Where does Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited ranks #3,014 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 Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited hold?

Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited holds 126 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 51 technology areas.

What is Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited's Innovation Score?

Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited has an Innovation Score of 54.2 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited focus on?

Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited's top technology area is F16H (Gearing) with 45 patents. Grants appear in 51 CPC subclasses total.

Is Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited's recent grant velocity is +179% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited's patents?

Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited's patents average 10.8 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 Goodrich Actuation Systems 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

Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 126 granted patents across 51 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: F16H (Gearing).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Goodrich ranks #3,014 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 126 patents across 51 technology areas.

#3,014
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.2/100): 10.8
avg claims per patent: +179%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3014 · Foreign Corporation #3,014 · 126 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 126 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,014/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH DeNA
CPC-WIDE F16H · 51 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +179% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: DeNA Co., 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Amtek Research… · near

54
Goodrich Actuation… · this assignee

54
SeeYa Optronics · near

54
Flowserve Management · near

54
Oxford Nanopore · near

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Goodrich's Innovation Score is 54.2/100 (top 8% 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.

How Goodrich's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited received 81 grants versus 29 in 2015–2019 (+179% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 20 grants and bottomed in 2017 at 1. Lead class F16H accounts for 35.7% of the portfolio across 51 subclasses. Volume neighbours: DeNA Co., Ltd. (#3,009) and Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. (#3,017).

Goodrich's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited moved from 47 to 42 grants (0.89x 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 #1,497. See the growth leaderboard.

Dena

126
Deutsche Post

126
Fair Isaac

126
Fyusion

126
Hisense Electric

126
Hunter Industries

126
Pilot

126
Keurig Green Moun…

126
Goodrich Actuatio… ◀

126

What this shows Goodrich holds 126 patents at rank #3,013, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Goodrich

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,013 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16H (Gearing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Goodrich, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (54 here).

SeeYa Optronics Co., Ltd. 54 Amtek Research International LLC 54 Flowserve Management Company 54 Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC 54

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (10.8 here).

Grass GmbH 10.8 avg King Faisal University 10.8 avg OMS Investments, Inc. 10.8 avg Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. 10.8 avg

Goodrich's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 8% higher than 92% 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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Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	5.6%
2016	3	2.4%
2017	1	0.8%
2018	10	7.9%
2019	8	6.3%
2020	20	15.9%
2021	19	15.1%
2022	16	12.7%
2023	10	7.9%
2024	16	12.7%
2025partial year	16	12.7%

Which technologies does Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited patent most?

F16H - Gearing 45

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 44

F02K - Jet-propulsion Plants 30

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 22

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 19

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 18

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 14

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 13

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 11

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 10

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

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 7

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 7

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 6

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 6

Top 15 of 51 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,014

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

54.2 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

Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited's lead technology class is F16H (Gearing), 35.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16H
Ranked #3,014 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited against DeNA Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.2/100 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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