Overall rank by patents
#5,382
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 64 granted patents across 12 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: F16D (COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Meritor ranks #5,382 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 64 patents across 12 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R5382 · Foreign Corporation #5,382 · 64 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Mechoshade Systems, 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Barnett Outdoors · near
40 score
Devfactory Innovatio… · near
40 score
Thyssenkrupp Presta… · near
40 score
Eva Automation · near
40 score
Meritor Heavy Vehicl… · this assignee
40 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (uk) Limited stamps GRANTS-SMALL, UPPER-Q, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-PAR, CLAIMS-RICH, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-UP, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #5,382 of 50,000; Innovation Score 40.5/100 sits in the top 35% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Mechoshade Systems, Llc (±0 grants).
Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (uk) Limited has been granted 64 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (uk) Limited at #5,382 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 12 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 16.5 claims per patent with primary concentration in F16D (COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES). As a Foreign Corporation, Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (uk) Limited is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Meritor sits between Mechoshade Systems, Llc (64 patents, rank #5,378) and National Chi Nan University (64 patents, rank #5,386) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 40.5/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 34 grants, compared with 29 in the 2015–2019 window, a +17% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (uk) Limited's 16.5 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 12 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
MECHOSHADE SYSTEMS, LLC
64 patents
MEDTRONIC VASCULAR GALWAY UNLIMITED COMPANY
64 patents
MITEK SYSTEMS, INC.
64 patents
Medshine Discovery Inc.
64 patents
Mid-West Metal Products Company, Inc.
64 patents
NISSHINBO HOLDINGS INC.
64 patents
Narrative Science LLC
64 patents
National Chi Nan University
64 patents
Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (UK) Limited
64 patents
What this shows Meritor holds 64 patents at rank #5,382, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #5,382 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Meritor's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Meritor, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (40 here).
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.5 here).
Meritor's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
40 Top 35% higher than 65% of 50,000 US assignees
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6 | 9.4% |
| 2016 | 4 | 6.3% |
| 2017 | 7 | 10.9% |
| 2018 | 8 | 12.5% |
| 2019 | 4 | 6.3% |
| 2020 | 11 | 17.2% |
| 2021 | 9 | 14.1% |
| 2022 | 5 | 7.8% |
| 2023 | 6 | 9.4% |
| 2024 | 3 | 4.7% |
| 2025partial year | 1 | 1.6% |
Top 12 of 12 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#5,382
of 50,000 tracked assignees
40.5 out of 100
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