Where does GKN Automotive Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), GKN Automotive Limited ranks #2,804 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 Automotive Limited hold?

GKN Automotive Limited holds 137 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 29 technology areas.

What is GKN Automotive Limited's Innovation Score?

GKN Automotive Limited has an Innovation Score of 51.6 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 Automotive Limited focus on?

GKN Automotive Limited's top technology area is F16H (Gearing) with 87 patents. Grants appear in 29 CPC subclasses total.

Is GKN Automotive Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

GKN Automotive Limited's recent grant velocity is +276% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for GKN Automotive Limited's patents?

GKN Automotive Limited's patents average 13.9 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 GKN Automotive Limited 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 Automotive Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 137 granted patents across 29 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: F16H (Gearing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, GKN ranks #2,804 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 137 patents across 29 technology areas.

#2,804
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (51.6/100): 13.9
avg claims per patent: +276%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2804 · Foreign Corporation #2,804 · 137 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 137 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,804/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Chervon (HK)
CPC-FOCUS F16H · 29 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +276% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Chervon (HK) Limited (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cobham Advanced… · near

52
GKN Automotive · this assignee

52
Lindsay · near

52
National University… · near

52
Research Cooperation… · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows GKN's Innovation Score is 51.6/100 (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.

Where GKN's grants concentrate

GKN Automotive Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 29 CPC subclasses with 63.5% of grants classified under F16H (Gearing). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (21 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, GKN sits between Visa U.S.A. Inc. and Iris Ohyama Inc..

GKN's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, GKN Automotive Limited moved from 52 to 56 grants (1.08x 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 #1,009. See the growth leaderboard.

Visa U

138
Young Optics

138
Chervon (HK)

137
Federal-mogul

137
HI

137
Hong ANN Tool Ind…

137
Illuscio

137
Iris Ohyama

137
GKN Automotive ◀

137

What this shows GKN holds 137 patents at rank #2,804, 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 #2,804 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16H (Gearing)

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).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

Lindsay Corporation 52 Research Cooperation Foundation OF Yeungnam University 52 National University Corporation Toyohashi University OF Technology 52 Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions Inc. 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.9 here).

Showa Denko Materials Co., Ltd. 13.9 avg DOW Tray Co., Ltd. 13.9 avg Aspect Imaging Ltd. 13.9 avg Gree Electric Appliances (WUHAN) Co., Ltd 13.9 avg

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 · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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GKN Automotive Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	0.7%
2018	10	7.3%
2019	14	10.2%
2020	17	12.4%
2021	21	15.3%
2022	21	15.3%
2023	19	13.9%
2024	16	11.7%
2025partial year	18	13.1%

Which technologies does GKN Automotive Limited patent most?

F16H - Gearing 87

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 61

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 60

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 24

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 19

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 15

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 8

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 7

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 3

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 3

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 2

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 2

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 2

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 2

Top 15 of 29 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,804

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

51.6 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

GKN Automotive Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

GKN Automotive Limited's lead technology class is F16H (Gearing), 63.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16H
Ranked #2,804 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare GKN Automotive Limited against Visa U.S.A. Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.6/100 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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