Where does GKN Aerospace Sweden AB rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), GKN Aerospace Sweden AB ranks #8,806 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 GKN Aerospace Sweden AB hold?

GKN Aerospace Sweden AB holds 36 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 35 technology areas.

What is GKN Aerospace Sweden AB's Innovation Score?

GKN Aerospace Sweden AB 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%).

What technology areas does GKN Aerospace Sweden AB focus on?

GKN Aerospace Sweden AB's top technology area is F01D (Non-positive Displacement Machines OR Engines, e.g. Steam Turbines) with 24 patents, ranking #66 of 462 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 35 CPC subclasses total.

Is GKN Aerospace Sweden AB's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

GKN Aerospace Sweden AB's recent grant velocity is -50% 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 GKN Aerospace Sweden AB's patents?

GKN Aerospace Sweden AB's patents average 15.8 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 GKN Aerospace Sweden AB 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

GKN Aerospace Sweden AB

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 36 granted patents across 35 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: F01D (Non-positive Displacement Machines OR Engines, e.g. Steam Turbines).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, GKN ranks #8,806 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 36 patents across 35 technology areas.

#8,806
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (51.8/100): 15.8
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8806 · Foreign Corporation #8,806 · 36 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 36 grants
UPPER-Q #8,806/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Franke Technology…
CPC-FOCUS F01D · 35 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Franke Technology and Trademark 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 GKN’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 12.5 pts (24%) Velocity 8.9 pts (17%) Breadth 20.9 pts (40%) Claim depth 9.5 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Continuous Composites · near

52
GKN Aerospace… · this assignee

52
Imperial Innovations · near

52
SGL Carbon SE · near

52
Sloan Valve · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows GKN'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 GKN?

Each dot is one of GKN’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). GKN’s own 15.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where GKN's grants concentrate

GKN Aerospace Sweden AB is a focused PatentsView assignee: 35 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under F01D (Non-positive Displacement Machines OR Engines, e.g. Steam Turbines). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (7 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, GKN sits between Furla S.p.A. and Groove X Inc..

GKN's three-year grant acceleration

GKN Aerospace Sweden AB shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Furla S p A

36
Futura S P A

36
Franke Technology…

36
Gibson Brands

36
GKN Sinter Metals

36
GP Cellulose

36
Grammarly

36
Groove X

36
GKN Aerospace Swe… ◀

36

What this shows GKN holds 36 patents at rank #8,803, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near GKN

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,803 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F01D (Non-positive Displacement Machines OR Engines)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for GKN, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F01D (Non-positive Displacement Machines OR Engines), GKN ranks #66 of 462 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

SGL Carbon SE 52 Sloan Valve Company 52 Imperial Innovations Limited 52 Continuous Composites Inc. 52

GKN'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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GKN Aerospace Sweden AB patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	8.3%
2016	2	5.6%
2017	7	19.4%
2018	7	19.4%
2019	3	8.3%
2021	3	8.3%
2022	5	13.9%
2024	3	8.3%
2025partial year	3	8.3%

Which technologies does GKN Aerospace Sweden AB patent most?

F01D - Non-positive Displacement Machines OR Engines, e.g. Steam Turbines 24

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 23

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 16

F02C - Gas-turbine PLANTS; AIR Intakes FOR Jet-propulsion PLANTS; Controlling Fuel Supply IN Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants 15

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 5

F02K - Jet-propulsion Plants 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 4

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 4

F05B - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Wind, Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like Motors, TO Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids Covered BY Subclasses F03b, F03d AND F03g 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

F01K - Steam Engine PLANTS; Steam ACCUMULATORS; Engine Plants NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Engines Using Special Working Fluids OR Cycles 3

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 3

B23B - TURNING; Boring 2

B64F - Ground OR Aircraft-carrier-deck Installations Specially Adapted FOR USE IN Connection With AIRCRAFT; Designing, Manufacturing, Assembling, Cleaning, Maintaining OR Repairing Aircraft, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Handling, Transporting, Testing OR Inspecting Aircraft Components, NOT Otherwise Provide 1

Top 15 of 35 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

GKN Aerospace Sweden AB's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

GKN Aerospace Sweden AB's lead technology class is F01D (Non-positive Displacement Machines OR Engines, e.g. Steam Turbines), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F01D
Ranked #8,806 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare GKN Aerospace Sweden AB against Furla S.p.A., 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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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