Where does FCA US LLC. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), FCA US LLC. ranks #347 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 FCA US LLC. hold?

FCA US LLC. holds 1,243 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 158 technology areas.

What is FCA US LLC.'s Innovation Score?

FCA US LLC. has an Innovation Score of 61.5 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does FCA US LLC. focus on?

FCA US LLC.'s top technology area is Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation) with 183 patents, ranking #58 of 2,877 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 158 CPC subclasses total.

Is FCA US LLC.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

FCA US LLC.'s recent grant velocity is +6% 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 FCA US LLC.'s patents?

FCA US LLC.'s patents average 9.7 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 FCA US 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

FCA US LLC.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,243 granted patents across 158 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: Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, FCA ranks #347 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,243 patents across 158 technology areas.

#347
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.5/100): 9.7
avg claims per patent: +6%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R347 · US Corporation #347 · 1,243 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 1.2K grants
TOP-DECILE #347/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Symantec
CPC-WIDE Y02T · 158 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.5/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +6% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Symantec Corporation (±1 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 FCA’s 61.5 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 24.6 pts (40%) Velocity 6.1 pts (10%) Breadth 25.0 pts (41%) Claim depth 5.8 pts (9%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Denka · near

62
DSP Group · near

62
FCA US · this assignee

62
Mitsubishi Gas… · near

62
Adobe Systems… · near

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows FCA's Innovation Score is 61.5/100 (top 3% 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 FCA?

Each dot is one of FCA’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). FCA’s own 9.7 claims/patent is at or below the 17.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How FCA's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, FCA US LLC. received 586 grants versus 554 in 2015–2019 (+6% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 156 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 87. Lead class Y02T accounts for 14.7% of the portfolio across 158 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Empire Technology Development LLC (#343) and Johnson Controls Technology Company (#351).

FCA's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, FCA US LLC. moved from 365 to 336 grants (0.92x 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 #1,409. See the growth leaderboard.

Empire Technology…

1,248
Merck Sharp & Doh…

1,248
Synopsys

1,245
Symantec

1,244
FCA US ◀

1,243
Philip Morris Pro…

1,240
HKC

1,232
Warsaw Orthopedic

1,232
Johnson Controls…

1,231

What this shows FCA holds 1,243 patents at rank #347, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near FCA

By rank, the assignees closest to #347 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transpo…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for FCA, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transpo…), FCA ranks #58 of 2,877 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. 62 Denka Company Limited 62 DSP Group Ltd. 62 Adobe Systems Incorporated 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (9.7 here).

Unimicron Technology Corp. 9.7 avg Magpul Industries Corp. 9.7 avg Senju Metal Industry Co., Ltd. 9.7 avg Sichuan University 9.7 avg

FCA's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

62 Top 3% higher than 97% 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.

View data table

FCA US LLC. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	100	8.0%
2016	87	7.0%
2017	114	9.2%
2018	138	11.1%
2019	115	9.3%
2020	156	12.6%
2021	94	7.6%
2022	116	9.3%
2023	108	8.7%
2024	112	9.0%
2025partial year	103	8.3%

Which technologies does FCA US LLC. patent most?

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 183

F02D - Controlling Combustion Engines 120

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 115

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 109

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 107

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 98

F16H - Gearing 94

F02M - Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof 74

F02B - Internal-combustion Piston ENGINES; Combustion Engines IN General 60

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 57

F01N - Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Internal-combustion Engines 50

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 49

B60J - Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles 44

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 39

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 27

Top 15 of 158 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

FCA US LLC.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

FCA US LLC.'s lead technology class is Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation), 14.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02T
Ranked #347 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare FCA US LLC. against Empire Technology Development LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.5/100 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.

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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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