Where does Robert Bosch GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Robert Bosch GmbH ranks #27 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 GmbH hold?

Robert Bosch GmbH holds 11,869 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 381 technology areas.

What is Robert Bosch GmbH's Innovation Score?

Robert Bosch GmbH has an Innovation Score of 71.6 out of 100 (top 1% 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 GmbH focus on?

Robert Bosch GmbH's top technology area is Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation) with 1,161 patents, ranking #11 of 2,877 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 381 CPC subclasses total.

Is Robert Bosch GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Robert Bosch GmbH's recent grant velocity is -19% 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 GmbH's patents?

Robert Bosch GmbH's patents average 13.0 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 Robert Bosch GmbH 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

Robert Bosch GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11,869 granted patents across 381 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Robert ranks #27 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11,869 patents across 381 technology areas.

#27
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (71.6/100): 13.0
avg claims per patent: -19%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27 · Foreign Corporation #27 · 11,869 grants

GRANTS-MEGA · TOP-DECILE · CLEAR-GAP · CPC-BROAD · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MEGA 12K grants
TOP-DECILE #27/49,997
CLEAR-GAP The Boeing
CPC-BROAD Y02T · 381 areas
INNOV-STRONG 71.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -19% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The Boeing Company (±53 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 71.6 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 32.4 pts (45%) Velocity 6.4 pts (9%) Breadth 25.0 pts (35%) Claim depth 7.8 pts (11%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
General Electric · near

72
Milwaukee Electric… · near

72
Robert Bosch · this assignee

72
Inspur Suzhou… · near

72
Wuhan Tianma… · near

72
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Robert's Innovation Score is 71.6/100 (top 1% 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 13.0 claims/patent is at or below the 13.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Robert's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Robert Bosch GmbH received 4,989 grants versus 6,136 in 2015–2019 (-19% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2016 at 1,290 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 913. Lead class Y02T accounts for 9.8% of the portfolio across 381 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (#23) and Ricoh Company, Ltd. (#31).

Robert's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Robert Bosch GmbH moved from 3,134 to 3,022 grants (0.96x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,283. See the growth leaderboard.

Panasonic Intelle…

13,148
Toshiba

12,848
Honda Motor

12,454
The Boeing

11,922
Robert Bosch ◀

11,869
GM Global Technol…

11,736
Nike

10,487
Cisco Technology

10,299
Ricoh

10,223

What this shows Robert holds 11,869 patents at rank #27, 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 #27 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transpo…)

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 Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transpo…), Robert ranks #11 of 2,877 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (72 here).

Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. 72 Inspur Suzhou Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. 72 General Electric Company 72 Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation 72

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.0 here).

simplehuman, LLC 13.0 avg Korea Advanced Institute OF Science AND Technology 13.0 avg King Fahd University OF Petroleum AND Minerals 13.0 avg VIB VZW 13.0 avg

Robert's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

72 Top 1% higher than 99% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

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 GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1,210	10.2%
2016	1,290	10.9%
2017	1,283	10.8%
2018	1,186	10.0%
2019	1,167	9.8%
2020	1,024	8.6%
2021	943	7.9%
2022	1,108	9.3%
2023	913	7.7%
2024	1,001	8.4%
2025partial year	744	6.3%

Which technologies does Robert Bosch GmbH patent most?

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1,161

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1,154

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 1,074

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 987

B60T - Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted Movement OF VEHICLES; Vehicle Modifications TO Facilitate Cooling OF Brakes 957

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 899

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 684

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 580

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 570

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 555

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 553

F02M - Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof 465

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 455

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 439

F02D - Controlling Combustion Engines 437

Top 15 of 381 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 GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Robert Bosch GmbH's lead technology class is Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation), 9.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02T
Ranked #27 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Robert Bosch GmbH against Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 71.6/100 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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