Where does Trek Bicycle Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Trek Bicycle Corporation ranks #5,254 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 Trek Bicycle Corporation hold?

Trek Bicycle Corporation holds 66 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 34 technology areas.

What is Trek Bicycle Corporation's Innovation Score?

Trek Bicycle Corporation has an Innovation Score of 47.0 out of 100 (top 19% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Trek Bicycle Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Trek Bicycle Corporation's recent grant velocity is -44% 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 Trek Bicycle Corporation's patents?

Trek Bicycle Corporation's patents average 12.2 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 Trek Bicycle Corporation 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

Trek Bicycle Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Trek Bicycle Corporation focus on?

Trek Bicycle Corporation's top technology area is B62K (CYCLES; Cycle FRAMES; Cycle Steering DEVICES; Rider-operated Terminal Controls Specially Adapted FOR CYCLES; Cycle Axle SUSPENSIONS; Cycle Side-cars, Forecars, OR THE Like) with 29 patents, ranking #19 of 302 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 34 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 66 granted patents across 34 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: B62K (CYCLES; Cycle FRAMES; Cycle Steering DEVICES; Rider-operated Terminal Controls Specially Adapted FOR CYCLES; Cycle Axle SUSPENSIONS; Cycle Side-cars, Forecars, OR THE Like).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Trek ranks #5,254 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 66 patents across 34 technology areas.

#5,254
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 19%
by Innovation Score (47.0/100): 12.2
avg claims per patent: -44%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5254 · US Corporation #5,254 · 66 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 66 grants
UPPER-Q #5,254/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Spraying Systems
CPC-FOCUS B62K · 34 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -44% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Spraying Systems Co. (±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 Trek’s 47.0 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 (31%) Velocity 4.6 pts (10%) Breadth 20.6 pts (44%) Claim depth 7.3 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Dai-ichi Kogyo Seiyaku · near

47
Ikorongo Technology · near

47
SAFT · near

47
Sumo Logic · near

47
Trek Bicycle · this assignee

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Trek's Innovation Score is 47.0/100 (top 19% 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 Trek?

Each dot is one of Trek’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). Trek’s own 12.2 claims/patent is at or below the 17.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Trek's grants concentrate

Trek Bicycle Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 34 CPC subclasses with 43.9% of grants classified under B62K (CYCLES; Cycle FRAMES; Cycle Steering DEVICES; Rider-operated Terminal Controls Specially Adapted FOR CYCLES; Cycle Axle SUSPENSIONS; Cycle Side-cars, Forecars, OR THE Like). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (10 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2024. By volume, Trek sits between Spraying Systems Co. and University of Puerto Rico.

Trek's three-year grant acceleration

Trek Bicycle Corporation shows 13 grants in 2022–2024 against only 19 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.

Spraying Systems

66
Superior Industri…

66
Tekelec

66
TPK Advanced Solu…

66
Takeda Vaccines

66
Theranos IP

66
Toast

66
University of Pue…

66
Trek Bicycle ◀

66

What this shows Trek holds 66 patents at rank #5,251, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Trek

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,251 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B62K (Cycles)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Trek, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B62K (Cycles), Trek ranks #19 of 302 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Sumo Logic, Inc. 47 SAFT 47 Ikorongo Technology, LLC 47 Dai-ichi Kogyo Seiyaku Co., Ltd. 47

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.2 here).

Crompton Technology Group, Ltd. 12.2 avg Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited 12.2 avg Semikron Elektronik GMBH & Co. KG 12.2 avg Fudan University 12.2 avg

Trek's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 19% higher than 81% 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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Trek Bicycle Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	12.1%
2016	10	15.2%
2017	10	15.2%
2018	4	6.1%
2019	9	13.6%
2020	5	7.6%
2021	5	7.6%
2022	6	9.1%
2023	5	7.6%
2024	2	3.0%
2025partial year	2	3.0%

Which technologies does Trek Bicycle Corporation patent most?

B62K - CYCLES; Cycle FRAMES; Cycle Steering DEVICES; Rider-operated Terminal Controls Specially Adapted FOR CYCLES; Cycle Axle SUSPENSIONS; Cycle Side-cars, Forecars, OR THE Like 29

B62J - Cycle Saddles OR SEATS; Auxiliary Devices OR Accessories Specially Adapted TO Cycles AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Article Carriers OR Cycle Protectors 25

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 13

A42B - HATS; Head Coverings 7

B62M - Rider Propulsion OF Wheeled Vehicles OR SLEDGES; Powered Propulsion OF Sledges OR ; SINGLE-TRACK; CYCLES; Transmissions Specially Adapted FOR Such Vehicles 5

B62L - Brakes Specially Adapted FOR Cycles 4

B60B - Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion 4

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 4

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 3

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 3

F16H - Gearing 3

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 3

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 3

G05G - Control Devices OR Systems Insofar AS Characterised BY Mechanical Features Only 3

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 3

Top 15 of 34 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

Trek Bicycle Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Trek Bicycle Corporation's lead technology class is B62K (CYCLES; Cycle FRAMES; Cycle Steering DEVICES; Rider-operated Terminal Controls Specially Adapted FOR CYCLES; Cycle Axle SUSPENSIONS; Cycle Side-cars, Forecars, OR THE Like), 43.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B62K
Ranked #5,254 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Trek Bicycle Corporation against Spraying Systems Co., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.0/100 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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