Where does Tenneco Automotive Operating Company LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Tenneco Automotive Operating Company LLC ranks #1,561 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 Tenneco Automotive Operating Company LLC hold?

Tenneco Automotive Operating Company LLC holds 266 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 56 technology areas.

What is Tenneco Automotive Operating Company LLC's Innovation Score?

Tenneco Automotive Operating Company LLC has an Innovation Score of 59.3 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Tenneco Automotive Operating Company LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Tenneco Automotive Operating Company LLC's recent grant velocity is -32% 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 Tenneco Automotive Operating Company LLC's patents?

Tenneco Automotive Operating Company LLC's patents average 18.6 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Tenneco Automotive Operating Company LLC

Q: What technology areas does Tenneco Automotive Operating Company LLC focus on?

Tenneco Automotive Operating Company LLC's top technology area is F01N (Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Internal-combustion Engines) with 164 patents, ranking #9 of 487 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 56 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Tenneco Automotive Operating Company 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 PatentsView assignee record - 266 granted patents across 56 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: F01N (Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Internal-combustion Engines).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Tenneco ranks #1,561 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 266 patents across 56 technology areas.

#1,561
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.3/100): 18.6
avg claims per patent: -32%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1561 · US Corporation #1,561 · 266 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 266 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,561/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Biotronik SE & KG
CPC-WIDE F01N · 56 areas
INNOV-PAR 59.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -32% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Biotronik SE & Co. KG (±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 Tenneco’s 59.3 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 19.3 pts (33%) Velocity 3.8 pts (6%) Breadth 25.0 pts (42%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Assistance PUBLIQUE—… · near

59
Covestro · near

59
Koki Holdings · near

59
Shibaura Machine · near

59
Tenneco Automotive… · this assignee

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Tenneco's Innovation Score is 59.3/100 (top 4% 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 Tenneco?

Each dot is one of Tenneco’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). Tenneco’s own 18.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Tenneco's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Tenneco Automotive Operating Company LLC received 106 grants versus 155 in 2015–2019 (-32% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 42 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 8. Lead class F01N accounts for 61.7% of the portfolio across 56 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Biotronik SE & Co. KG (#1,557) and Ledvance GMBH (#1,565).

Tenneco's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Tenneco Automotive Operating Company LLC moved from 84 to 48 grants (0.57x 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 #2,519. See the growth leaderboard.

Biotronik SE & KG

266
Eisai R&D Managem…

266
Kyungpook Nationa…

266
Sumitomo Electric…

266
Thule Sweden AB

266
Tenneco Automotiv… ◀

266
Adeka

265
Climate

265
Ledvance

265

What this shows Tenneco holds 266 patents at rank #1,561, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Tenneco

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,561 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F01N (Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Machines OR E…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Tenneco, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F01N (Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Machines OR E…), Tenneco ranks #9 of 487 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

Shibaura Machine Co., Ltd. 59 Assistance PUBLIQUE—HÔPITAUX DE Paris (APHP) 59 Covestro LLC 59 Koki Holdings Co., Ltd. 59

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.6 here).

OneSubsea IP UK Limited 18.6 avg Visa U.S.A. Inc. 18.6 avg THE University OF Liverpool 18.6 avg Wickr Inc. 18.6 avg

Tenneco's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

59 Top 4% higher than 96% 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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Tenneco Automotive Operating Company LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	42	15.8%
2016	27	10.2%
2017	37	13.9%
2018	23	8.6%
2019	26	9.8%
2020	33	12.4%
2021	25	9.4%
2022	25	9.4%
2023	15	5.6%
2024	8	3.0%
2025partial year	5	1.9%

Which technologies does Tenneco Automotive Operating Company LLC patent most?

F01N - Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Internal-combustion Engines 164

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 102

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 81

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements 65

B01D - Separation 44

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 25

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 20

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 19

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 12

F02D - Controlling Combustion Engines 11

F02M - Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof 11

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 7

G10K - Sound-producing DEVICES; Methods OR Devices FOR Protecting Against, OR FOR Damping, Noise OR Other Acoustic Waves IN GENERAL; Acoustics NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

F01P - Cooling OF Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Cooling OF Internal-combustion Engines 4

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

Top 15 of 56 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

Tenneco Automotive Operating Company LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Tenneco Automotive Operating Company LLC's lead technology class is F01N (Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Internal-combustion Engines), 61.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F01N
Ranked #1,561 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Tenneco Automotive Operating Company LLC against Biotronik SE & Co. KG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 59.3/100 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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