Where does Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH ranks #3,809 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 Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH hold?

Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH holds 95 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 47 technology areas.

What is Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH's Innovation Score?

Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH 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%).

Is Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH's recent grant velocity is -8% 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 Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH's patents?

Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH's patents average 15.5 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 Honda Research Institute Europe 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

Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH focus on?

Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH's top technology area is 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) with 41 patents, ranking #102 of 1,122 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 47 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 95 granted patents across 47 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Honda ranks #3,809 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 95 patents across 47 technology areas.

#3,809
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.2/100): 15.5
avg claims per patent: -8%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3809 · Foreign Corporation #3,809 · 95 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 95 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,809/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ferag
CPC-WIDE B60W · 47 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT -8% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ferag AG (±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 Honda’s 54.2 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 15.8 pts (29%) Velocity 4.9 pts (9%) Breadth 24.2 pts (45%) Claim depth 9.3 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Solum · near

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Aveva Software · near

54
Honda Research… · this assignee

54
Faraday Technology · near

54
Innospec · near

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Honda'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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Honda?

Each dot is one of Honda’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). Honda’s own 15.5 claims/patent is at or below the 17.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Honda's grants concentrate

Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 47 CPC subclasses with 43.2% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (12 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2022. By volume, Honda sits between Ferag AG and Kopin Corporation.

Honda's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH moved from 30 to 22 grants (0.73x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

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What this shows Honda holds 95 patents at rank #3,810, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Honda

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,810 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60W (Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type O…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Honda, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B60W (Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type O…), Honda ranks #102 of 1,122 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (54 here).

Aveva Software, LLC 54 Solum Co., Ltd. 54 Faraday Technology Corp. 54 Innospec Limited 54

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.5 here).

Bolton Medical, Inc. 15.5 avg Nanoco Technologies, Ltd. 15.5 avg New England Biolabs, Inc. 15.5 avg ColdQuanta, Inc. 15.5 avg

Honda'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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Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	7.4%
2016	11	11.6%
2017	11	11.6%
2018	11	11.6%
2019	8	8.4%
2020	10	10.5%
2021	12	12.6%
2022	5	5.3%
2023	8	8.4%
2024	9	9.5%
2025partial year	3	3.2%

Which technologies does Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH patent most?

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 41

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 36

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 28

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 17

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 16

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 15

A01D - HARVESTING; Mowing 12

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 10

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 10

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 9

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 8

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 7

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 7

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 5

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 4

Top 15 of 47 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

Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH's lead technology class is 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), 43.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60W
Ranked #3,809 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH against Ferag AG, 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.

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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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