Where does FTE automotive GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), FTE automotive GmbH ranks #8,031 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 FTE automotive GmbH hold?

FTE automotive GmbH holds 40 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is FTE automotive GmbH's Innovation Score?

FTE automotive GmbH has an Innovation Score of 44.0 out of 100 (top 27% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does FTE automotive GmbH focus on?

FTE automotive GmbH's top technology area is F16H (Gearing) with 20 patents, ranking #152 of 1,603 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

Is FTE automotive GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

FTE automotive GmbH's recent grant velocity is +50% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for FTE automotive GmbH's patents?

FTE automotive GmbH's patents average 14.9 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 FTE automotive 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

FTE automotive GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 40 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: F16H (Gearing).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, FTE ranks #8,031 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 40 patents across 16 technology areas.

#8,031
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (44.0/100): 14.9
avg claims per patent: +50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8031 · Foreign Corporation #8,031 · 40 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 40 grants
UPPER-Q #8,031/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH EndoGastric Solutions
CPC-FOCUS F16H · 16 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: EndoGastric Solutions, Inc. (±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 FTE’s 44.0 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 12.8 pts (29%) Velocity 8.1 pts (18%) Breadth 14.1 pts (32%) Claim depth 9.0 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Amazentis · near

44
FTE automotive · this assignee

44
Mercury Plastics · near

44
Otsuka Pharmaceutica… · near

44
Pie Medical Imaging… · near

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows FTE's Innovation Score is 44.0/100 (top 27% 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 FTE?

Each dot is one of FTE’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). FTE’s own 14.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where FTE's grants concentrate

FTE automotive GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under F16H (Gearing). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, FTE sits between EndoGastric Solutions, Inc. and FeraDyne Outdoors, LLC.

FTE's three-year grant acceleration

FTE automotive GmbH shows 17 grants in 2022–2024 against only 14 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.

Endogastric Solut…

40
Eyeverify

40
Findlay Machine &…

40
Foreo

40
Fundacion Tecnali…

40
Fabio Perini S p A

40
Federal Mogul

40
Feradyne Outdoors

40
FTE automotive ◀

40

What this shows FTE holds 40 patents at rank #8,026, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near FTE

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,026 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16H (Gearing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for FTE, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F16H (Gearing), FTE ranks #152 of 1,603 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

Amazentis SA 44 Mercury Plastics LLC 44 Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory, Inc. 44 Pie Medical Imaging B.V. 44

FTE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 27% higher than 73% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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FTE automotive GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	2.5%
2016	2	5.0%
2017	4	10.0%
2018	2	5.0%
2019	7	17.5%
2020	2	5.0%
2021	5	12.5%
2022	6	15.0%
2023	5	12.5%
2024	6	15.0%

Which technologies does FTE automotive GmbH patent most?

F16H - Gearing 20

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 19

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 15

F04C - Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps 9

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 6

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 5

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 4

B60T - Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted Movement OF VEHICLES; Vehicle Modifications TO Facilitate Cooling OF Brakes 2

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 2

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 2

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

F05C - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Materials, Material Properties OR Material Characteristics FOR Machines, Engines OR Pumps Other Than Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines 1

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 1

F01C - Rotary-piston OR Oscillating-piston Machines OR Engines 1

Top 15 of 16 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

FTE automotive GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

FTE automotive GmbH's lead technology class is F16H (Gearing), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16H
Ranked #8,031 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare FTE automotive GmbH against EndoGastric Solutions, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.0/100 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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