Where does Faiveley Transport Witten GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Faiveley Transport Witten GMBH ranks #46,662 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 Faiveley Transport Witten GMBH hold?

Faiveley Transport Witten GMBH holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2023, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Faiveley Transport Witten GMBH's Innovation Score?

Faiveley Transport Witten GMBH has an Innovation Score of 31.8 out of 100 (39th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Faiveley Transport Witten GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Faiveley Transport Witten GMBH's recent grant velocity is -75% 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 Faiveley Transport Witten GMBH's patents?

Faiveley Transport Witten GMBH's patents average 17.2 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 Faiveley Transport Witten 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

Faiveley Transport Witten GMBH

Q: What technology areas does Faiveley Transport Witten GMBH focus on?

Faiveley Transport Witten GMBH's top technology area is F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes) with 5 patents. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2023. 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: F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Faiveley ranks #46,662 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 6 technology areas.

#46,662
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 39th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.8/100): 17.2
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R46662 · Foreign Corporation #46,662 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #46,662/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fachhochschule Aachen
CPC-NARROW F16D · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fachhochschule Aachen (±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
Faiveley Transport… · this assignee

32
Lamello · near

32
Providence Medical… · near

32
Securitag Assembly… · near

32
Thermotek · near

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Faiveley's Innovation Score is 31.8/100 (39th 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.

Where Faiveley's grants concentrate

Faiveley Transport Witten GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Faiveley sits between Fachhochschule Aachen and Fallien Cosmeceuticals, Ltd..

Faiveley's three-year grant acceleration

Faiveley Transport Witten GMBH shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Fachhochschule Aa…

5
Fact Design

5
Faes Farma

5
Fair IP

5
Falcon's Treehouse

5
Falke Kgaa

5
Fallcall Solutions

5
Fallien Cosmeceut…

5
Faiveley Transpor… ◀

5

What this shows Faiveley holds 5 patents at rank #46,665, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Faiveley

By rank, the assignees closest to #46,665 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting Rotation)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Faiveley, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (32 here).

Securitag Assembly Group Co., Ltd. 32 Lamello AG 32 Thermotek, Inc. 32 Providence Medical Technology, Inc. 32

Faiveley's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 39th percentile higher than 39% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2023

Grants by year

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

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Faiveley Transport Witten GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	40.0%
2018	2	40.0%
2023	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Faiveley Transport Witten GMBH patent most?

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 5

B61H - Brakes OR Other Retarding Devices Specially Adapted FOR Rail VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Disposition Thereof IN Rail Vehicles 3

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 1

B61F - Rail Vehicle Suspensions, e.g. Underframes, Bogies OR Arrangements OF Wheel AXLES; Rail Vehicles FOR USE ON Tracks OF Different WIDTH; Preventing Derailing OF Rail VEHICLES; Wheel Guards, Obstruction Removers OR THE Like FOR Rail Vehicles 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#46,662

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

31.8 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

Faiveley Transport Witten GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Faiveley Transport Witten GMBH's lead technology class is F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16D
Ranked #46,662 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Faiveley Transport Witten GMBH against Fachhochschule Aachen, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.8/100 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

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