Where does Robert Bosch Automotive Steering LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Robert Bosch Automotive Steering LLC ranks #5,464 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 Robert Bosch Automotive Steering LLC hold?

Robert Bosch Automotive Steering LLC holds 63 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 30 technology areas.

What is Robert Bosch Automotive Steering LLC's Innovation Score?

Robert Bosch Automotive Steering LLC has an Innovation Score of 42.3 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 Robert Bosch Automotive Steering LLC focus on?

Robert Bosch Automotive Steering LLC's top technology area is B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers) with 60 patents, ranking #63 of 1,368 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 30 CPC subclasses total.

Is Robert Bosch Automotive Steering LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Robert Bosch Automotive Steering LLC's recent grant velocity is -34% 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 Robert Bosch Automotive Steering LLC's patents?

Robert Bosch Automotive Steering LLC's patents average 11.8 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 Robert Bosch Automotive Steering LLC 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

Robert Bosch Automotive Steering LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 63 granted patents across 30 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Robert ranks #5,464 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 63 patents across 30 technology areas.

#5,464
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 31%
by Innovation Score (42.3/100): 11.8
avg claims per patent: -34%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5464 · US Corporation #5,464 · 63 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 63 grants
UPPER-Q #5,464/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH PureWick
CPC-FOCUS B62D · 30 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -34% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: PureWick Corporation (±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 Robert’s 42.3 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 14.4 pts (34%) Velocity 1.5 pts (4%) Breadth 19.4 pts (46%) Claim depth 7.1 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Detnet South Africa… · near

42
Fractal Antenna… · near

42
Medibotics · near

42
Robert Bosch… · this assignee

42
Sangamo Biosciences · near

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Robert's Innovation Score is 42.3/100 (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 Robert?

Each dot is one of Robert’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). Robert’s own 11.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Robert's grants concentrate

Robert Bosch Automotive Steering LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 30 CPC subclasses with 95.2% of grants classified under B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (14 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2022. By volume, Robert sits between PureWick Corporation and Sanford Health.

Robert's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Robert Bosch Automotive Steering LLC moved from 27 to 6 grants (0.22x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

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SK Global Chemical

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Sanford Health

63
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63

What this shows Robert holds 63 patents at rank #5,465, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Robert

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,465 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B62D (Motor Vehicles)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Robert, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B62D (Motor Vehicles), Robert ranks #63 of 1,368 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Detnet South Africa (PTY) Ltd 42 Sangamo Biosciences, Inc. 42 Fractal Antenna Systems, Inc. 42 Medibotics LLC 42

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.8 here).

Johnstech International Corporation 11.8 avg Institut National DE Recherche Pour L'agriculture, L'alimentation L'environnement 11.8 avg National Central University 11.8 avg Teijin Limited 11.8 avg

Robert'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 · 2015–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Robert Bosch Automotive Steering LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	9	14.3%
2016	6	9.5%
2017	9	14.3%
2018	6	9.5%
2019	8	12.7%
2020	14	22.2%
2021	5	7.9%
2022	2	3.2%
2023	2	3.2%
2024	2	3.2%

Which technologies does Robert Bosch Automotive Steering LLC patent most?

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 60

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 13

F16H - Gearing 12

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 8

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 4

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 4

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 2

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 2

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 2

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 2

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements 2

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

Top 15 of 30 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

Robert Bosch Automotive Steering LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Robert Bosch Automotive Steering LLC's lead technology class is B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers), 95.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B62D
Ranked #5,464 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Robert Bosch Automotive Steering LLC against PureWick Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.3/100 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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