Where does thyssenkrupp Bilstein GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), thyssenkrupp Bilstein GmbH ranks #5,331 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 thyssenkrupp Bilstein GmbH hold?

thyssenkrupp Bilstein GmbH holds 65 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is thyssenkrupp Bilstein GmbH's Innovation Score?

thyssenkrupp Bilstein GmbH has an Innovation Score of 39.2 out of 100 (top 39% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does thyssenkrupp Bilstein GmbH focus on?

thyssenkrupp Bilstein GmbH's top technology area is F16F (SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration) with 57 patents, ranking #17 of 892 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is thyssenkrupp Bilstein GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

thyssenkrupp Bilstein GmbH's recent grant velocity is +156% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for thyssenkrupp Bilstein GmbH's patents?

thyssenkrupp Bilstein GmbH's patents average 13.7 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 thyssenkrupp Bilstein 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

thyssenkrupp Bilstein GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 65 granted patents across 10 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: F16F (SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, thyssenkrupp ranks #5,331 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 65 patents across 10 technology areas.

#5,331
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 39%
by Innovation Score (39.2/100): 13.7
avg claims per patent: +156%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5331 · Foreign Corporation #5,331 · 65 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 65 grants
UPPER-Q #5,331/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH iBiquity Digital
CPC-FOCUS F16F · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +156% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: iBiquity Digital 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 thyssenkrupp’s 39.2 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 14.5 pts (37%) Velocity 5.3 pts (14%) Breadth 11.2 pts (29%) Claim depth 8.2 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AtaCor Medical · near

39
Damaka · near

39
Lindsay Transportati… · near

39
thyssenkrupp Bilstein · this assignee

39
Transfert Plus… · near

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows thyssenkrupp's Innovation Score is 39.2/100 (top 39% 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 thyssenkrupp?

Each dot is one of thyssenkrupp’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). thyssenkrupp’s own 13.7 claims/patent is at or below the 15.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where thyssenkrupp's grants concentrate

thyssenkrupp Bilstein GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 87.7% of grants classified under F16F (SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (15 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, thyssenkrupp sits between Vito NV and BOS GMBH & Co. KG.

thyssenkrupp's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, thyssenkrupp Bilstein GmbH moved from 30 to 24 grants (0.80x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Vito

65
WHP Workflow Solu…

65
Wockhardt

65
ibiquity Digital

65
thyssenkrupp Bils… ◀

65
Alma Mater Studio…

64
Beijing Geekplus…

64
Biontech SE

64
BOS & KG

64

What this shows thyssenkrupp holds 65 patents at rank #5,341, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near thyssenkrupp

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,341 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16F (Springs)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for thyssenkrupp, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F16F (Springs), thyssenkrupp ranks #17 of 892 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

Damaka, Inc. 39 Transfert Plus, Société en Commandite 39 AtaCor Medical, Inc. 39 Lindsay Transportation Solutions, LLC 39

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.7 here).

Novocure GMBH 13.7 avg Intervet Inc. 13.7 avg Ember Technologies, Inc. 13.7 avg NV Bekaert SA 13.7 avg

thyssenkrupp's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 39% higher than 61% 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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thyssenkrupp Bilstein GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	1.5%
2017	6	9.2%
2018	3	4.6%
2019	8	12.3%
2020	12	18.5%
2021	10	15.4%
2022	15	23.1%
2023	6	9.2%
2024	3	4.6%
2025partial year	1	1.5%

Which technologies does thyssenkrupp Bilstein GmbH patent most?

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 57

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements 36

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 6

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 2

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 2

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1

B01D - Separation 1

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 1

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 1

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

Top 10 of 10 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

thyssenkrupp Bilstein GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

thyssenkrupp Bilstein GmbH's lead technology class is F16F (SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration), 87.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16F
Ranked #5,331 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare thyssenkrupp Bilstein GmbH against Vito NV, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.2/100 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

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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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