Where does Knorr-bremse Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Knorr-bremse Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH ranks #1,002 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 fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH hold?

Knorr-bremse Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH holds 438 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 89 technology areas.

What is Knorr-bremse Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH's Innovation Score?

Knorr-bremse Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH has an Innovation Score of 61.7 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Knorr-bremse Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Knorr-bremse Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH's recent grant velocity is +69% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Knorr-bremse Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH's patents?

Knorr-bremse Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH's patents average 14.1 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

Knorr-bremse Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Knorr-bremse Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH focus on?

Knorr-bremse Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge 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 197 patents, ranking #7 of 539 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 89 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Knorr-bremse Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge 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 - 438 granted patents across 89 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 #1,002 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 438 patents across 89 technology areas.

#1,002
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.7/100): 14.1
avg claims per patent: +69%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1002 · Foreign Corporation #1,002 · 438 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 438 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,002/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nuvoton Technology
CPC-WIDE B60T · 89 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +69% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nuvoton Technology Corporation (±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 61.7 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 21.0 pts (34%) Velocity 7.2 pts (12%) Breadth 25.0 pts (41%) Claim depth 8.5 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
TC1 · near

62
ZF Active Safety · near

62
Knorr-bremse… · this assignee

62
PGS Geophysical AS · near

62
Tektronix · near

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Knorr-bremse's Innovation Score is 61.7/100 (top 3% 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 14.1 claims/patent is at or below the 15.8 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 fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH received 252 grants versus 149 in 2015–2019 (+69% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 68 grants and bottomed in 2017 at 19. Lead class B60T accounts for 45% of the portfolio across 89 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Shanghai Langbo Communication Technology Company Limited (#998) and Harris Corporation (#1,006).

Knorr-bremse's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Knorr-bremse Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH moved from 133 to 144 grants (1.08x 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 #994. See the growth leaderboard.

Shanghai Langbo C…

440
The Braun

440
Samsung Medison

439
Vivint

439
Nuvoton Technology

438
Knorr-bremse Syst… ◀

438
Advantest

437
Block

437
Harris

437

What this shows Knorr-bremse holds 438 patents at rank #1,002, 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 #1,002 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 #7 of 539 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

TC1 LLC 62 ZF Active Safety GmbH 62 PGS Geophysical AS 62 Tektronix, Inc. 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.1 here).

Baidu Online Network Technology (BEIJING) Co., Ltd. 14.1 avg Nextracker LLC 14.1 avg The Translational Genomics Research Institute 14.1 avg University of Puerto Rico 14.1 avg

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

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

62 Top 3% higher than 97% 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 fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	37	8.4%
2016	38	8.7%
2017	19	4.3%
2018	30	6.8%
2019	25	5.7%
2020	60	13.7%
2021	48	11.0%
2022	41	9.4%
2023	35	8.0%
2024	68	15.5%
2025partial year	37	8.4%

Which technologies does Knorr-bremse Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge 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 197

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 131

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 44

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 32

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 21

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 20

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 16

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 16

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 15

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 15

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 15

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 15

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 14

F16H - Gearing 14

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 13

Top 15 of 89 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 fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Knorr-bremse Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge 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), 45% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60T
Ranked #1,002 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Knorr-bremse Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH against Shanghai Langbo Communication Technology Company Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.7/100 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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