Overall rank by patents
#14,709
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: H01M (PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Johnson ranks #14,709 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 17 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R14709 · Foreign Corporation #14,709 · 20 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Janssen Biopharma, Inc. (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Johnson Controls Aut… · this assignee
34 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Johnson Controls Autobatterie Gmbh & Co. Kgaa stamps GRANTS-SMALL, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-RICH, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-DROP, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #14,709 of 50,000; Innovation Score 33.6/100 sits in the top 55% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Janssen Biopharma, Inc. (±0 grants).
Johnson Controls Autobatterie Gmbh & Co. Kgaa has been granted 20 US utility patents between 2015 and 2019, placing Johnson Controls Autobatterie Gmbh & Co. Kgaa at #14,709 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 17 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 14.2 claims per patent with primary concentration in H01M (PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY). As a Foreign Corporation, Johnson Controls Autobatterie Gmbh & Co. Kgaa is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Johnson sits between JMEA Corporation (20 patents, rank #14,704) and KEBA Ag (20 patents, rank #14,712) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 33.6/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 0 grants, compared with 20 in the 2015–2019 window, a -100% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Johnson Controls Autobatterie Gmbh & Co. Kgaa's 14.2 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 17 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
JMEA Corporation
20 patents
JOST-WERKE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
20 patents
JST POWER EQUIPMENT, INC.
20 patents
Janssen BioPharma, Inc.
20 patents
Jubilant Draximage Inc.
20 patents
Just Fur Love LLC
20 patents
KAJEET, INC.
20 patents
KEBA AG
20 patents
Johnson Controls Autobatterie GmbH & Co. KGaA
20 patents
What this shows Johnson holds 20 patents at rank #14,708, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #14,708 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Johnson's primary technology class.
Johnson's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
34 Top 55% higher than 45% of 50,000 US assignees
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 4 | 20.0% |
| 2016 | 4 | 20.0% |
| 2017 | 5 | 25.0% |
| 2018 | 2 | 10.0% |
| 2019 | 5 | 25.0% |
Top 15 of 17 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#14,709
of 50,000 tracked assignees
33.6 out of 100
Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.