Where does Mercedes-Benz Group AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Mercedes-Benz Group AG ranks #1,128 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 Mercedes-Benz Group AG hold?

Mercedes-Benz Group AG holds 375 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2025, spanning 100 technology areas.

What is Mercedes-Benz Group AG's Innovation Score?

Mercedes-Benz Group AG has an Innovation Score of 70.3 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 Mercedes-Benz Group AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Mercedes-Benz Group AG.

What does claim depth mean for Mercedes-Benz Group AG's patents?

Mercedes-Benz Group AG's patents average 8.1 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 Mercedes-Benz Group 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

Mercedes-Benz Group AG

Q: What technology areas does Mercedes-Benz Group AG focus on?

Mercedes-Benz Group AG's top technology area is 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 ) with 74 patents, ranking #64 of 1,448 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 100 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 375 granted patents across 100 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2025. 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: 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 Dashb).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Mercedes-benz ranks #1,128 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 375 patents across 100 technology areas.

#1,128
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (70.3/100): 8.1
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1128 · Foreign Corporation #1,128 · 375 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MID 375 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,128/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH JSR
CPC-WIDE B60K · 100 areas
INNOV-STRONG 70.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2022–2025 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: JSR Corporation (±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 Mercedes-benz’s 70.3 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 20.5 pts (29%) Velocity 20.0 pts (28%) Breadth 25.0 pts (36%) Claim depth 4.8 pts (7%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Adobe · near

70
Magna Mirrors of… · near

70
Kawasaki Motors · near

70
Mercedes-Benz Group · this assignee

70
AMI Industries · near

70
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mercedes-benz's Innovation Score is 70.3/100 (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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Mercedes-benz?

Each dot is one of Mercedes-benz’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). Mercedes-benz’s own 8.1 claims/patent is at or below the 15.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Mercedes-benz's grant cadence moved

Grant history spans 2022–2025. Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 127 grants and bottomed in 2022 at 21. Lead class B60K accounts for 19.7% of the portfolio across 100 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Drexel University (#1,124) and 10x Genomics, Inc. (#1,132).

Mercedes-benz's three-year grant acceleration

Mercedes-Benz Group AG shows 257 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Drexel University

377
Sakai Display Pro…

377
Tyco

376
JSR

375
TE Connectivity G…

375
Mercedes-benz Gro… ◀

375
Anthura B V

374
Mako Surgical

374
10x Genomics

373

What this shows Mercedes-Benz holds 375 patents at rank #1,128, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Mercedes-Benz

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,128 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60K (Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmi…)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Mercedes-Benz's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Mercedes-Benz, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B60K (Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmi…), Mercedes-Benz ranks #64 of 1,448 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (70 here).

Kawasaki Motors, Ltd. 70 Magna Mirrors of America, Inc. 70 Adobe Inc. 70 AMI Industries, Inc. 70

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (8.1 here).

Xi'an Jiaotong University 8.1 avg Blackmagic Design Pty Ltd 8.1 avg Teac Corporation 8.1 avg Nippon Steel & Sumikin Engineering Co., Ltd. 8.1 avg

Mercedes-benz's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

70 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 · 2022–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Mercedes-Benz Group AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	21	5.6%
2023	109	29.1%
2024	127	33.9%
2025partial year	118	31.5%

Which technologies does Mercedes-Benz Group AG patent most?

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 74

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 65

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 61

F16H - Gearing 39

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 38

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 37

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 31

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 27

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 23

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 20

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 18

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 18

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 17

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 17

F02B - Internal-combustion Piston ENGINES; Combustion Engines IN General 17

Top 15 of 100 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

Mercedes-Benz Group AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Mercedes-Benz Group AG's lead technology class is 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 Dashb), 19.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60K
Ranked #1,128 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Mercedes-Benz Group AG against Drexel University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 70.3/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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