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Gentherm Automotive Systems (CHINA) Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Gentherm ranks #28,847 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 13 technology areas.

#28,847
of 49,997 US assignees by volume
44th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.3/100)
18.8
avg claims per patent
-71%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R28847 · Foreign Corporation #28,847 · 9 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

  • GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
  • MID-PACK #28,847/49,997
  • PHOTO-FINISH GDF Suez
  • CPC-FOCUS B60N · 13 areas
  • INNOV-THIN 33.3/100
  • CLAIMS-RICH 18.8 claims/avg
  • TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
  • VEL-DROP -71% vel
  • BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: GDF Suez (±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 Gentherm’s 33.3 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Innovation-score neighbourhood around Gentherm

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows Gentherm's Innovation Score is 33.3/100 (44th 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.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Gentherm?

Each dot is one of Gentherm’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). Gentherm’s own 18.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Gentherm vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Granted patents (volume) (X) and Avg claims / patent (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Volume + depthSelective & thoroughVolume over depthLean filer 8.98.999.1 051015202530 Granted patents (volume) Avg claims / patent GDF Suez - 9, 11.67GDF SuezGEA Refrigeration Germany GMBH - 9, 5.78GEA Refrigeration…Gebo Packaging Solutions France SAS - 9, 17.56Gebo Packaging So…Genesense Technology Inc. - 9, 19.78Genesense Technol…Geomagical Labs, Inc. - 9, 27.89Geomagical LabsGeorge TFE SCP - 9, 15.22George TFE SCPGfbiochemicals IP Assets B.V. - 9, 17.11Gfbiochemicals IP…Gfpi SA - 9, 12.89GfpiGentherm Automotive Systems (CHINA) Ltd. - 9, 18.78Gentherm Automoti…
Gentherm vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Gentherm's grants concentrate

Gentherm Automotive Systems (CHINA) Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 55.6% of grants classified under B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Gentherm sits between GDF Suez and Gfpi SA.

Gentherm's three-year grant acceleration

Gentherm Automotive Systems (CHINA) Ltd. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Who files at Gentherm's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows Gentherm holds 9 patents at rank #28,818, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near Gentherm

By rank, the assignees closest to #28,818 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles)

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

Gentherm's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 44th percentile higher than 44% of 49,997 US assignees

This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Gentherm Automotive Systems (CHINA) Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2016 1 11.1%
2018 2 22.2%
2019 4 44.4%
2021 1 11.1%
2024 1 11.1%

Which technologies does Gentherm Automotive Systems (CHINA) Ltd. patent most?

Top 13 of 13 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Gentherm Automotive Systems (CHINA) Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

  • Gentherm Automotive Systems (CHINA) Ltd.'s lead technology class is B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 55.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60N
  • Ranked #28,847 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
  • Compare Gentherm Automotive Systems (CHINA) Ltd. against GDF Suez, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
  • Innovation Score of 33.3/100 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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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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.