Where does Federal-mogul Ignition GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Federal-mogul Ignition GMBH ranks #3,302 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 Federal-mogul Ignition GMBH hold?

Federal-mogul Ignition GMBH holds 113 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 32 technology areas.

What is Federal-mogul Ignition GMBH's Innovation Score?

Federal-mogul Ignition GMBH has an Innovation Score of 51.8 out of 100 (top 11% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Federal-mogul Ignition GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Federal-mogul Ignition GMBH's recent grant velocity is -55% 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 Federal-mogul Ignition GMBH's patents?

Federal-mogul Ignition GMBH's patents average 16.9 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 Federal-mogul Ignition 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

Federal-mogul Ignition GMBH

Q: What technology areas does Federal-mogul Ignition GMBH focus on?

Federal-mogul Ignition GMBH's top technology area is H01T (Spark GAPS; Overvoltage Arresters Using Spark GAPS; Sparking PLUGS; Corona DEVICES; Generating Ions TO BE Introduced Into Non-enclosed Gases) with 108 patents, ranking #2 of 118 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 32 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 113 granted patents across 32 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: H01T (Spark GAPS; Overvoltage Arresters Using Spark GAPS; Sparking PLUGS; Corona DEVICES; Generating Ions TO BE Introduced Into Non-enclosed Gases).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Federal-mogul ranks #3,302 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 113 patents across 32 technology areas.

#3,302
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (51.8/100): 16.9
avg claims per patent: -55%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3302 · Foreign Corporation #3,302 · 113 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 113 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,302/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Beijing E-Town…
CPC-FOCUS H01T · 32 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -55% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Beijing E-Town Semiconductor Technology 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 Federal-mogul’s 51.8 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 16.4 pts (32%) Velocity 5.3 pts (10%) Breadth 20.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 10.1 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Delaware Capital… · near

52
Dialog Semiconductor… · near

52
Federal-mogul Ignition · this assignee

52
HiDeep · near

52
University of… · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Federal-mogul's Innovation Score is 51.8/100 (top 11% 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 Federal-mogul?

Each dot is one of Federal-mogul’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). Federal-mogul’s own 16.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Federal-mogul's grants concentrate

Federal-mogul Ignition GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 32 CPC subclasses with 95.6% of grants classified under H01T (Spark GAPS; Overvoltage Arresters Using Spark GAPS; Sparking PLUGS; Corona DEVICES; Generating Ions TO BE Introduced Into Non-enclosed Gases). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (22 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Federal-mogul sits between Bestway Inflatables & Material Corp. and Kanzaki Kokyukoki MFG. Co., Ltd..

Federal-mogul's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Federal-mogul Ignition GMBH moved from 24 to 19 grants (0.79x 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 #1,868. See the growth leaderboard.

Bestway Inflatabl…

113
Beijing E-town Se…

113
Braskem

113
Dana Belgium

113
Golba

113
Georgia State Uni…

113
Idemia France

113
Kanzaki Kokyukoki…

113
Federal-mogul Ign… ◀

113

What this shows Federal-mogul holds 113 patents at rank #3,302, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Federal-mogul

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,302 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01T (Spark GAPS)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Federal-mogul's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Federal-mogul, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01T (Spark GAPS), Federal-mogul ranks #2 of 118 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

Dialog Semiconductor B.V. 52 HiDeep Inc. 52 Delaware Capital Formation, Inc. 52 University of Louisiana at Lafayette 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.9 here).

FuelCell Energy, Inc. 16.9 avg Shutterfly, LLC 16.9 avg Yantai Jereh Petroleum Equipment & Technologies Co., Ltd. 16.9 avg Bedgear, LLC 16.9 avg

Federal-mogul's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 11% higher than 89% 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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Federal-mogul Ignition GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	21	18.6%
2016	14	12.4%
2017	22	19.5%
2018	9	8.0%
2019	9	8.0%
2020	11	9.7%
2021	4	3.5%
2022	1	0.9%
2023	10	8.8%
2024	8	7.1%
2025partial year	4	3.5%

Which technologies does Federal-mogul Ignition GMBH patent most?

H01T - Spark GAPS; Overvoltage Arresters Using Spark GAPS; Sparking PLUGS; Corona DEVICES; Generating Ions TO BE Introduced Into Non-enclosed Gases 108

F02P - Ignition, Other Than Compression Ignition, FOR Internal-combustion ENGINES; Testing OF Ignition Timing IN Compression-ignition Engines 20

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 17

F02B - Internal-combustion Piston ENGINES; Combustion Engines IN General 13

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 9

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 5

F02N - Starting OF Combustion ENGINES; Starting Aids FOR Such Engines, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 4

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 4

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 3

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 3

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 3

C03C - Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other Materials 2

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 2

Top 15 of 32 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

Federal-mogul Ignition GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Federal-mogul Ignition GMBH's lead technology class is H01T (Spark GAPS; Overvoltage Arresters Using Spark GAPS; Sparking PLUGS; Corona DEVICES; Generating Ions TO BE Introduced Into Non-enclosed Gases), 95.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01T
Ranked #3,302 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Federal-mogul Ignition GMBH against Bestway Inflatables & Material Corp., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.8/100 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

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