Where does Knorr-bremse Commercial Vehicle Systems Japan Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Knorr-bremse Commercial Vehicle Systems Japan Ltd. ranks #41,259 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 Knorr-bremse Commercial Vehicle Systems Japan Ltd. hold?

Knorr-bremse Commercial Vehicle Systems Japan Ltd. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Knorr-bremse Commercial Vehicle Systems Japan Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Knorr-bremse Commercial Vehicle Systems Japan Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 41.7 out of 100 (top 32% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Knorr-bremse Commercial Vehicle Systems Japan Ltd. focus on?

Knorr-bremse Commercial Vehicle Systems Japan Ltd.'s top technology area is B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers) with 5 patents. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Knorr-bremse Commercial Vehicle Systems Japan Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Knorr-bremse Commercial Vehicle Systems Japan Ltd..

What does claim depth mean for Knorr-bremse Commercial Vehicle Systems Japan Ltd.'s patents?

Knorr-bremse Commercial Vehicle Systems Japan Ltd.'s patents average 10.5 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Knorr-bremse Commercial Vehicle Systems Japan Ltd.

Q: How is the Knorr-bremse Commercial Vehicle Systems Japan Ltd. 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 - 6 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Knorr-bremse ranks #41,259 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 6 technology areas.

#41,259
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 32%
by Innovation Score (41.7/100): 10.5
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R41259 · Foreign Corporation #41,259 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #41,259/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Klecher
CPC-NARROW B62D · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.7/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Klecher, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Knorr-bremse… · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Knorr-bremse's Innovation Score is 41.7/100 (top 32% 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.

Where Knorr-bremse's grants concentrate

Knorr-bremse Commercial Vehicle Systems Japan Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Knorr-bremse sits between Klecher, LLC and Kojundo Chemical Laboratory Co., Ltd..

Knorr-bremse's three-year grant acceleration

Knorr-bremse Commercial Vehicle Systems Japan Ltd. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Klecher

6
Kleverness Incorp…

6
KLT

6
KM Transderm

6
Knowledge Initiat…

6
Koala Tech

6
KOC Solution

6
Kojundo Chemical…

6
Knorr-bremse Comm… ◀

6

What this shows Knorr-bremse holds 6 patents at rank #41,191, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Knorr-bremse

By rank, the assignees closest to #41,191 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B62D (Motor Vehicles)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Knorr-bremse's primary technology class.

Knorr-bremse's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 32% higher than 68% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Knorr-bremse Commercial Vehicle Systems Japan Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	16.7%
2024	4	66.7%
2025partial year	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Knorr-bremse Commercial Vehicle Systems Japan Ltd. patent most?

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 5

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 1

F16H - Gearing 1

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 1

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#41,259

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

41.7 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Knorr-bremse Commercial Vehicle Systems Japan Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Knorr-bremse Commercial Vehicle Systems Japan Ltd.'s lead technology class is B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B62D
Ranked #41,259 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Knorr-bremse Commercial Vehicle Systems Japan Ltd. against Klecher, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.7/100 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

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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