Where does Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies LLC ranks #5,006 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Is Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies LLC's recent grant velocity is +933% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies LLC's patents?

Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies LLC's patents average 15.6 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies LLC

Q: How many patents does Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies LLC hold?

Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies LLC holds 69 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 16 technology areas.

Q: What is Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies LLC's Innovation Score?

Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies LLC has an Innovation Score of 43.5 out of 100 (top 28% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Q: What technology areas does Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies LLC focus on?

Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies LLC's top technology area is F16H (Gearing) with 54 patents, ranking #76 of 1,603 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies LLC 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 PatentsView assignee record - 69 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: F16H (Gearing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Eaton ranks #5,006 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 69 patents across 16 technology areas.

#5,006
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 28%
by Innovation Score (43.5/100): 15.6
avg claims per patent: +933%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5006 · US Corporation #5,006 · 69 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 69 grants
UPPER-Q #5,006/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Darwin Precisions
CPC-FOCUS F16H · 16 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +933% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Darwin Precisions Corporation (±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 Eaton’s 43.5 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 14.7 pts (34%) Velocity 5.4 pts (12%) Breadth 14.1 pts (32%) Claim depth 9.3 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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BioCryst Pharmaceuti… · near

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Eaton Cummins… · this assignee

44
IXI Technology… · near

44
Memory · near

44
Assia SPE · near

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Eaton's Innovation Score is 43.5/100 (top 28% 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 Eaton?

Each dot is one of Eaton’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). Eaton’s own 15.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Eaton's grants concentrate

Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 78.3% of grants classified under F16H (Gearing). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (17 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Eaton sits between Darwin Precisions Corporation and GRÜNENTHAL GMBH.

Eaton's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies LLC moved from 37 to 30 grants (0.81x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Darwin Precisions

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Dynatrace

69
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Fourstar Group

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Gravic

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GRÜNenthal

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Eaton Cummins Aut… ◀

69

What this shows Eaton holds 69 patents at rank #5,007, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Eaton

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,007 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16H (Gearing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Eaton, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F16H (Gearing), Eaton ranks #76 of 1,603 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 44 Memory Technologies LLC 44 IXI Technology Holdings, Inc. 44 Assia SPE, LLC 44

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.6 here).

Alcon Research, Ltd. 15.6 avg Devicor Medical Products, Inc. 15.6 avg Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. 15.6 avg Brunswick Corporation 15.6 avg

Eaton's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 28% higher than 72% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	1.4%
2019	5	7.2%
2020	15	21.7%
2021	17	24.6%
2022	15	21.7%
2023	11	15.9%
2024	4	5.8%
2025partial year	1	1.4%

Which technologies does Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies LLC patent most?

F16H - Gearing 54

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 43

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 29

H04J - Multiplex Communication 27

H04B - Transmission 27

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 24

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 17

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

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

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 3

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 3

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 2

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 2

B60T - Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted Movement OF VEHICLES; Vehicle Modifications TO Facilitate Cooling OF Brakes 1

F03G - Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like MOTORS; Mechanical-power Producing Devices OR Mechanisms, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR OR Using Energy Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 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

Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies LLC's lead technology class is F16H (Gearing), 78.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16H
Ranked #5,006 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies LLC against Darwin Precisions Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.5/100 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

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