Where does Marelli Automotive Lighting Reutlingen (Germany) GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Marelli Automotive Lighting Reutlingen (Germany) GmbH ranks #20,046 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

What is Marelli Automotive Lighting Reutlingen (Germany) GmbH's Innovation Score?

Marelli Automotive Lighting Reutlingen (Germany) GmbH has an Innovation Score of 48.8 out of 100 (top 16% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Marelli Automotive Lighting Reutlingen (Germany) GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Marelli Automotive Lighting Reutlingen (Germany) GmbH.

What does claim depth mean for Marelli Automotive Lighting Reutlingen (Germany) GmbH's patents?

Marelli Automotive Lighting Reutlingen (Germany) GmbH's patents average 12.9 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Marelli Automotive Lighting Reutlingen (Germany) GmbH

Q: How many patents does Marelli Automotive Lighting Reutlingen (Germany) GmbH hold?

Marelli Automotive Lighting Reutlingen (Germany) GmbH holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

Q: What technology areas does Marelli Automotive Lighting Reutlingen (Germany) GmbH focus on?

Marelli Automotive Lighting Reutlingen (Germany) GmbH's top technology area is F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors) with 11 patents, ranking #155 of 1,094 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Marelli Automotive Lighting Reutlingen (Germany) GmbH 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 PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Marelli ranks #20,046 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 11 technology areas.

#20,046
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 16%
by Innovation Score (48.8/100): 12.9
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20046 · Foreign Corporation #20,046 · 14 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,046/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Magenta Therapeutics
CPC-FOCUS F21S · 11 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Magenta Therapeutics, 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 Marelli’s 48.8 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 9.4 pts (19%) Velocity 20.0 pts (41%) Breadth 11.7 pts (24%) Claim depth 7.7 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Illuminate Consulting · near

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Marelli Automotive… · this assignee

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Scribe Therapeutics · near

49
Soreq Nuclear… · near

49
UNIVERSITÉ Catholiqu… · near

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Marelli's Innovation Score is 48.8/100 (top 16% 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 Marelli?

Each dot is one of Marelli’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). Marelli’s own 12.9 claims/patent is at or below the 18.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Marelli's grants concentrate

Marelli Automotive Lighting Reutlingen (Germany) GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 78.6% of grants classified under F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Marelli sits between Magenta Therapeutics, Inc. and Mashgin Inc..

Marelli's three-year grant acceleration

Marelli Automotive Lighting Reutlingen (Germany) GmbH shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

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Marel Poultry B V

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Marketo

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Marqeta

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Marsupial Holdings

14
Mashgin

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Marelli Automotiv… ◀

14

What this shows Marelli holds 14 patents at rank #20,076, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Marelli

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,076 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F21S (Non-portable Lighting Devices)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Marelli, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F21S (Non-portable Lighting Devices), Marelli ranks #155 of 1,094 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (49 here).

Soreq Nuclear Research Center 49 UNIVERSITÉ Catholique DE Louvain 49 Illuminate Consulting, LLC 49 Scribe Therapeutics Inc. 49

Marelli's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 16% higher than 84% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Marelli Automotive Lighting Reutlingen (Germany) GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	7.1%
2021	2	14.3%
2022	3	21.4%
2024	7	50.0%
2025partial year	1	7.1%

Which technologies does Marelli Automotive Lighting Reutlingen (Germany) GmbH patent most?

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 11

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 5

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 4

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 4

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

B44C - Producing Decorative Effects ; MOSAICS; Tarsia Work ; Paperhanging 1

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 1

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

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 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Marelli Automotive Lighting Reutlingen (Germany) GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Marelli Automotive Lighting Reutlingen (Germany) GmbH's lead technology class is F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors), 78.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21S
Ranked #20,046 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Marelli Automotive Lighting Reutlingen (Germany) GmbH against Magenta Therapeutics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.8/100 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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