Where does Johnson Controls Automotive Electronics SAS rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Johnson Controls Automotive Electronics SAS ranks #18,795 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 Johnson Controls Automotive Electronics SAS hold?

Johnson Controls Automotive Electronics SAS holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is Johnson Controls Automotive Electronics SAS's Innovation Score?

Johnson Controls Automotive Electronics SAS has an Innovation Score of 32.2 out of 100 (40th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Johnson Controls Automotive Electronics SAS's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Johnson Controls Automotive Electronics SAS's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Johnson Controls Automotive Electronics SAS's patents?

Johnson Controls Automotive Electronics SAS's patents average 10.1 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Johnson Controls Automotive Electronics SAS

Q: What technology areas does Johnson Controls Automotive Electronics SAS focus on?

Johnson Controls Automotive Electronics SAS's top technology area is 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 ) with 8 patents, ranking #321 of 1,448 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Johnson Controls Automotive Electronics SAS 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 PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 22 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: 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 Dashb).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Johnson ranks #18,795 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 22 technology areas.

#18,795
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 40th percentile
by Innovation Score (32.2/100): 10.1
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18795 · Foreign Corporation #18,795 · 15 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,795/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Jazz Pharmaceuticals
CPC-FOCUS B60K · 22 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Jazz Pharmaceuticals, 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.

How Johnson’s 32.2 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 9.6 pts (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 16.6 pts (52%) Claim depth 6.0 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Johnson Controls… · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Johnson's Innovation Score is 32.2/100 (40th percentile 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 Johnson?

Each dot is one of Johnson’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). Johnson’s own 10.1 claims/patent is at or below the 19.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Johnson's grants concentrate

Johnson Controls Automotive Electronics SAS is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 53.3% of grants classified under 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 Dashb). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2018. By volume, Johnson sits between Jcet Semiconductor (Shaoxing) Co., Ltd. and Jinda Films Americas LLC.

Jcet Semiconducto…

15
JDC

15
Jenoptik Industri…

15
Jlc-tech IP

15
Jonker

15
Jazz Pharmaceutic…

15
Jelli

15
Jinda Films Ameri…

15
Johnson Controls… ◀

15

What this shows Johnson holds 15 patents at rank #18,788, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Johnson

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,788 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60K (Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmi…)

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)

32 40th percentile higher than 40% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Johnson Controls Automotive Electronics SAS patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	20.0%
2016	3	20.0%
2017	4	26.7%
2018	2	13.3%
2019	3	20.0%

Which technologies does Johnson Controls Automotive Electronics SAS patent most?

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 8

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 7

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 2

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 2

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 1

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 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

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 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

Top 15 of 22 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

Johnson Controls Automotive Electronics SAS's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Johnson Controls Automotive Electronics SAS's lead technology class is 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 Dashb), 53.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60K
Ranked #18,795 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Johnson Controls Automotive Electronics SAS against Jcet Semiconductor (Shaoxing) Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.2/100 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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