Where does Mahle Engine Systems UK Ltd rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Mahle Engine Systems UK Ltd ranks #10,091 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 Mahle Engine Systems UK Ltd hold?

Mahle Engine Systems UK Ltd holds 31 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 23 technology areas.

What is Mahle Engine Systems UK Ltd's Innovation Score?

Mahle Engine Systems UK Ltd has an Innovation Score of 43.0 out of 100 (top 29% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Mahle Engine Systems UK Ltd's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Mahle Engine Systems UK Ltd's recent grant velocity is -55% 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 Mahle Engine Systems UK Ltd's patents?

Mahle Engine Systems UK Ltd's patents average 20.0 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 Mahle Engine Systems UK Ltd 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

Mahle Engine Systems UK Ltd

Q: What technology areas does Mahle Engine Systems UK Ltd focus on?

Mahle Engine Systems UK Ltd's top technology area is F16C (SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings) with 30 patents, ranking #48 of 1,334 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 23 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 31 granted patents across 23 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: 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, Mahle ranks #10,091 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 31 patents across 23 technology areas.

#10,091
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 29%
by Innovation Score (43.0/100): 20.0
avg claims per patent: -55%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10091 · Foreign Corporation #10,091 · 31 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 31 grants
UPPER-Q #10,091/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Larson Manufacturing…
CPC-FOCUS F16C · 23 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 20.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -55% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Larson Manufacturing Company of South Dakota, LLC (±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 Mahle’s 43.0 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 12.0 pts (28%) Velocity 2.1 pts (5%) Breadth 17.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 12.0 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Anheuser-Busch · near

43
APS Technology · near

43
Mahle Engine… · this assignee

43
Nelson Irrigation · near

43
Virtual Incision · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mahle's Innovation Score is 43.0/100 (top 29% 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 Mahle?

Each dot is one of Mahle’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). Mahle’s own 20.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Mahle's grants concentrate

Mahle Engine Systems UK Ltd is a focused PatentsView assignee: 23 CPC subclasses with 96.8% 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 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Mahle sits between Leatherman Tool Group, Inc. and Meishan Boya Advanced Materials Co., Ltd..

Mahle's three-year grant acceleration

Mahle Engine Systems UK Ltd shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 13 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.

Leatherman Tool G…

31
Larson Manufactur…

31
Legacy Ventures

31
Lindsay Transport…

31
Managed Pressure…

31
MD Healthcare

31
Medtrum

31
Meishan Boya Adva…

31
Mahle Engine Syst… ◀

31

What this shows Mahle holds 31 patents at rank #10,091, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Mahle

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,091 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16C (Shafts)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Mahle, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F16C (Shafts), Mahle ranks #48 of 1,334 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

Virtual Incision Corporation 43 APS Technology, LLC 43 Anheuser-Busch, LLC 43 Nelson Irrigation Corporation 43

Mahle's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 29% higher than 71% 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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Mahle Engine Systems UK Ltd patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	3.2%
2017	7	22.6%
2018	4	12.9%
2019	8	25.8%
2020	2	6.5%
2021	3	9.7%
2022	2	6.5%
2024	2	6.5%
2025partial year	2	6.5%

Which technologies does Mahle Engine Systems UK Ltd patent most?

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 30

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 3

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 3

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 3

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 3

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 2

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 2

C10M - Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition 2

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 1

B21B - Rolling OF Metal 1

C22F - Changing THE Physical Structure OF Non-ferrous Metals AND Non-ferrous Alloys 1

C21D - Modifying THE Physical Structure OF Ferrous METALS; General Devices FOR Heat Treatment OF Ferrous OR Non-ferrous Metals OR ALLOYS; Making Metal Malleable, e.g. BY Decarburisation OR Tempering 1

Top 15 of 23 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

Mahle Engine Systems UK Ltd's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Mahle Engine Systems UK Ltd's lead technology class is F16C (SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings), 96.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16C
Ranked #10,091 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Mahle Engine Systems UK Ltd against Leatherman Tool Group, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.0/100 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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