Where does Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC ranks #2,473 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 Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC hold?

Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC holds 158 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 45 technology areas.

What is Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC's Innovation Score?

Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC has an Innovation Score of 53.8 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC's recent grant velocity is +33% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC's patents?

Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC's patents average 16.8 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 Faurecia Automotive Seating, 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 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC focus on?

Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC's top technology area is B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 147 patents, ranking #13 of 645 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 45 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 158 granted patents across 45 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Faurecia ranks #2,473 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 158 patents across 45 technology areas.

#2,473
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (53.8/100): 16.8
avg claims per patent: +33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2473 · US Corporation #2,473 · 158 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 158 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,473/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Akebono Brake Industry
CPC-WIDE B60N · 45 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd. (±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 Faurecia’s 53.8 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 17.5 pts (33%) Velocity 2.5 pts (5%) Breadth 23.7 pts (44%) Claim depth 10.1 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Faurecia Automotive… · this assignee

54
Instituto Mexicano… · near

54
Samsung Life Public… · near

54
Yandex Europe · near

54
ZF Active Safety US · near

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Faurecia's Innovation Score is 53.8/100 (top 8% 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 Faurecia?

Each dot is one of Faurecia’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). Faurecia’s own 16.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Faurecia's grants concentrate

Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 45 CPC subclasses with 93% of grants classified under B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (41 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2016. By volume, Faurecia sits between Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd. and Sleep Number Corporation.

Faurecia's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC moved from 84 to 31 grants (0.37x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,915. See the growth leaderboard.

Akebono Brake Ind…

158
C R F Societa' Co…

158
Docusign

158
Doosan Enerbility

158
Harbin Institute…

158
Nutricia

158
Plusai

158
Sleep Number

158
Faurecia Automoti… ◀

158

What this shows Faurecia holds 158 patents at rank #2,473, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Faurecia

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,473 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Faurecia, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles), Faurecia ranks #13 of 645 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (54 here).

Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo 54 Samsung Life Public Welfare Foundation 54 Yandex Europe AG 54 ZF Active Safety US Inc. 54

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.8 here).

IPG Photonics Corporation 16.8 avg Bruker Nano, Inc. 16.8 avg Teradata US, Inc. 16.8 avg Cambridge Display Technology Limited 16.8 avg

Faurecia's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 8% higher than 92% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	4.4%
2016	4	2.5%
2017	14	8.9%
2018	14	8.9%
2019	27	17.1%
2020	41	25.9%
2021	16	10.1%
2022	13	8.2%
2023	9	5.7%
2024	9	5.7%
2025partial year	4	2.5%

Which technologies does Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC patent most?

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 147

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 26

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 8

A47C - CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds 7

B60H - Arrangements OF Heating, Cooling, Ventilating OR Other Air-treating Devices Specially Adapted FOR Passenger OR Goods Spaces OF Vehicles 7

A61H - Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g. Devices FOR Locating OR Stimulating Reflex Points IN THE BODY; Artificial RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; Bathing Devices FOR Special Therapeutic OR Hygienic Purposes OR Specific Parts OF THE Body 3

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 3

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 3

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 3

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 3

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 3

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 2

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 2

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 2

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

Top 15 of 45 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

Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC's lead technology class is B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 93% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60N
Ranked #2,473 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC against Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.8/100 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

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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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