Where does Rapa Automotive GmbH & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Rapa Automotive GmbH & Co. KG ranks #25,062 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 Rapa Automotive GmbH & Co. KG hold?

Rapa Automotive GmbH & Co. KG holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Rapa Automotive GmbH & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

Rapa Automotive GmbH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 42.4 out of 100 (top 31% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Rapa Automotive GmbH & Co. KG focus on?

Rapa Automotive GmbH & Co. KG's top technology area is B60G (Vehicle Suspension Arrangements) with 6 patents, ranking #90 of 428 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is Rapa Automotive GmbH & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Rapa Automotive GmbH & Co. KG.

What does claim depth mean for Rapa Automotive GmbH & Co. KG's patents?

Rapa Automotive GmbH & Co. KG's patents average 13.6 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 Rapa Automotive GmbH & Co. KG 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

Rapa Automotive GmbH & Co. KG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: B60G (Vehicle Suspension Arrangements).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Rapa ranks #25,062 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 12 technology areas.

#25,062
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 31%
by Innovation Score (42.4/100): 13.6
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25062 · Foreign Corporation #25,062 · 11 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #25,062/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Raid ONE IP
CPC-FOCUS B60G · 12 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Raid ONE IP 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 Rapa’s 42.4 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 8.6 pts (20%) Velocity 13.3 pts (31%) Breadth 12.2 pts (29%) Claim depth 8.2 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Rapa Automotive & KG · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Rapa's Innovation Score is 42.4/100 (top 31% 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 Rapa?

Each dot is one of Rapa’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). Rapa’s own 13.6 claims/patent is at or below the 15.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Rapa's grants concentrate

Rapa Automotive GmbH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 54.5% of grants classified under B60G (Vehicle Suspension Arrangements). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Rapa sits between Raid ONE IP LLC and Remd Biotherapeutics, Inc..

Rapa's three-year grant acceleration

Rapa Automotive GmbH & Co. KG shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Raid ONE IP

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Realta Holdings

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REM Technology

11
Remacro Technology

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11

What this shows Rapa holds 11 patents at rank #25,045, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Rapa

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,045 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60G (Vehicle Suspension Arrangements)

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

Rapa's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 31% higher than 69% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Rapa Automotive GmbH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	9.1%
2021	2	18.2%
2022	2	18.2%
2023	1	9.1%
2024	3	27.3%
2025partial year	2	18.2%

Which technologies does Rapa Automotive GmbH & Co. KG patent most?

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements 6

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 5

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 4

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 4

F04C - Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps 3

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 3

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 3

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

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 2

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 1

F01L - Cyclically Operating Valves FOR Machines OR Engines 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

Top 12 of 12 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

Rapa Automotive GmbH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Rapa Automotive GmbH & Co. KG's lead technology class is B60G (Vehicle Suspension Arrangements), 54.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60G
Ranked #25,062 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Rapa Automotive GmbH & Co. KG against Raid ONE IP LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.4/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.