Where does Gentherm Incorporated rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Gentherm Incorporated ranks #1,820 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 Gentherm Incorporated hold?

Gentherm Incorporated holds 223 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 69 technology areas.

What is Gentherm Incorporated's Innovation Score?

Gentherm Incorporated has an Innovation Score of 60.2 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 Gentherm Incorporated focus on?

Gentherm Incorporated's top technology area is B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 112 patents, ranking #16 of 645 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 69 CPC subclasses total.

Is Gentherm Incorporated's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Gentherm Incorporated's recent grant velocity is -13% 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 Gentherm Incorporated's patents?

Gentherm Incorporated's patents average 20.0 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 Gentherm Incorporated 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

Gentherm Incorporated

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 223 granted patents across 69 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, Gentherm ranks #1,820 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 223 patents across 69 technology areas.

#1,820
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (60.2/100): 20.0
avg claims per patent: -13%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1820 · US Corporation #1,820 · 223 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 223 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,820/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Airgain
CPC-WIDE B60N · 69 areas
INNOV-STRONG 60.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 20.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -13% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Airgain, 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 Gentherm’s 60.2 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 18.7 pts (31%) Velocity 4.5 pts (7%) Breadth 25.0 pts (42%) Claim depth 12.0 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
University of… · near

60
Conopco · near

60
Gentherm Incorporated · this assignee

60
Jinko Solar · near

60
Thinkware · near

60
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Gentherm's Innovation Score is 60.2/100 (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 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 20.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.6 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.

How Gentherm's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Gentherm Incorporated received 97 grants versus 112 in 2015–2019 (-13% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 32 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 15. Lead class B60N accounts for 50.2% of the portfolio across 69 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Leica Geosystems AG (#1,816) and Mitsubishi Power, Ltd. (#1,824).

Gentherm's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Gentherm Incorporated moved from 77 to 52 grants (0.68x 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 #2,228. See the growth leaderboard.

Leica Geosystems

224
University Health…

224
Voyetra Turtle Be…

224
Airgain

223
Georgetown Univer…

223
Gentherm Incorpor… ◀

223
Konami Gaming

222
Leviton Manufactu…

222
Mitsubishi Power

222

What this shows Gentherm holds 223 patents at rank #1,820, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Gentherm

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,820 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.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Gentherm, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles), Gentherm ranks #16 of 645 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

Conopco, Inc. 60 Jinko Solar Co., Ltd. 60 University of Houston System 60 Thinkware Corporation 60

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.0 here).

American Megatrends, Inc. 20.0 avg Asml Holding N.V. 20.0 avg Smith International, Inc. 20.0 avg SambaNova Systems, Inc. 20.0 avg

Gentherm's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

60 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.

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Gentherm Incorporated patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	15	6.7%
2016	23	10.3%
2017	19	8.5%
2018	23	10.3%
2019	32	14.3%
2020	26	11.7%
2021	19	8.5%
2022	19	8.5%
2023	18	8.1%
2024	15	6.7%
2025partial year	14	6.3%

Which technologies does Gentherm Incorporated patent most?

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 112

B60H - Arrangements OF Heating, Cooling, Ventilating OR Other Air-treating Devices Specially Adapted FOR Passenger OR Goods Spaces OF Vehicles 57

F25B - Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems 37

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 34

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 31

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 30

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 25

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 22

A47C - CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds 21

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 20

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 18

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 18

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 17

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 16

F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening 12

Top 15 of 69 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

Gentherm Incorporated's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Gentherm Incorporated's lead technology class is B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 50.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60N
Ranked #1,820 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Gentherm Incorporated against Leica Geosystems AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 60.2/100 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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