Overall rank by patents
#42,452
of 49,997 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2019. 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, Prodrives ranks #42,452 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 5 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R42452 · Foreign Corporation #42,452 · 6 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Principle Business Enterprises, Inc. (±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
Prodrives & Motions · this assignee
24 score
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Prodrives's Innovation Score is 24.2/100 (14th 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.
Prodrives & Motions Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under F16H (Gearing). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (4 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2019. By volume, Prodrives sits between Principle Business Enterprises, Inc. and Progressive Components International Corporation.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Principle Business Enterprises, Inc.
6 patents
Prionics AG
6 patents
Prism Solar Technologies, Inc.
6 patents
Procaps S.A.
6 patents
Produits Berger
6 patents
Profeat Biotechnology Co., Ltd.
6 patents
Progress-werk Oberkirch AG
6 patents
Progressive Components International Corporation
6 patents
Prodrives & Motions Co., Ltd.
6 patents
What this shows Prodrives holds 6 patents at rank #42,292, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #42,292 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Prodrives's primary technology class.
Prodrives's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
24 14th percentile higher than 14% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 4 | 66.7% |
| 2019 | 2 | 33.3% |
Top 5 of 5 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#42,452
of 49,997 tracked assignees
24.2 out of 100
What to do with this data
Prodrives & Motions Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.
Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.
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