Where does GKN Driveline International GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), GKN Driveline International GmbH ranks #10,626 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 Driveline International GmbH hold?

GKN Driveline International GmbH holds 29 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is GKN Driveline International GmbH's Innovation Score?

GKN Driveline International GmbH has an Innovation Score of 58.3 out of 100 (top 5% 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 Driveline International GmbH focus on?

GKN Driveline International GmbH's top technology area is F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes) with 17 patents, ranking #101 of 1,090 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

Is GKN Driveline International GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

GKN Driveline International GmbH's recent grant velocity is -35% 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 Driveline International GmbH's patents?

GKN Driveline International GmbH's patents average 15.3 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 Driveline International 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

GKN Driveline International GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 29 granted patents across 24 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: F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, GKN ranks #10,626 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 29 patents across 24 technology areas.

#10,626
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (58.3/100): 15.3
avg claims per patent: -35%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10626 · Foreign Corporation #10,626 · 29 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 29 grants
UPPER-Q #10,626/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fluid Equipment…
CPC-FOCUS F16D · 24 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -35% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fluid Equipment Development Company, LLC (±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 58.3 Innovation Score adds up

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

Volume 11.7 pts (20%) Velocity 20.0 pts (34%) Breadth 17.3 pts (30%) Claim depth 9.2 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
GKN Driveline… · this assignee

58
TSI Group · near

58
Atlas Copco… · near

58
Mineral Earth Sciences · near

58
Premium Aerotec · near

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows GKN's Innovation Score is 58.3/100 (top 5% 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 15.3 claims/patent is at or below the 16.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where GKN's grants concentrate

GKN Driveline International GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 58.6% of grants classified under F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, GKN sits between Fluid Equipment Development Company, LLC and Grst International Limited.

GKN's three-year grant acceleration

GKN Driveline International GmbH shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Fluid Equipment D…

29
Fugro

29
GEA Tuchenhagen

29
Geistlich Pharma

29
Global Industrial…

29
Goodbaby Child Pr…

29
Graff Breeding A/S

29
Grst International

29
GKN Driveline Int… ◀

29

What this shows GKN holds 29 patents at rank #10,623, 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 #10,623 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting Rotation)

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 F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting Rotation), GKN ranks #101 of 1,090 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

TSI Group Co., Ltd. 58 Mineral Earth Sciences LLC 58 Premium Aerotec GmbH 58 Atlas Copco Airpower, Naamloze Vennootschap 58

GKN's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

58 Top 5% higher than 95% 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 Driveline International GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	20.7%
2016	4	13.8%
2017	3	10.3%
2018	3	10.3%
2019	1	3.4%
2020	1	3.4%
2022	4	13.8%
2023	5	17.2%
2024	1	3.4%
2025partial year	1	3.4%

Which technologies does GKN Driveline International GmbH patent most?

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 17

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 7

C10M - Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition 4

C10N - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass C10m Relating TO Lubricating Compositions 4

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 4

F16H - Gearing 4

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 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

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

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

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

G10D - Stringed Musical INSTRUMENTS; Wind Musical INSTRUMENTS; Accordions OR CONCERTINAS; Percussion Musical INSTRUMENTS; Aeolian HARPS; Singing-flame Musical INSTRUMENTS; Musical Instruments NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 1

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 1

Top 15 of 24 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 Driveline International GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

GKN Driveline International GmbH's lead technology class is F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes), 58.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16D
Ranked #10,626 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare GKN Driveline International GmbH against Fluid Equipment Development Company, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.3/100 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

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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