Where does TRW Automotive GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), TRW Automotive GMBH ranks #2,224 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 GMBH hold?

TRW Automotive GMBH holds 177 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 39 technology areas.

What is TRW Automotive GMBH's Innovation Score?

TRW Automotive GMBH has an Innovation Score of 50.3 out of 100 (top 13% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is TRW Automotive GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

TRW Automotive GMBH's recent grant velocity is -60% 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 GMBH's patents?

TRW Automotive GMBH's patents average 15.1 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 TRW Automotive 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

TRW Automotive GMBH

Q: What technology areas does TRW Automotive GMBH focus on?

TRW Automotive GMBH's top technology area is B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 137 patents. Grants appear in 39 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 177 granted patents across 39 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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 #2,224 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 177 patents across 39 technology areas.

#2,224
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.3/100): 15.1
avg claims per patent: -60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2224 · Foreign Corporation #2,224 · 177 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 177 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,224/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bright Data
CPC-FOCUS B60R · 39 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -60% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bright Data 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
A School Kansai… · near

50
Idemia France · near

50
Qualcomm International · near

50
SR · near

50
TRW Automotive · this assignee

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows TRW's Innovation Score is 50.3/100 (top 13% 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.

Where TRW's grants concentrate

TRW Automotive GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 39 CPC subclasses with 77.4% of grants classified under B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (33 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2023. By volume, TRW sits between Bright Data Ltd. and Lisa Draexlmaier GmbH.

TRW's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, TRW Automotive GMBH moved from 71 to 13 grants (0.18x 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 #3,113. See the growth leaderboard.

Bright Data

177
Interface Optoele…

177
LS Electric

177
SMR Patents S à r…

177
VID Scale

177
Wabco

177
TRW Automotive ◀

177
Institute OF Nucl…

176
Lisa Draexlmaier

176

What this shows TRW holds 177 patents at rank #2,224, 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 #2,224 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).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

Idemia France 50 Qualcomm Technologies International, Ltd. 50 SR Technologies, Inc. 50 A School Corporation Kansai University 50

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.1 here).

Koenig & Bauer AG 15.1 avg Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc. 15.1 avg Epcos AG 15.1 avg Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. 15.1 avg

TRW's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 13% higher than 87% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

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 GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	20	11.3%
2016	20	11.3%
2017	24	13.6%
2018	29	16.4%
2019	33	18.6%
2020	15	8.5%
2021	23	13.0%
2022	11	6.2%
2023	2	1.1%

Which technologies does TRW Automotive GMBH patent most?

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 137

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 21

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 16

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 14

A44B - Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, OR THE Like 12

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 7

F16H - Gearing 6

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 5

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 4

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 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

D03D - Woven FABRICS; Methods OF WEAVING; Looms 2

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

Top 15 of 39 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,224

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

50.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

TRW Automotive GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

TRW Automotive GMBH's lead technology class is B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 77.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60R
Ranked #2,224 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare TRW Automotive GMBH against Bright Data Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.3/100 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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