Where does European Trailer Systems GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), European Trailer Systems GMBH ranks #24,299 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 European Trailer Systems GMBH hold?

European Trailer Systems GMBH holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is European Trailer Systems GMBH's Innovation Score?

European Trailer Systems GMBH has an Innovation Score of 33.2 out of 100 (44th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is European Trailer Systems GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

European Trailer Systems GMBH's recent grant velocity is +75% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for European Trailer Systems GMBH's patents?

European Trailer Systems GMBH's patents average 15.1 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 European Trailer Systems GMBH 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

European Trailer Systems GMBH

Q: What technology areas does European Trailer Systems GMBH focus on?

European Trailer Systems GMBH's top technology area is B60J (Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles) with 8 patents, ranking #89 of 418 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: B60J (Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, European ranks #24,299 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 9 technology areas.

#24,299
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 44th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.2/100): 15.1
avg claims per patent: +75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24299 · Foreign Corporation #24,299 · 11 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,299/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Esbit Compagnie
CPC-NARROW B60J · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Esbit Compagnie GmbH (±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 European’s 33.2 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 8.6 pts (26%) Velocity 5.0 pts (15%) Breadth 10.6 pts (32%) Claim depth 9.1 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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European Trailer… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows European's Innovation Score is 33.2/100 (44th percentile 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 European?

Each dot is one of European’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). European’s own 15.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where European's grants concentrate

European Trailer Systems GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 72.7% of grants classified under B60J (Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, European sits between Esbit Compagnie GmbH and EWI Holdings, Inc..

European's three-year grant acceleration

European Trailer Systems GMBH shows 3 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.

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EWI Holdings

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11

What this shows European holds 11 patents at rank #24,256, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near European

By rank, the assignees closest to #24,256 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60J (Windows)

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

European's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 44th percentile higher than 44% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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European Trailer Systems GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	9.1%
2017	2	18.2%
2018	1	9.1%
2020	2	18.2%
2021	2	18.2%
2023	1	9.1%
2024	2	18.2%

Which technologies does European Trailer Systems GMBH patent most?

B60J - Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles 8

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 3

B61D - Body Details OR Kinds OF Railway Vehicles 3

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 2

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 1

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 1

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 1

E05D - Hinges OR Suspension Devices FOR Doors, Windows OR Wings 1

Top 9 of 9 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

European Trailer Systems GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

European Trailer Systems GMBH's lead technology class is B60J (Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles), 72.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60J
Ranked #24,299 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare European Trailer Systems GMBH against Esbit Compagnie GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.2/100 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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