Where does Knorr-bremse Systeme FÜR Schienenfahrzeuge GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Knorr-bremse Systeme FÜR Schienenfahrzeuge GMBH ranks #3,082 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 Systeme FÜR Schienenfahrzeuge GMBH hold?

Knorr-bremse Systeme FÜR Schienenfahrzeuge GMBH holds 123 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 55 technology areas.

What is Knorr-bremse Systeme FÜR Schienenfahrzeuge GMBH's Innovation Score?

Knorr-bremse Systeme FÜR Schienenfahrzeuge GMBH has an Innovation Score of 59.0 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Knorr-bremse Systeme FÜR Schienenfahrzeuge GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Knorr-bremse Systeme FÜR Schienenfahrzeuge GMBH's recent grant velocity is -16% 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 Knorr-bremse Systeme FÜR Schienenfahrzeuge GMBH's patents?

Knorr-bremse Systeme FÜR Schienenfahrzeuge GMBH's patents average 12.8 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 Systeme FÜR Schienenfahrzeuge GMBH

Q: What technology areas does Knorr-bremse Systeme FÜR Schienenfahrzeuge GMBH focus on?

Knorr-bremse Systeme FÜR Schienenfahrzeuge GMBH's top technology area is B60T (Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted Movement OF VEHICLES; Vehicle Modifications TO Facilitate Cooling OF Brakes) with 74 patents, ranking #23 of 539 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 55 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Knorr-bremse Systeme FÜR Schienenfahrzeuge GMBH 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 - 123 granted patents across 55 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: B60T (Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted MO).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Knorr-bremse ranks #3,082 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 123 patents across 55 technology areas.

#3,082
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.0/100): 12.8
avg claims per patent: -16%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3082 · Foreign Corporation #3,082 · 123 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 123 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,082/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Everi Games
CPC-WIDE B60T · 55 areas
INNOV-PAR 59.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -16% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Everi Games 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 Knorr-bremse’s 59.0 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 16.7 pts (28%) Velocity 9.7 pts (16%) Breadth 25.0 pts (42%) Claim depth 7.7 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AVL List · near

59
Daegu Gyeongbuk… · near

59
DRÄGER Safety & Kgaa · near

59
Continental… · near

59
Knorr-bremse… · this assignee

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Knorr-bremse's Innovation Score is 59.0/100 (top 4% 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 Knorr-bremse?

Each dot is one of Knorr-bremse’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). Knorr-bremse’s own 12.8 claims/patent is at or below the 13.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Knorr-bremse's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Knorr-bremse Systeme FÜR Schienenfahrzeuge GMBH received 51 grants versus 61 in 2015–2019 (-16% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2016 at 19 grants and bottomed in 2020 at 6. Lead class B60T accounts for 60.2% of the portfolio across 55 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Everi Games Inc. (#3,078) and Soraa, Inc. (#3,086).

Knorr-bremse's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Knorr-bremse Systeme FÜR Schienenfahrzeuge GMBH moved from 24 to 35 grants (1.46x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #483. See the growth leaderboard.

Everi Games

123
Futaba Industrial

123
Festo SE & KG

123
Headwater Research

123
Lifetime Products

123
MPI

123
May Patents

123
Soraa

123
Knorr-bremse Syst… ◀

123

What this shows Knorr-bremse holds 123 patents at rank #3,082, 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 #3,082 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60T (Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Knorr-bremse, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B60T (Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof), Knorr-bremse ranks #23 of 539 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

Continental Automotive Systems Inc. 59 DRÄGER Safety AG & Co. Kgaa 59 Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute OF Science AND Technology 59 AVL List GMBH 59

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.8 here).

Eisenmann SE 12.8 avg Hollister Incorporated 12.8 avg Iconex LLC 12.8 avg Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha 12.8 avg

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

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

59 Top 4% higher than 96% 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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Knorr-bremse Systeme FÜR Schienenfahrzeuge GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	16	13.0%
2016	19	15.4%
2017	9	7.3%
2018	9	7.3%
2019	8	6.5%
2020	6	4.9%
2021	10	8.1%
2022	14	11.4%
2023	12	9.8%
2024	9	7.3%
2025partial year	11	8.9%

Which technologies does Knorr-bremse Systeme FÜR Schienenfahrzeuge GMBH patent most?

B60T - Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted Movement OF VEHICLES; Vehicle Modifications TO Facilitate Cooling OF Brakes 74

B61H - Brakes OR Other Retarding Devices Specially Adapted FOR Rail VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Disposition Thereof IN Rail Vehicles 25

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 22

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 16

B61L - Guiding Railway TRAFFIC; Ensuring THE Safety OF Railway Traffic 14

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 13

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 12

F04C - Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps 8

B61C - LOCOMOTIVES; Motor Railcars 7

B61K - Auxiliary Equipment Specially Adapted FOR Railways, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

B61F - Rail Vehicle Suspensions, e.g. Underframes, Bogies OR Arrangements OF Wheel AXLES; Rail Vehicles FOR USE ON Tracks OF Different WIDTH; Preventing Derailing OF Rail VEHICLES; Wheel Guards, Obstruction Removers OR THE Like FOR Rail Vehicles 6

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 5

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 5

B01D - Separation 5

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements 4

Top 15 of 55 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

Knorr-bremse Systeme FÜR Schienenfahrzeuge GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Knorr-bremse Systeme FÜR Schienenfahrzeuge GMBH's lead technology class is B60T (Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted MO), 60.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60T
Ranked #3,082 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Knorr-bremse Systeme FÜR Schienenfahrzeuge GMBH against Everi Games Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 59.0/100 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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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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