Where does Magna Electronics Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Magna Electronics Inc. ranks #359 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 Magna Electronics Inc. hold?

Magna Electronics Inc. holds 1,198 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 95 technology areas.

What is Magna Electronics Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Magna Electronics Inc. has an Innovation Score of 71.2 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Magna Electronics Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Magna Electronics Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +62% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Magna Electronics Inc.'s patents?

Magna Electronics Inc.'s patents average 28.9 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 Magna Electronics 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

Magna Electronics Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Magna Electronics Inc. focus on?

Magna Electronics Inc.'s top technology area is B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 779 patents. Grants appear in 95 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,198 granted patents across 95 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: B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Magna ranks #359 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,198 patents across 95 technology areas.

#359
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (71.2/100): 28.9
avg claims per patent: +62%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R359 · US Corporation #359 · 1,198 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 1.2K grants
TOP-DECILE #359/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH The United States…
CPC-WIDE B60R · 95 areas
INNOV-STRONG 71.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 28.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +62% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (±1 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Regeneron Pharmaceut… · near

71
Magna · this assignee

71
Kyocera AVX Components · near

71
Massachusetts… · near

71
Visa International… · near

71
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Magna's Innovation Score is 71.2/100 (top 1% 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.

How Magna's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Magna Electronics Inc. received 687 grants versus 423 in 2015–2019 (+62% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2023 at 171 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 39. Lead class B60R accounts for 65% of the portfolio across 95 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Beijing Baidu Netcom Science Technology Co., Ltd. (#355) and Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (#363).

Magna's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Magna Electronics Inc. moved from 411 to 414 grants (1.01x 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 #1,160. See the growth leaderboard.

Beijing Baidu Net…

1,221
Rolls-royce

1,213
Pixart Imaging

1,212
Volvo CAR

1,206
Magna ◀

1,198
The United States…

1,197
X Development

1,197
Altera

1,196
Chevron U

1,194

What this shows Magna holds 1,198 patents at rank #359, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Magna

By rank, the assignees closest to #359 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60R (Vehicles)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Magna, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (71 here).

Massachusetts Institute of Technology 71 Kyocera AVX Components Corporation 71 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 71 Visa International Service Association 71

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (28.9 here).

Prothena Biosciences Limited 28.9 avg Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation 28.9 avg Centripetal Networks, LLC 29.0 avg Unlikely Artificial Intelligence Limited 28.7 avg

Magna's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

71 Top 1% higher than 99% 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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Magna Electronics Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	39	3.3%
2016	61	5.1%
2017	72	6.0%
2018	113	9.4%
2019	138	11.5%
2020	152	12.7%
2021	121	10.1%
2022	121	10.1%
2023	171	14.3%
2024	122	10.2%
2025partial year	88	7.3%

Which technologies does Magna Electronics Inc. patent most?

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 779

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 679

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 413

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 260

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 236

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 236

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 214

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 146

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 128

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 96

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 95

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 87

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 86

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 77

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 49

Top 15 of 95 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#359

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

71.2 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Magna Electronics Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Magna Electronics Inc.'s lead technology class is B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 65% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60R
Ranked #359 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Magna Electronics Inc. against Beijing Baidu Netcom Science Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 71.2/100 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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