Where does OTR Wheel Engineering, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), OTR Wheel Engineering, Inc. ranks #20,210 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 OTR Wheel Engineering, Inc. hold?

OTR Wheel Engineering, Inc. holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2025, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is OTR Wheel Engineering, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

OTR Wheel Engineering, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 35.6 out of 100 (top 49% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is OTR Wheel Engineering, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for OTR Wheel Engineering, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for OTR Wheel Engineering, Inc.'s patents?

OTR Wheel Engineering, Inc.'s patents average 2.1 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 OTR Wheel Engineering, Inc. 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 US Corporation

OTR Wheel Engineering, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does OTR Wheel Engineering, Inc. focus on?

OTR Wheel Engineering, Inc.'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 1 patents, ranking #222 of 319 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 2 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: 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, OTR ranks #20,210 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 2 technology areas.

#20,210
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 49%
by Innovation Score (35.6/100): 2.1
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20210 · US Corporation #20,210 · 14 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,210/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Oddello Industries
CPC-NARROW B60C · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.6/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 2.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2022–2025 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Oddello Industries, 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.

How OTR’s 35.6 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 (26%) Velocity 20.0 pts (56%) Breadth 5.0 pts (14%) Claim depth 1.2 pts (3%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
OTR Wheel Engineering · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows OTR's Innovation Score is 35.6/100 (top 49% 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 OTR?

Each dot is one of OTR’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). OTR’s own 2.1 claims/patent is at or below the 12.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where OTR's grants concentrate

OTR Wheel Engineering, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 7.1% of grants classified under B60C (Vehicle TYRES; Tyre INFLATION; Tyre CHANGING; Connecting Valves TO Inflatable Elastic Bodies IN GENERAL; Devices OR Arrangements Related TO Tyres). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, OTR sits between Optomedia Technology Inc. and Oddello Industries, LLC.

OTR's three-year grant acceleration

OTR Wheel Engineering, Inc. shows 8 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.

Optomedia Technol…

14
Orange

14
Origin Point Bran…

14
Osaka GAS Chemica…

14
Otto Egelhof & KG

14
Oval Medical

14
Oxos Medical

14
Oddello Industries

14
OTR Wheel Enginee… ◀

14

What this shows OTR holds 14 patents at rank #20,194, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near OTR

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,194 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60C (Vehicle Tyres)

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

OTR's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 49% higher than 51% 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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OTR Wheel Engineering, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	2	14.3%
2023	1	7.1%
2024	5	35.7%
2025partial year	6	42.9%

Which technologies does OTR Wheel Engineering, Inc. patent most?

B60C - Vehicle TYRES; Tyre INFLATION; Tyre CHANGING; Connecting Valves TO Inflatable Elastic Bodies IN GENERAL; Devices OR Arrangements Related TO Tyres 1

B60B - Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion 1

Top 2 of 2 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

OTR Wheel Engineering, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

OTR Wheel Engineering, Inc.'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), 7.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60C
Ranked #20,210 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare OTR Wheel Engineering, Inc. against Optomedia Technology Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.6/100 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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