Where does PSA Automobiles SA rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), PSA Automobiles SA ranks #4,579 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 PSA Automobiles SA hold?

PSA Automobiles SA holds 77 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 59 technology areas.

What is PSA Automobiles SA's Innovation Score?

PSA Automobiles SA has an Innovation Score of 55.9 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is PSA Automobiles SA's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

PSA Automobiles SA's recent grant velocity is +1240% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for PSA Automobiles SA's patents?

PSA Automobiles SA's patents average 9.9 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 PSA Automobiles SA 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

PSA Automobiles SA

Q: What technology areas does PSA Automobiles SA focus on?

PSA Automobiles SA's top technology area is B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 18 patents. Grants appear in 59 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 77 granted patents across 59 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, PSA ranks #4,579 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 77 patents across 59 technology areas.

#4,579
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (55.9/100): 9.9
avg claims per patent: +1240%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4579 · Foreign Corporation #4,579 · 77 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 77 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,579/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nanoco
CPC-WIDE B60R · 59 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +1240% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nanoco Technologies, Ltd. (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hyundai Steel · near

56
Deutz Aktiengesellsc… · near

56
Lisa Draexlmaier · near

56
PSA Automobiles · this assignee

56
Toshiba Infrastructu… · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows PSA's Innovation Score is 55.9/100 (top 6% 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.

How PSA's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, PSA Automobiles SA received 67 grants versus 5 in 2015–2019 (+1240% equal-window velocity, top decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2022 at 21 grants and bottomed in 2019 at 5. Lead class B60R accounts for 23.4% of the portfolio across 59 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Nanoco Technologies, Ltd. (#4,574) and Sport Maska Inc. (#4,582).

PSA's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, PSA Automobiles SA moved from 29 to 43 grants (1.48x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Nanoco

77
Nordischer Maschi…

77
Norton (Waterford)

77
Office National D…

77
Qing Ding Precisi…

77
Roller Bearing of…

77
Shenzhen TCL NEW…

77
Sport Maska

77
PSA Automobiles ◀

77

What this shows PSA holds 77 patents at rank #4,578, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near PSA

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,578 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60R (Vehicles)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for PSA, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

Lisa Draexlmaier GmbH 56 Deutz Aktiengesellschaft 56 Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation 56 Hyundai Steel Company 56

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (9.9 here).

National Taiwan University of Science and Technology 9.9 avg SK Planet Co., Ltd. 9.9 avg Tamron Co., Ltd. 9.9 avg Intellihot, Inc. 9.9 avg

PSA's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 6% higher than 94% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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PSA Automobiles SA patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	5	6.5%
2020	10	13.0%
2021	14	18.2%
2022	21	27.3%
2023	12	15.6%
2024	10	13.0%
2025partial year	5	6.5%

Which technologies does PSA Automobiles SA patent most?

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 18

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 17

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 12

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 11

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 9

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 6

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 6

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 5

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 5

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements 4

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 4

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 4

B60J - Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles 4

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

Top 15 of 59 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#4,579

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

55.9 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

PSA Automobiles SA's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

PSA Automobiles SA's lead technology class is B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 23.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60R
Ranked #4,579 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare PSA Automobiles SA against Nanoco Technologies, Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 55.9/100 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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