Where does GKN Driveline North America, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), GKN Driveline North America, Inc. ranks #9,042 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 North America, Inc. hold?

GKN Driveline North America, Inc. holds 35 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is GKN Driveline North America, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

GKN Driveline North America, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 39.1 out of 100 (top 39% 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 North America, Inc. focus on?

GKN Driveline North America, Inc.'s top technology area is F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes) with 21 patents, ranking #81 of 1,090 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

Is GKN Driveline North America, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

GKN Driveline North America, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -83% 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 North America, Inc.'s patents?

GKN Driveline North America, Inc.'s patents average 17.5 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 North America, Inc. 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

GKN Driveline North America, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 35 granted patents across 21 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 #9,042 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 35 patents across 21 technology areas.

#9,042
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 39%
by Innovation Score (39.1/100): 17.5
avg claims per patent: -83%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9042 · US Corporation #9,042 · 35 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 35 grants
UPPER-Q #9,042/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fides B V
CPC-FOCUS F16D · 21 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -83% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fides B.V. (±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 39.1 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 12.4 pts (32%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 16.2 pts (41%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Canrig Drilling… · near

39
GKN Driveline North… · this assignee

39
Numecent Holdings · near

39
Tokai Kogyo · near

39
Teco Image Systems · near

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows GKN's Innovation Score is 39.1/100 (top 39% 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 17.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.4 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 Driveline North America, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (9 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2021. By volume, GKN sits between Fujifilm Wako Pure Chemical Corporation and Hanwha Defense Co., Ltd..

Fujifilm Wako Pur…

35
Fides B V

35
Gainspan

35
Garlock Sealing

35
Global Technology

35
Gomaco

35
Guangzhou Luxvisi…

35
Hanwha Defense

35
GKN Driveline Nor… ◀

35

What this shows GKN holds 35 patents at rank #9,040, 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 #9,040 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 #81 of 1,090 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

Tokai Kogyo Co., Ltd. 39 Numecent Holdings, Inc. 39 Canrig Drilling Technology Ltd. 39 Teco Image Systems Co., Ltd. 39

GKN's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 39% higher than 61% 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 North America, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	14.3%
2016	3	8.6%
2017	9	25.7%
2018	6	17.1%
2019	6	17.1%
2020	3	8.6%
2021	2	5.7%
2025partial year	1	2.9%

Which technologies does GKN Driveline North America, Inc. patent most?

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 21

F16H - Gearing 16

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 16

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 9

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 5

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 5

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 4

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 3

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

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

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 1

B23F - Making Gears OR Toothed Racks 1

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 1

Top 15 of 21 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 North America, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

GKN Driveline North America, Inc.'s lead technology class is F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16D
Ranked #9,042 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare GKN Driveline North America, Inc. against Fujifilm Wako Pure Chemical Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.1/100 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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