Where does TRW Automotive Electronics and Components GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), TRW Automotive Electronics and Components GmbH ranks #7,952 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 TRW Automotive Electronics and Components GmbH hold?

TRW Automotive Electronics and Components GmbH holds 41 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 41 technology areas.

What is TRW Automotive Electronics and Components GmbH's Innovation Score?

TRW Automotive Electronics and Components GmbH has an Innovation Score of 43.8 out of 100 (top 27% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does TRW Automotive Electronics and Components GmbH focus on?

TRW Automotive Electronics and Components GmbH's top technology area is B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 11 patents, ranking #332 of 1,969 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 41 CPC subclasses total.

Is TRW Automotive Electronics and Components GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

TRW Automotive Electronics and Components GmbH's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 TRW Automotive Electronics and Components GmbH's patents?

TRW Automotive Electronics and Components GmbH's patents average 13.8 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

TRW Automotive Electronics and Components GmbH

Q: How is the TRW Automotive Electronics and Components 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 PatentsView assignee record - 41 granted patents across 41 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, TRW ranks #7,952 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 41 patents across 41 technology areas.

#7,952
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (43.8/100): 13.8
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7952 · Foreign Corporation #7,952 · 41 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 41 grants
UPPER-Q #7,952/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Taisei Kako
CPC-WIDE B60R · 41 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Taisei Kako Co., Ltd. (±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 TRW’s 43.8 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 12.9 pts (29%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 22.6 pts (52%) Claim depth 8.3 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Altrix Medical · near

44
BIO Clean Environmen… · near

44
TRW Automotive and… · this assignee

44
Universite Montpelli… · near

44
Verinata Health · near

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows TRW's Innovation Score is 43.8/100 (top 27% 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 TRW?

Each dot is one of TRW’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). TRW’s own 13.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where TRW's grants concentrate

TRW Automotive Electronics and Components GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 41 CPC subclasses with 26.8% of grants classified under B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (15 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2018. By volume, TRW sits between THE Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc. and Thermo Fisher Scientific Baltics UAB.

THE Chugoku Elect…

41
THE Prophet

41
THE Provost Fello…

41
Toyocolor

41
Taisei Kako

41
Talkdesk

41
Tata Communicatio…

41
Thermo Fisher Sci…

41
TRW Automotive an… ◀

41

What this shows TRW holds 41 patents at rank #7,944, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near TRW

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,944 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60R (Vehicles)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for TRW, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B60R (Vehicles), TRW ranks #332 of 1,969 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

Verinata Health, Inc. 44 BIO Clean Environmental Services, LLC 44 Universite Montpellier 2 Sciences ET Techniques 44 Altrix Medical, Inc. 44

TRW's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 27% higher than 73% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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TRW Automotive Electronics and Components GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	15	36.6%
2016	10	24.4%
2017	8	19.5%
2018	4	9.8%
2019	4	9.8%

Which technologies does TRW Automotive Electronics and Components GmbH patent most?

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 11

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 11

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 10

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 7

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 7

H03K - Pulse Technique 6

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 6

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 4

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 3

B60H - Arrangements OF Heating, Cooling, Ventilating OR Other Air-treating Devices Specially Adapted FOR Passenger OR Goods Spaces OF Vehicles 2

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 2

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 2

Top 15 of 41 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

TRW Automotive Electronics and Components GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

TRW Automotive Electronics and Components GmbH's lead technology class is B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 26.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60R
Ranked #7,952 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare TRW Automotive Electronics and Components GmbH against THE Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.8/100 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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