Where does Johnson Controls Metals and Mechanisms GmbH & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Johnson Controls Metals and Mechanisms GmbH & Co. KG ranks #32,185 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 Metals and Mechanisms GmbH & Co. KG hold?

Johnson Controls Metals and Mechanisms GmbH & Co. KG holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Johnson Controls Metals and Mechanisms GmbH & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

Johnson Controls Metals and Mechanisms GmbH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 24.1 out of 100 (14th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Johnson Controls Metals and Mechanisms GmbH & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Johnson Controls Metals and Mechanisms GmbH & Co. KG'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 Metals and Mechanisms GmbH & Co. KG's patents?

Johnson Controls Metals and Mechanisms GmbH & Co. KG's patents average 11.9 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 Metals and Mechanisms GmbH & Co. KG

Q: What technology areas does Johnson Controls Metals and Mechanisms GmbH & Co. KG focus on?

Johnson Controls Metals and Mechanisms GmbH & Co. KG's top technology area is B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 6 patents, ranking #164 of 645 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Johnson Controls Metals and Mechanisms GmbH & Co. KG 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 - 8 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Johnson ranks #32,185 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 7 technology areas.

#32,185
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 14th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.1/100): 11.9
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R32185 · Foreign Corporation #32,185 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #32,185/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Jiva Pharma
CPC-NARROW B60N · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Jiva Pharma 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 24.1 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 7.6 pts (32%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (39%) Claim depth 7.1 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Johnson Controls… · this assignee

24
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Johnson's Innovation Score is 24.1/100 (14th 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 11.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Johnson's grants concentrate

Johnson Controls Metals and Mechanisms GmbH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 75% of grants classified under B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Johnson sits between Jiva Pharma Inc. and Josho Gakuen Educational Foundation.

Jiva Pharma

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What this shows Johnson holds 8 patents at rank #32,184, 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 #32,184 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles)

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)

24 14th percentile higher than 14% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

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 Metals and Mechanisms GmbH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	25.0%
2016	5	62.5%
2017	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Johnson Controls Metals and Mechanisms GmbH & Co. KG patent most?

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

F16H - Gearing 3

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 1

Top 7 of 7 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 Metals and Mechanisms GmbH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Johnson Controls Metals and Mechanisms GmbH & Co. KG's lead technology class is B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 75% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60N
Ranked #32,185 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Johnson Controls Metals and Mechanisms GmbH & Co. KG against Jiva Pharma Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.1/100 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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