Where does KTM AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), KTM AG ranks #6,805 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 KTM AG hold?

KTM AG holds 49 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 30 technology areas.

What is KTM AG's Innovation Score?

KTM AG has an Innovation Score of 52.9 out of 100 (top 9% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is KTM AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

KTM AG's recent grant velocity is +600% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for KTM AG's patents?

KTM AG's patents average 10.3 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 KTM AG 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

KTM AG

Q: What technology areas does KTM AG focus on?

KTM AG's top technology area is B62J (Cycle Saddles OR SEATS; Auxiliary Devices OR Accessories Specially Adapted TO Cycles AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Article Carriers OR Cycle Protectors) with 12 patents, ranking #31 of 298 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 30 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 49 granted patents across 30 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: B62J (Cycle Saddles OR SEATS; Auxiliary Devices OR Accessories Specially Adapted TO Cycles AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Article Carriers OR Cycle Protectors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, KTM ranks #6,805 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 49 patents across 30 technology areas.

#6,805
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (52.9/100): 10.3
avg claims per patent: +600%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6805 · Foreign Corporation #6,805 · 49 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 49 grants
UPPER-Q #6,805/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Inventus Power
CPC-FOCUS B62J · 30 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +600% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Inventus Power, 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 KTM’s 52.9 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 13.5 pts (25%) Velocity 13.9 pts (26%) Breadth 19.4 pts (37%) Claim depth 6.2 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Horiba · near

53
KTM · this assignee

53
THE Timken · near

53
Universite de… · near

53
ViOptix · near

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows KTM's Innovation Score is 52.9/100 (top 9% 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 KTM?

Each dot is one of KTM’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). KTM’s own 10.3 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.

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

Where KTM's grants concentrate

KTM AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 30 CPC subclasses with 24.5% of grants classified under B62J (Cycle Saddles OR SEATS; Auxiliary Devices OR Accessories Specially Adapted TO Cycles AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Article Carriers OR Cycle Protectors). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (18 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, KTM sits between Inventus Power, Inc. and LifeScan Scotland Limited.

KTM's three-year grant acceleration

KTM AG shows 25 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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.

Inventus Power

49
Japan Agency FOR…

49
Jiangsu Universit…

49
Jasco Products

49
King Abdullah Int…

49
LG Fuel Cell Syst…

49
Lallemand Hungary…

49
Lifescan Scotland

49
KTM ◀

49

What this shows KTM holds 49 patents at rank #6,804, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near KTM

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,804 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B62J (Cycle Saddles OR Seats)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for KTM, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B62J (Cycle Saddles OR Seats), KTM ranks #31 of 298 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

THE Timken Company 53 Universite de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines 53 ViOptix, Inc. 53 Horiba, Ltd. 53

KTM's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 9% higher than 91% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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KTM AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	2.0%
2018	2	4.1%
2019	2	4.1%
2020	2	4.1%
2021	8	16.3%
2022	3	6.1%
2023	4	8.2%
2024	18	36.7%
2025partial year	9	18.4%

Which technologies does KTM AG patent most?

B62J - Cycle Saddles OR SEATS; Auxiliary Devices OR Accessories Specially Adapted TO Cycles AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Article Carriers OR Cycle Protectors 12

B62K - CYCLES; Cycle FRAMES; Cycle Steering DEVICES; Rider-operated Terminal Controls Specially Adapted FOR CYCLES; Cycle Axle SUSPENSIONS; Cycle Side-cars, Forecars, OR THE Like 12

F02M - Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof 7

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 5

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 5

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 4

B62M - Rider Propulsion OF Wheeled Vehicles OR SLEDGES; Powered Propulsion OF Sledges OR ; SINGLE-TRACK; CYCLES; Transmissions Specially Adapted FOR Such Vehicles 4

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 3

F02D - Controlling Combustion Engines 3

F16H - Gearing 3

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 2

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

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 2

F02B - Internal-combustion Piston ENGINES; Combustion Engines IN General 2

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements 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

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KTM AG's lead technology class is B62J (Cycle Saddles OR SEATS; Auxiliary Devices OR Accessories Specially Adapted TO Cycles AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Article Carriers OR Cycle Protectors), 24.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B62J
Ranked #6,805 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare KTM AG against Inventus Power, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.9/100 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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