Where does Michelin Recherche ET Technique S.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Michelin Recherche ET Technique S.A. ranks #606 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 Michelin Recherche ET Technique S.A. hold?

Michelin Recherche ET Technique S.A. holds 729 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 111 technology areas.

What is Michelin Recherche ET Technique S.A.'s Innovation Score?

Michelin Recherche ET Technique S.A. has an Innovation Score of 54.1 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Michelin Recherche ET Technique S.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Michelin Recherche ET Technique S.A.'s recent grant velocity is -96% 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 Michelin Recherche ET Technique S.A.'s patents?

Michelin Recherche ET Technique S.A.'s patents average 10.5 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 Michelin Recherche ET Technique S.A. 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

Michelin Recherche ET Technique S.A.

Q: What technology areas does Michelin Recherche ET Technique S.A. focus on?

Michelin Recherche ET Technique S.A.'s top technology area is B60C (Vehicle TYRES; Tyre INFLATION; Tyre CHANGING; Connecting Valves TO Inflatable Elastic Bodies IN GENERAL; Devices OR Arrangements Related TO Tyres) with 323 patents, ranking #6 of 319 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 111 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 729 granted patents across 111 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: B60C (Vehicle TYRES; Tyre INFLATION; Tyre CHANGING; Connecting Valves TO Inflatable Elastic Bodies IN GENERAL; Devices OR Arrangements Related TO Tyres).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Michelin ranks #606 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 729 patents across 111 technology areas.

#606
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.1/100): 10.5
avg claims per patent: -96%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R606 · Foreign Corporation #606 · 729 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 729 grants
TOP-DECILE #606/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH SMC
CPC-WIDE B60C · 111 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -96% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: SMC Corporation (±1 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 Michelin’s 54.1 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 22.8 pts (42%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 25.0 pts (46%) Claim depth 6.3 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Michelin Recherche… · this assignee

54
Sonatus · near

54
Wenzhou University · near

54
Wuhan BOE Optoelectr… · near

54
Seiko Instruments · near

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Michelin's Innovation Score is 54.1/100 (top 8% 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 Michelin?

Each dot is one of Michelin’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). Michelin’s own 10.5 claims/patent is at or below the 15.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Michelin's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Michelin Recherche ET Technique S.A. received 26 grants versus 703 in 2015–2019 (-96% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 244 grants and bottomed in 2021 at 7. Lead class B60C accounts for 44.3% of the portfolio across 111 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Husqvarna AB (#602) and Exxonmobil Research AND Engineering Company (#610).

Husqvarna AB

736
Seminis Vegetable…

735
Toyota Research I…

735
Logitech Europe

731
Michelin Recherch… ◀

729
SMC

728
TCL China Star Op…

728
ST Jude Medical C…

727
Exxonmobil Resear…

724

What this shows Michelin holds 729 patents at rank #606, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Michelin

By rank, the assignees closest to #606 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60C (Vehicle Tyres)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Michelin, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B60C (Vehicle Tyres), Michelin ranks #6 of 319 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (54 here).

Wenzhou University 54 Sonatus, Inc. 54 Wuhan BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. 54 Seiko Instruments Inc. 54

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (10.5 here).

Hirata Corporation 10.5 avg Beijing University of Chemical Technology 10.5 avg Subaru Corporation 10.5 avg Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l. 10.5 avg

Michelin's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 8% higher than 92% of 49,997 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

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Michelin Recherche ET Technique S.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	244	33.5%
2016	168	23.0%
2017	178	24.4%
2018	68	9.3%
2019	45	6.2%
2020	19	2.6%
2021	7	1.0%

Which technologies does Michelin Recherche ET Technique S.A. patent most?

B60C - Vehicle TYRES; Tyre INFLATION; Tyre CHANGING; Connecting Valves TO Inflatable Elastic Bodies IN GENERAL; Devices OR Arrangements Related TO Tyres 323

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 145

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 104

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 94

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 93

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 83

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 42

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 42

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 37

C08C - Treatment OR Chemical Modification OF Rubbers 31

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 29

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 28

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 24

B29B - Preparation OR Pretreatment OF THE Material TO BE SHAPED; Making Granules OR PREFORMS; Recovery OF Plastics OR Other Constituents OF Waste Material Containing Plastics 21

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 18

Top 15 of 111 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

Michelin Recherche ET Technique S.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Michelin Recherche ET Technique S.A.'s lead technology class is B60C (Vehicle TYRES; Tyre INFLATION; Tyre CHANGING; Connecting Valves TO Inflatable Elastic Bodies IN GENERAL; Devices OR Arrangements Related TO Tyres), 44.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60C
Ranked #606 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Michelin Recherche ET Technique S.A. against Husqvarna AB, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.1/100 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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