Where does Kongsberg Automotive AB rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kongsberg Automotive AB ranks #5,692 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 Kongsberg Automotive AB hold?

Kongsberg Automotive AB holds 60 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 30 technology areas.

What is Kongsberg Automotive AB's Innovation Score?

Kongsberg Automotive AB has an Innovation Score of 43.9 out of 100 (top 27% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Kongsberg Automotive AB focus on?

Kongsberg Automotive AB's top technology area is F16H (Gearing) with 25 patents, ranking #126 of 1,603 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 30 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kongsberg Automotive AB's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kongsberg Automotive AB's recent grant velocity is -72% 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 Kongsberg Automotive AB's patents?

Kongsberg Automotive AB's patents average 16.9 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.

How is the Kongsberg Automotive AB 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

Kongsberg Automotive AB

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 60 granted patents across 30 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: F16H (Gearing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kongsberg ranks #5,692 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 60 patents across 30 technology areas.

#5,692
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (43.9/100): 16.9
avg claims per patent: -72%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5692 · Foreign Corporation #5,692 · 60 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 60 grants
UPPER-Q #5,692/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Janssen Sciences…
CPC-FOCUS F16H · 30 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -72% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Janssen Sciences Ireland Unlimited Company (±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 Kongsberg’s 43.9 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 14.2 pts (32%) Velocity 0.2 pts (0%) Breadth 19.4 pts (44%) Claim depth 10.1 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Chi Mei Communicatio… · near

44
Kongsberg Automotive… · this assignee

44
Protochips · near

44
thyssenkrupp Elevator · near

44
Wildcat Discovery · near

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kongsberg's Innovation Score is 43.9/100 (top 27% 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 Kongsberg?

Each dot is one of Kongsberg’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). Kongsberg’s own 16.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Kongsberg's grants concentrate

Kongsberg Automotive AB is a focused PatentsView assignee: 30 CPC subclasses with 41.7% of grants classified under F16H (Gearing). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (17 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Kongsberg sits between Janssen Sciences Ireland Unlimited Company and Mueller Martini Holding AG.

Kongsberg's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Kongsberg Automotive AB moved from 29 to 1 grants (0.03x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Janssen Sciences…

60
Kepco Nuclear Fuel

60
Kimree Hi-tech

60
Knauf Insulation

60
Luxottica S R L

60
Lantech com

60
Lockheed Martin E…

60
Mueller Martini H…

60
Kongsberg Automot… ◀

60

What this shows Kongsberg holds 60 patents at rank #5,691, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kongsberg

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,691 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16H (Gearing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Kongsberg, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F16H (Gearing), Kongsberg ranks #126 of 1,603 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

Chi Mei Communication Systems, Inc. 44 Wildcat Discovery Technologies, Inc. 44 thyssenkrupp Elevator Corporation 44 Protochips, Inc. 44

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.9 here).

Convatec Limited 16.9 avg Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc. 16.9 avg Technische UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN 16.9 avg PDF Solutions, Inc. 16.9 avg

Kongsberg's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 27% higher than 73% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Kongsberg Automotive AB patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	10.0%
2016	7	11.7%
2017	6	10.0%
2018	11	18.3%
2019	17	28.3%
2020	6	10.0%
2021	6	10.0%
2022	1	1.7%

Which technologies does Kongsberg Automotive AB patent most?

F16H - Gearing 25

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 21

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 15

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 9

A61H - Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g. Devices FOR Locating OR Stimulating Reflex Points IN THE BODY; Artificial RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; Bathing Devices FOR Special Therapeutic OR Hygienic Purposes OR Specific Parts OF THE Body 5

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

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 4

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 4

G05G - Control Devices OR Systems Insofar AS Characterised BY Mechanical Features Only 4

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 3

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

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

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 2

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 2

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

Top 15 of 30 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

Kongsberg Automotive AB's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kongsberg Automotive AB's lead technology class is F16H (Gearing), 41.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16H
Ranked #5,692 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kongsberg Automotive AB against Janssen Sciences Ireland Unlimited Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.9/100 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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