Where does Kapsch TrafficCom AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kapsch TrafficCom AG ranks #4,089 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 Kapsch TrafficCom AG hold?

Kapsch TrafficCom AG holds 88 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 37 technology areas.

What is Kapsch TrafficCom AG's Innovation Score?

Kapsch TrafficCom AG has an Innovation Score of 52.7 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Kapsch TrafficCom AG focus on?

Kapsch TrafficCom AG's top technology area is G08G (Traffic Control Systems) with 49 patents, ranking #64 of 1,183 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 37 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kapsch TrafficCom AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kapsch TrafficCom AG's recent grant velocity is -66% 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 Kapsch TrafficCom AG's patents?

Kapsch TrafficCom AG's patents average 17.2 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 Kapsch TrafficCom AG 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

Kapsch TrafficCom AG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 88 granted patents across 37 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: G08G (Traffic Control Systems).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kapsch ranks #4,089 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 88 patents across 37 technology areas.

#4,089
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.7/100): 17.2
avg claims per patent: -66%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4089 · Foreign Corporation #4,089 · 88 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 88 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,089/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ideastream Consumer…
CPC-FOCUS G08G · 37 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -66% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ideastream Consumer Products, LLC (±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 Kapsch’s 52.7 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 15.5 pts (29%) Velocity 5.3 pts (10%) Breadth 21.5 pts (41%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kapsch TrafficCom · this assignee

53
Loma Linda University · near

53
ABB Power Grids… · near

53
Genetec · near

53
Lashify · near

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kapsch's Innovation Score is 52.7/100 (top 10% 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 Kapsch?

Each dot is one of Kapsch’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). Kapsch’s own 17.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Kapsch's grants concentrate

Kapsch TrafficCom AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 37 CPC subclasses with 55.7% of grants classified under G08G (Traffic Control Systems). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (24 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2021. By volume, Kapsch sits between Ideastream Consumer Products, LLC and Nissin Kogyo Co., Ltd..

Kapsch's three-year grant acceleration

Kapsch TrafficCom AG shows 12 grants in 2022–2024 against only 15 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Ideastream Consum…

88
Johnson Controls

88
Joy Global Surfac…

88
Kenall Manufactur…

88
Liko Research & D…

88
Luminex

88
Magna Seating

88
Nissin Kogyo

88
Kapsch Trafficcom ◀

88

What this shows Kapsch holds 88 patents at rank #4,090, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kapsch

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,090 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G08G (Traffic Control Systems)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Kapsch, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G08G (Traffic Control Systems), Kapsch ranks #64 of 1,183 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

Loma Linda University 53 Lashify, Inc. 53 ABB Power Grids Switzerland AG 53 Genetec Inc. 53

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.2 here).

Promerus, LLC 17.2 avg Shanghai Research Institute OF Petrochemical Technology, Sinopec 17.2 avg Queen's University at Kingston 17.2 avg Polytec GmbH 17.2 avg

Kapsch's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 10% higher than 90% 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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Kapsch TrafficCom AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	24	27.3%
2016	14	15.9%
2017	14	15.9%
2018	7	8.0%
2019	5	5.7%
2020	6	6.8%
2021	4	4.5%
2022	6	6.8%
2023	6	6.8%
2025partial year	2	2.3%

Which technologies does Kapsch TrafficCom AG patent most?

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 49

G07B - Ticket-issuing APPARATUS; Fare-registering APPARATUS; Franking Apparatus 40

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 25

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 23

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 16

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 16

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 12

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 11

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 9

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 7

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 7

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 6

H04B - Transmission 5

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 3

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

Top 15 of 37 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

Kapsch TrafficCom AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kapsch TrafficCom AG's lead technology class is G08G (Traffic Control Systems), 55.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G08G
Ranked #4,089 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kapsch TrafficCom AG against Ideastream Consumer Products, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.7/100 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

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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

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