Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems Cameri SpA
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2019. 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: F16H (Gearing).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Meritor ranks #32,480 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 5 technology areas.
- #32,480
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- 22nd percentile
- by Innovation Score (26.8/100)
- 18.9
- avg claims per patent
- -100%
- grant velocity, last 5 yrs
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R32480 · Foreign Corporation #32,480 · 8 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL
- GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
- MID-PACK #32,480/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH Meggitt Aircraft…
- CPC-NARROW F16H · 5 areas
- INNOV-THIN 26.8/100
- CLAIMS-RICH 18.9 claims/avg
- TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
- VEL-DROP -100% vel
- BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems 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 Meritor’s 26.8 Innovation Score adds up
The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around Meritor
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- Meritor Heavy… · this assignee 27
Meritor Heavy… · this assignee
27 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Meritor's Innovation Score is 26.8/100 (22nd percentile 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 Meritor?
Each dot is one of Meritor’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). Meritor’s own 18.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.
Where Meritor's grants concentrate
Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems Cameri SpA is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 87.5% of grants classified under F16H (Gearing). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Meritor sits between Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems Corporation and Microsemi Communications, Inc..
Who files at Meritor's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- Meggitt Aircraft…
Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems Corporation
8 patents
- Memsql
MemSQL, Inc.
8 patents
- Merakai
Merakai, LLC
8 patents
- Meridian Medical…
Meridian Medical Systems, LLC
8 patents
- Mermaid Medical V…
Mermaid Medical Vascular APS
8 patents
- Meta Materials
Meta Materials Inc.
8 patents
- Metalquimia SAU
Metalquimia, SAU
8 patents
- Microsemi Communi…
Microsemi Communications, Inc.
8 patents
- Meritor Heavy Veh… ◀
Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems Cameri SpA
8 patents
What this shows Meritor holds 8 patents at rank #32,517, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
Companies ranked near Meritor
By rank, the assignees closest to #32,517 in granted patent volume.
- Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems Corporation #32,513 · 8 patents
- MemSQL, Inc. #32,514 · 8 patents
- Merakai, LLC #32,515 · 8 patents
- Meridian Medical Systems, LLC #32,516 · 8 patents
- Mermaid Medical Vascular APS #32,518 · 8 patents
- Meta Materials Inc. #32,519 · 8 patents
- Metalquimia, SAU #32,520 · 8 patents
- Microsemi Communications, Inc. #32,521 · 8 patents
Leaders in F16H (Gearing)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Meritor's primary technology class.
- Hyundai Motor Company 1,326 in class
- Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha 1,070 in class
- ZF Friedrichshafen AG 904 in class
- Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG 820 in class
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC 718 in class
- GM Global Technology Operations LLC 705 in class
- Honda Motor Co., Ltd. 660 in class
- KIA Motors Corporation 571 in class
Meritor's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
27 22nd percentile higher than 22% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Grants by year
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 25.0% |
| 2018 | 3 | 37.5% |
| 2019 | 3 | 37.5% |
Which technologies does Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems Cameri SpA patent most?
Top 5 of 5 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems Cameri SpA's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems Cameri SpA's lead technology class is F16H (Gearing), 87.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16H
- Ranked #32,480 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems Cameri SpA against Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 26.8/100 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.
Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.