Where does Kongsberg Driveline Systems I, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kongsberg Driveline Systems I, Inc. ranks #32,260 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 Driveline Systems I, Inc. hold?

Kongsberg Driveline Systems I, Inc. holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Kongsberg Driveline Systems I, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Kongsberg Driveline Systems I, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 28.3 out of 100 (27th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Kongsberg Driveline Systems I, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kongsberg Driveline Systems I, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -86% 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 Driveline Systems I, Inc.'s patents?

Kongsberg Driveline Systems I, Inc.'s patents average 20.1 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.

How is the Kongsberg Driveline Systems I, Inc. 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 US Corporation

Kongsberg Driveline Systems I, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Kongsberg Driveline Systems I, Inc. focus on?

Kongsberg Driveline Systems I, Inc.'s top technology area is F16C (SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings) with 5 patents, ranking #229 of 1,334 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: F16C (SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kongsberg ranks #32,260 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 6 technology areas.

#32,260
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 27th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.3/100): 20.1
avg claims per patent: -86%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R32260 · US Corporation #32,260 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #32,260/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kindred Biosciences
CPC-NARROW F16C · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -86% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kindred Biosciences, 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 Kongsberg’s 28.3 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 7.6 pts (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (31%) Claim depth 12.1 pts (43%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Samsung Electro-mech… · near

28
humangear · near

28
Kongsberg Driveline… · this assignee

28
Blunt Wrap U · near

28
GranBlueTech L L C · near

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kongsberg's Innovation Score is 28.3/100 (27th percentile 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 20.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.4 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 Driveline Systems I, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 62.5% of grants classified under F16C (SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Kongsberg sits between Kindred Biosciences, Inc. and Koninklijke Asscher Diamant Maatschappij B.V..

Kindred Bioscienc…

8
King Penn Industr…

8
Kinnexa

8
Knoxville Locomot…

8
Kongsberg Power P…

8
Kongsberg Seatex…

8
Koning

8
Koninklijke Assch…

8
Kongsberg Driveli… ◀

8

What this shows Kongsberg holds 8 patents at rank #32,268, 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 #32,268 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16C (Shafts)

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 F16C (Shafts), Kongsberg ranks #229 of 1,334 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (28 here).

humangear, inc. 28 GranBlueTech, L.L.C. 28 Blunt Wrap U.S.A., Inc. 28 Samsung Electro-mechanics Japan Advanced Technology Co., Ltd. 28

Kongsberg's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 27th percentile higher than 27% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

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 Driveline Systems I, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	12.5%
2016	1	12.5%
2017	2	25.0%
2019	3	37.5%
2021	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Kongsberg Driveline Systems I, Inc. patent most?

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

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

F16H - Gearing 3

G05G - Control Devices OR Systems Insofar AS Characterised BY Mechanical Features Only 2

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 1

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 1

Top 6 of 6 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 Driveline Systems I, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kongsberg Driveline Systems I, Inc.'s lead technology class is F16C (SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings), 62.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16C
Ranked #32,260 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kongsberg Driveline Systems I, Inc. against Kindred Biosciences, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.3/100 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

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