K., Ltd's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Dura Automotive Holdings U.K., Ltd's recent grant velocity is -67% 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 Dura Automotive Holdings U.K., Ltd's patents?

Dura Automotive Holdings U.K., Ltd's patents average 25.8 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 Dura Automotive Holdings U.K., Ltd 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

Dura Automotive Holdings U.K., Ltd

Q: What technology areas does Dura Automotive Holdings U.K., Ltd focus on?

Dura Automotive Holdings U.K., Ltd's top technology area is B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 7 patents. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2021. 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: B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Dura ranks #31,460 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 17 technology areas.

#31,460
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.2/100): 25.8
avg claims per patent: -67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R31460 · Foreign Corporation #31,460 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #31,460/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH DSA International
CPC-FOCUS B60R · 17 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 25.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: DSA International, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Dura Automotive… · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Dura's Innovation Score is 37.2/100 (top 44% 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.

Where Dura's grants concentrate

Dura Automotive Holdings U.K., Ltd is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 87.5% of grants classified under B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Dura sits between DSA International, LLC and Dynamic Magnetics, LLC.

DSA International

8
Dsilo

8
Dten

8
Dupont Teijin Adv…

8
DXO Labs

8
Dymax

8
Dynamic AIR

8
Dynamic Magnetics

8
Dura Automotive H… ◀

8

What this shows Dura holds 8 patents at rank #31,418, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Dura

By rank, the assignees closest to #31,418 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60R (Vehicles)

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

Dura's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 44% higher than 56% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Dura Automotive Holdings U.K., Ltd patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	25.0%
2018	1	12.5%
2019	3	37.5%
2021	2	25.0%

Which technologies does Dura Automotive Holdings U.K., Ltd patent most?

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 7

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 3

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 2

B60J - Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles 2

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 2

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 2

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 2

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 1

Top 15 of 17 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#31,460

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

37.2 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Dura Automotive Holdings U.K., Ltd's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Dura Automotive Holdings U.K., Ltd's lead technology class is B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 87.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60R
Ranked #31,460 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Dura Automotive Holdings U.K., Ltd against DSA International, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.2/100 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

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