Where does QuantumScape Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), QuantumScape Corporation ranks #5,624 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 QuantumScape Corporation hold?

QuantumScape Corporation holds 61 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 31 technology areas.

What is QuantumScape Corporation's Innovation Score?

QuantumScape Corporation has an Innovation Score of 47.1 out of 100 (top 19% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is QuantumScape Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

QuantumScape Corporation's recent grant velocity is -80% 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 QuantumScape Corporation's patents?

QuantumScape Corporation's patents average 22.0 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 QuantumScape Corporation 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

QuantumScape Corporation

Q: What technology areas does QuantumScape Corporation focus on?

QuantumScape Corporation's top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 58 patents, ranking #256 of 5,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 31 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 61 granted patents across 31 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Quantumscape ranks #5,624 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 61 patents across 31 technology areas.

#5,624
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 19%
by Innovation Score (47.1/100): 22.0
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5624 · US Corporation #5,624 · 61 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 61 grants
UPPER-Q #5,624/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Paul Wurth
CPC-FOCUS Y02E · 31 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Paul Wurth S.A. (±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 Quantumscape’s 47.1 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 14.3 pts (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 19.7 pts (42%) Claim depth 13.2 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
National University… · near

47
Philips I P… · near

47
QuantumScape · this assignee

47
Tetra · near

47
Turun Yliopisto · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Quantumscape's Innovation Score is 47.1/100 (top 19% 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 Quantumscape?

Each dot is one of Quantumscape’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). Quantumscape’s own 22.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Quantumscape's grants concentrate

QuantumScape Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 31 CPC subclasses with 95.1% of grants classified under Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (17 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Quantumscape sits between Paul Wurth S.A. and Rubbermaid Commercial Products LLC.

Paul Wurth

61
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61
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61
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61
Rubbermaid Commer…

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Quantumscape ◀

61

What this shows QuantumScape holds 61 patents at rank #5,622, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near QuantumScape

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,622 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for QuantumScape, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions), QuantumScape ranks #256 of 5,963 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Tetra Technologies, Inc. 47 National University Corporation Yamagata University 47 Philips I.P. Ventures B.V. 47 Turun Yliopisto 47

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (22.0 here).

Blue Origin, LLC 22.0 avg Omax Corporation 22.0 avg iboss, Inc. 22.0 avg Stradvision, Inc. 22.0 avg

Quantumscape's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 19% higher than 81% of 49,997 US assignees

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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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QuantumScape Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	6.6%
2016	7	11.5%
2017	12	19.7%
2018	11	18.0%
2019	17	27.9%
2020	9	14.8%
2021	1	1.6%

Which technologies does QuantumScape Corporation patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 58

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 55

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 27

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 26

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 21

C01G - Compounds Containing Metals NOT Covered BY Subclasses C01d OR C01f 19

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 18

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 6

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

H01G - CAPACITORS; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices, Light-sensitive OR Temperature-sensitive Devices OF THE Electrolytic Type 4

F27D - Details OR Accessories OF Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts, IN SO FAR AS They ARE OF Kinds Occurring IN More Than ONE Kind OF Furnace 4

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 4

F27B - Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts IN GENERAL; Open Sintering OR Like Apparatus 4

B30B - Presses IN General 4

Top 15 of 31 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

QuantumScape Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

QuantumScape Corporation's lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 95.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #5,624 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare QuantumScape Corporation against Paul Wurth S.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.1/100 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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